United Nations: India has voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution endorsing the New York Declaration on a peaceful settlement of the Palestine issue and the implementation of a two-state solution.
The resolution, introduced by France, was adopted with overwhelming support—142 nations voted in favour, 10 against, and 12 abstained. Countries opposing the resolution included Argentina, Hungary, Israel, and the United States.
India was among those supporting the resolution titled “Endorsement of the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution.”
The declaration, circulated during a high-level international conference in July co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, calls for collective global action to end the war in Gaza and pursue a just and lasting Israeli-Palestinian settlement based on the two-state framework.
It urges Israeli leadership to make a clear public commitment to the creation of a sovereign and viable Palestinian state, end violence and incitement against Palestinians, and halt settlement expansion, land grabs, and annexation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. It also demands an end to settler violence and any annexation plans.
Reaffirming the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, the declaration warns that without decisive steps and strong international guarantees toward a two-state solution, the conflict will intensify and regional peace will remain out of reach.
Stressing that “the war in Gaza must end now,” it further asserts that Gaza is an integral part of a future Palestinian state and must be unified with the West Bank, free from occupation, siege, territorial reduction, or forced displacement.
