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title: "UN A/RES/72/85 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/85: Israel–Palestine. Adopted in 2017 — 157 in favour, 7 against, 10 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/72/85: Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-07 · Israel–Palestine

Yes

157

90%

No

7

4%

Abstain

10

6%

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, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Togo, Vanuatu

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/85](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/85)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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