UN Human Rights Council adopts two resolutions in favor of Palestine

GENEVA, April 01 (YPA) – The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted two resolutions in favor of Palestine on the self-determination of the Palestinian people and the illegality of Israeli settlements.

41 countries voted in favor of the resolution “the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination” and three against it, while three countries abstained from voting, at the conclusion of the Council’s 49th session in Geneva, Switzerland.

38 countries voted in favor of the draft resolution “Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan”, while our countries voted against it, and five countries abstained.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Malki affirmed that the Human Rights Council’s adoption of the two resolutions by the overwhelming majority is a positive sign and a step in the right path to prove that international law should not be divided.

Al-Maliki stressed that “The international law must be implemented in order for the Palestinian people to obtain their rights and to hold the occupying entity accountable for its crimes against humanity.”

YPA