World News / India abstained from voting on the ceasefire proposal in Gaza, surprised everyone on this issue in favor of Palestine

World News: India abstained at the UN Human Rights Council on Friday from voting on a resolution that calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and also demands that Israel immediately lift its illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip. The Council adopted a draft resolution on 'The human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and the responsibility to ensure accountability and justice', with 28 votes in favour. Six votes were cast against it and 13 countries abstained. India surprised everyone by voting in favor of Palestine on an issue.

Let us inform that 13 countries including India, France, Japan, Netherlands and Romania remained absent during the voting on the resolution. Those voting against the resolution included Argentina, Bulgaria, Germany and the United States. The countries that voted in favor of the resolution also included Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Qatar, South Africa, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Vietnam. The resolution called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and also demanded that Israel immediately lift its illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip.

India surprised everyone by voting in favor of Palestine

India had indirectly supported Israel in one of the two UN resolutions. But the same India on Friday voted in favor of the draft resolution of the United Nations Human Rights Council in which the "inalienable right" of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including the right to an independent Palestinian state, has been confirmed. The Geneva-based council passed a draft resolution on 'The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination' in which 42 member countries, including India, voted in favor of it. Of the 47 council members, two countries, the United States and Paraguay, voted against the resolution, while Albania, Argentina and Cameroon abstained.

What is written in the proposal

The resolution reaffirms “the inalienable, permanent and absolute right of the Palestinian people to live with freedom, justice and dignity, and their right to self-determination, including the right to an independent Palestinian state.” It stresses the need for a just, comprehensive and lasting peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in accordance with international law and other internationally accepted standards, including all relevant United Nations resolutions. It calls on Israel to immediately end its occupation of the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and to remove and prevent any obstruction to Palestine's political independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.