SHAH ALAM - A nonbinding resolution calling for a ‘humanitarian truce’ in Gaza that would end hostilities between Israel and the Hamas government in Gaza was accepted by the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
This was the first UN response to the war.
On Friday, 193 member nations cast their votes in favour of the ceasefire resolution on the Gaza conflict, with the aim of protecting people and honouring their legal and humanitarian commitments.
Malaysia was one of the 120 countries that voted in favour of the ceasefire, which included our neighbours Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, and Indonesia.
Here’s the list of those who voted against the ceasefire:
- Austria
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Fiji
- Guatemala
- Hungary
- Israel
- 8. Marshall Islands
- 9. Micronesia
- Nauru
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Tonga
- United States
This is the list of those who opted to abstain from the voting for the ceasefire:
- Albania
- Australia
- Bulgaria
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Haiti
- Iceland
- India
- Iraq
- Italy
- Japan
- Kiribati
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Palau
- Panama
- Philippines
- Poland
- Republic of Korea
- Republic of Moldova
- Romania
- San Marino
- 35. Serbia
- 36. Slovakia
- South Sudan
- Sweden
- Tunisia
- Tuvalu
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
This is the complete list of those who voted for the ceasefire:
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Cote D'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Dem PR of Korea
- Dem Rep of Congo
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guinea
- Guinea- Bissau
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao PDR
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Russian Federation
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and Grenadines
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Türkiye
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
This is the complete list of those who did not turn up for the general assembly
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Eswatini
- Jamaica
- Liberia
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and principe
- Seychelles
- Togo
- Turkmenistan
- Venezuela