Which Countries Stand with the United States at the United Nations?
As we previously reported, on December 6, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was poised to approve an historic resolution condemning the violent acts Hamas continues to perpetrate against Israel. This resolution was drafted by the United States and represented a long-overdue counterbalance to the litany of condemnations of Israel passed by the UNGA.
But just moments before the final vote, in a brazen parliamentary stunt, the UNGA adopted a resolution drafted by Kuwait that required a 2/3 supermajority for the U.S. resolution to be approved. This move was clearly hypocritical, as it came just a few days after the UNGA approved six resolutions condemning Israel using only a simple majority requirement.
We have already sent a detailed legal demand letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations outlining both the shocking failure of the U.N. to condemn Hamas for its violent acts and the ridiculous parliamentary stunt that held the U.S. resolution to a higher vote threshold than other similar resolutions. Our letter clearly articulates that both failures undermine the credibility of the United Nations.
We also promised you a full accounting of how the rest of the world voted on this important matter. Countries who did not stand with the United States on this fundamental issue should be required to give an accounting for their actions.
First, the following countries either supported Kuwait’s ridiculous proposal requiring the U.S. resolution garner a 2/3 majority for passage, or they abstained (A) and effectively aided in its passage:
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia (A)
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Bhutan (A)
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso (A)
Cabo Verde (A)
Chad
Chile (A)
China
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica (A)
Cote D’Ivoire (A)
Cuba
Djibouti
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Fiji (A)
Gabon (A)
Gambia
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau (A)
Guyana (A)
Iceland (A)
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica (A)
Japan (A)
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya (A)
Kuwait
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (A)
Lebanon
Liechtenstein (A)
Madagascar
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mongolia (A)
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal (A)
New Zealand (A)
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway (A)
Oman
Pakistan
Palau (A)
Philippines (A)
Qatar
Russia
Saint Lucia (A)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka (A)
Sudan
Suriname
Switzerland (A)
Syrian Arab Republic
Thailand
Timor-Leste (A)
Trinidad-Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United Republic of Tanzania
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Next, the following countries either opposed the U.S. resolution and thereby refused to condemn Hamas for its violent acts against Israel, or abstained (A) from voting on the U.S. resolution and demonstrated a troubling lack of courage to condemn Hamas for its egregious violations:
Afghanistan (A)
Algeria
Angola (A)
Armenia (A)
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados (A)
Belarus
Bhutan (A)
Bolivia
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso (A)
Cameroon (A)
China
Comoros
Congo
Cote D’Ivoire (A)
Cuba
Djibouti
Ecuador (A)
Egypt
El Salvador (A)
Equatorial Guinea (A)
Ethiopia (A)
Gabon (A)
Gambia
Ghana (A)
Grenada (A)
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau (A)
Guyana (A)
India (A)
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya (A)
Kuwait
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Libya
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mongolia (A)
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal (A)
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines (A)
Qatar
Russian Federation
Saint Lucia (A)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (A)
Samoa (A)
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka (A)
Sudan
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
Thailand (A)
Timor-Leste (A)
Tonga (A)
Trinidad and Tobago (A)
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda (A)
United Arab Emirates
United Republic of Tanzania (A)
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu (A)
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Every one of these countries should be called to account for these votes. But it may be particularly important to scrutinize the actions of countries that voted in favor of the U.S. resolution while at the same time enabling its defeat by supporting or abstaining on the Kuwait resolution. These countries should be made to understand they cannot have it both ways. They were either duped or, more likely, willing participants in this charade. Those countries are listed below:
Argentina (Y)
Bahamas (Y)
Belize (Y)
Brazil (Y)
Cabo Verde (A)
Chile (A)
Cost Rica (A)
Fiji (A)
Guatemala (Y)
Iceland (A)
Jamaica (A)
Liechtenstein (A)
New Zealand (A)
Norway (A)
Palau (A)
Switzerland (A)
At the ACLJ, we are committed to providing you with hard facts that cut through the narrative too often told by the U.N. We call on the countries listed above to account for their actions, and to move into a posture that supports peace and clearly condemns the violence perpetrated by Hamas and other terrorist organizations.