India Votes In Favour Of UN Resolution On Palestine, Endorses Two-State Plan
New York Declaration calls for immediate end to Gaza war, recognition of Palestinian statehood, and halting of Israeli settlement activities.
United Nations, Sep 13: India has voted in favour of a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) endorsing the ‘New York Declaration’ on the peaceful settlement of the Palestine issue and the implementation of the two-state solution.
The resolution, introduced by France, was adopted with an overwhelming majority—142 nations voting in favour, 10 against, and 12 abstaining. Those voting against included Argentina, Hungary, Israel, and the United States.
India was among the 142 nations that backed the resolution titled ‘Endorsement of the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution.’
The declaration, first circulated during a high-level international conference in July co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, urged collective action to end the Gaza conflict and achieve a just and lasting settlement based on the two-state framework.
It called on Israeli leadership to issue a clear commitment to the creation of a sovereign and viable Palestinian state and to halt settlement expansion, annexation activities, and settlers’ violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem.
The declaration also reaffirmed the right of Palestinians to self-determination and stressed that Gaza must remain an integral part of a unified Palestinian state alongside the West Bank.
“Recent developments have once again highlighted the devastating human toll and grave implications for regional and international peace of the unresolved Middle East conflict,” the declaration noted, warning that without decisive measures, peace would remain elusive.
It further asserted, “The war in Gaza must end now. Gaza is an integral part of a Palestinian State and must be unified with the West Bank. There must be no occupation, siege, territorial reduction, or forced displacement.”
