The United States has vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for Palestine.
  • @Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
    18•8 months ago

    The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions, from the United Kingdom and Switzerland. U.S. allies France, Japan and South Korea supported the resolution.

    Pretty interesting

    • @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
      6•8 months ago

      The US veto allows their allies to vote for popularity without being bound

      We won’t know if that happened here but it could have influenced it