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title: "UN R/73/255 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/73/255: Israel–Palestine. Adopted in 2018 — 158 in favour, 7 against, 13 abstaining. A/73/251 64 - Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources. - TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL--NATURAL RESOURCES"
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/un-vote/6141"
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# R/73/255: Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2018-12-20 · Israel–Palestine

Yes

158

89%

No

7

4%

Abstain

13

7%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/73/251 64 - Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources. - TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL--NATURAL RESOURCES

### Voted against

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

### Notable abstentions

Australia, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Togo, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

## Primary sources

- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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