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title: "UN A/RES/72/86 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/86: Israel–Palestine. Adopted in 2017 — 155 in favour, 7 against, 12 abstaining. A/72/251 54 - Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories. - TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL--HUMAN RIGHTS"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/86: Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-07 · Israel–Palestine

Yes

155

89%

No

7

4%

Abstain

12

7%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 54 - Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories. - TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL--HUMAN RIGHTS

### Voted against

Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Palau, United States

### Notable abstentions

Australia, Cameroon, Guatemala, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Togo, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/86](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/86)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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