The UN General Assembly emphasized Palestine's permanent sovereignty over its natural resources.
🔹 The Second Committee of the United Nations adopted a resolution regarding the permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people and the residents of the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources in a decisive vote of 151 countries.
🔹 Proposed by the "Group of 77 and China", the decision was approved with 151 votes in favor, 11 abstentions and 7 against (including the USA and Israel).
🔹 The resolution emphasized the continuing and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to their national wealth and emphasized the necessity of implementing the Geneva Convention regarding the protection of civilians.
🔹 The United Nations called on Israel to immediately stop the looting and illegal exploitation of natural resources in the occupied territories.