UN General Assembly Condemns Israel
December 1, 2000

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling Israel’s imposition of “its laws, jurisdiction and administration” on Jerusalem illegal.
 
The Assembly voted 145-1 to adopt the resolution. Only the Israel voted against the resolution, and the United States, Israel’s strategic ally, abstained together with Nauru, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Angola.
 
The resolution said Israel’s decision to impose “its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Holy City of Jerusalem is illegal and therefore null and void and has no validity.”
 
The resolution also deplored the transfer by “some states” of their diplomatic missions from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a move the assembly said was contrary to a UN security Council resolutions on the undecided status of Jerusalem.
 
The non-binding resolution on Jerusalem is part of a series of resolutions on the Middle East that are voted on every autumn.