A UN resolution confirms the sovereignty of the Syrians in the occupied Golan and the Palestinian people in the occupied territories over their natural resources

New York (ST):  The United Nations General Assembly renewed today the adoption of a resolution affirming the permanent sovereignty of the Syrians in the occupied Syrian Golan and the sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories over their natural resources. 

Last night, the Second Committee on Economic Issues of the United Nations General Assembly adopted the annual resolution entitled Permanent Sovereignty of the Palestinian People in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the Syrians in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources.The resolution passed with a majority of 157 countries, opposing the Israeli occupation entity and six countries, while 14 countries abstained from the vote.

The resolution reaffirmed the inalienable rights of the Syrians in the occupied Syrian Golan and the Palestinian people over their natural resources, including land, water and energy resources.

In its resolution, the United Nations General Assembly calls on the Israeli occupation authorities to stop exploiting, destroying, depleting, or endangering natural resources in the occupied Golan and the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem. 

K.Q.