June 7, 2017

“Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women,” Economic and Social Council Resolution, contained in the Report on the sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women, Chapter 1, Section B, E/2017/27

http://undocs.org/E/2017/27

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The resolution, recommended for adoption by the Commission on the Status of Women, was adopted by a vote of 23 in favor (Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, China, Colombia, Ghana, Guyana, India, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Peru, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Vietnam) to 2 against (Australia, United States), 17 abstentions (Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom)