Thursday, December 21, 2017

"The U.S. was joined by eight other U.N. members in rejecting the resolution: Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, and Togo. Thirty-five other members abstained, including Canada."

"Nikki Haley, speaking minutes later, was unmoved.
"America will put our embassy in Jerusalem," she said. “That is what the American people want us to do and it is the right thing to do. No vote in the United Nations will make any difference on that. But this vote will make a difference on how Americans look at the UN, and on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the UN, and this vote will be remembered."
The U.S. was joined by eight other U.N. members in rejecting the resolution: Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, and Togo.
Thirty-five other members abstained, including Canada. That's a relatively strong showing for the United States, which usually comes out on the losing side of Israel-related votes at the UN."

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