United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/19

UN General Assembly
Resolution ES‑10/19
  Voted in favor
  Voted against
  Abstained
  Not present
Date21 December 2017
Meeting no.10th Emergency Special Session (continuation)
CodeA/RES/ES-10/19 (Document)
SubjectStatus of Jerusalem
Voting summary
  • 128 voted for
  • 9 voted against
  • 35 abstained
  • 21 absent
ResultResolution adopted

United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES‑10/19 is an emergency session resolution declaring the status of Jerusalem as Israel's capital as "null and void".[1] It was adopted by the 37th Plenary meeting of the tenth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly[2] during the tenure of the seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly on 21 December 2017. The resolution was drafted by Yemen and Turkey.[3] Though strongly contested by the United States, it passed by 128 votes to 9 against with 21 absentees and 35 abstentions.[4]

  1. ^ "UNGA resolution: 128 countries, including India, vote to reject US decision on Jerusalem". The Times of India. 22 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Christian group joins Jerusalem rally". www.msn.com.
  3. ^ "UN General Assembly rejects Trump's Jerusalem move". vestnikkavkaza.net.
  4. ^ "UN Jerusalem resolution: How each country voted". www.aljazeera.com.