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Australia backs UN resolution recognising ‘permanent sovereignty’ of Palestinians in major departure (www.theguardian.com)
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At a UN committee vote on Thursday, Australia voted with 158 other countries, including the UK and New Zealand, on a resolution to recognise the “permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources”.

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[-] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's a separate process as per https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1116982 and https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148896 - this resolution is in the UN General Assembly, whereas vetos apply to things that get sent to the UN Security Council.

When the USSR tried to use it's veto to end the Korean war, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_377_(V got passed to provide authorization to allow the UN members to continue fighting in support of South Korea.

Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_special_session_of_the_United_Nations_General_Assembly

[-] Sundial@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the reads.

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