May 31, 2024

World Health Organization adopts amendment calling for release of Israeli hostages

The amendment states:

"26. Calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages held in Gaza, including children, women and older persons, and condemns the use, by armed groups, of health facilities, including hospitals and ambulances, that endangers the civilian population."
Date
May 31, 2024
Title
Amendment proposed by Israel to WHO draft decision contained in document A77/B/CONF./1, A77/B/CONF./3, World Health Organization
Original Source
https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA77/A77_BCONF3-en.pdf
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Note
The Israel-sponsored amendment to the decision on "Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan" was adopted on May 29, 2024, by a vote of 50 in favor (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine, Uruguay, United States), 44 against (Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, China, Colombia, Cuba, Djibouti, North Korea, Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Gambia), with 31 abstentions (Armenia, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Botswana, Chile, Cook Islands, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Ghana, Guinea, Ireland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Peru, Slovenia, Tanzania, Thailand, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe)

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