FenrirIII@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoUS vetoes widely supported resolution backing full UN membership for Palestineapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square190fedilinkarrow-up1656arrow-down125cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1631arrow-down1external-linkUS vetoes widely supported resolution backing full UN membership for Palestineapnews.comFenrirIII@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square190fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 months ago The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions, from the United Kingdom and Switzerland. U.S. allies France, Japan and South Korea supported the resolution. Pretty interesting
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoThe US veto allows their allies to vote for popularity without being bound We won’t know if that happened here but it could have influenced it
Pretty interesting
The US veto allows their allies to vote for popularity without being bound
We won’t know if that happened here but it could have influenced it