India voted against the move of Jerusalem

India voted against the move of Jerusalem





The US faced complete isolation and humiliation in the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday as the world body took up a vote on a draft resolution criticizing President Donald Trump's decision as the Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a long-standing international consensus lasting decades.

The General Assembly adopted the resolution with 128 countries voting in favor, nine against and 35 abstaining. Those who voted against Trump's move also disregarded his threat of cutting aid to the countries that backed the draft and the United States president for "bullying".

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Trump's threat came a day after his ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said the US will be "taking names" as "we do not expect those we've helped to target us". She has just vetoed to defeat a proposed resolution in the Security Council asking America to reverse its decision.
India was among the countries that voted in favor of draft resolution It had earlier said its position on Palestine is "independent and consistent" and that "it is shaped by our views and interests, and no third country by determining".

But diplomatic sources said it was a tough call, in view of India's growing proximity to the US and Israel, whose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu January in India visit.

The resolution, which is non-binding, has given the overwhelming support a similar resolution received on Monday - 14 of its 15 members, including allies France, Britain and Italy, voted in favor of the resolution which failed only because the US vetoed it

However, there is no power in the General Assembly
On Wednesday, Trump had said: "Let them vote against us ... We'll save a lot. We do not care. But this is not like they are going to fight against you and then you pay hundreds of millions of dollars.

"We're not going to take advantage of any longer."
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Haley echoed the sentiment in remarks "When we make generous contributions to UN, we also have a legitimate expectation that our good will be recognized and respected. When a nation is singled out for this organization, that nation is disrespected, What's more, that nation is asked to pay off the 'privilege' of being disrespected.

The draft resolution, which has been moved by Turkey and Yemen and co-sponsored by Iran, Pakistan and other countries, cited past Security Council resolutions to say "that all states comply with Security Council resolutions regarding the holy city of Jerusalem, and not to Identify any actions or measures against those resolutions ". It's similar in nature and texture to the resolution vetoed on Monday, which was moved by Egypt.

"United States should decide whether to stand with the world or an occupying force which is the reason for the stability of the Middle East," Pakistan's permanent representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi said in a statement. "Pakistan is among the countries which have co-sponsored this resolution."

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Pakistan is already under notice from the United States for not doing enough on counter-terrorism, and its co-sponsorship of the Jerusalem vote is unlikely to go down well in the White House.


"As you consider your vote, I encourage you to know the President personally," Haley said in a letter to UN member nations ahead of the General Assembly vote. "The president will see this vote carefully and has requested I report back on those who voted against us."