VIDEOs: WHO Assembly - Israel amendment that calls for the release of hostages and condemns the use of health facilities by armed groups. /Following the adoption of this amendment to the Arab Group's resolution the entire resolution was withdrawn.
Israel introduces amendment calling for the release of hostages at the 77th World Health Assembly
By UN Watch May 30, 2024
UN vote on amendment to release the hostages
By UN Watch, May 30, 2024
Roll call vote held at the 77th World Health Assembly to introduce an Israeli amendment that calls for the release of hostages and condemns the use of health facilities by armed groups.
Following the adoption of this amendment to the Arab Group's resolution on the health situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories, the group decided to withdraw the entire resolution.
Voting Results:
YES (50)
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, Ukraine, Uruguay, United States
NO (44)
Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, China, Colombia, Cuba, Djibouti, North Korea, Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Uganda, Gambia
ABSTAINED (31)
Armenia, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Botswana, Chile, Cook Islands, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Ghana, Guinea, Ireland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Peru, Slovenia, Tanzania, Thailand, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe
ABSENT (52)
Albania, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Belize, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Georgia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Seychelles, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Tajikistan, Timor Leste, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia
NOT CALLED (11)
Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Gabon, Lebanon, Myanmar, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen
Egypt WITHDRAWS resolution after amendment calling for the release of hostages is passed
By UN Watch, May 30, 2024
