{"id":312794,"date":"2025-09-13T09:44:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=312794"},"modified":"2025-09-13T09:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:44:37","slug":"un-general-assembly-endorses-new-york-declaration-on-two-state-solution-between-israel-and-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=312794","title":{"rendered":"UN General Assembly endorses New York Declaration on two-State solution between Israel and Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Libraries\/Production%20Library\/12-09-2025_UN-Photo_GA_Palestine.jpg\/image1170x530cropped.jpg\" alt=\"The UN General Assembly votes on whether to back the \u201cNew York Declaration,\u201d a resolution that seeks to breathe new life into the two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. \" title=\"The UN General Assembly votes on whether to back the \u201cNew York Declaration,\u201d a resolution that seeks to breathe new life into the two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>UNITED NATIONS, Sept 13 (NNN-UNNS) &#8212; Applause rang out in the UN General Assembly Hall on Friday as countries endorsed a declaration on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and implementation of the two-State solution with Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The New York Declaration is the outcome of an international conference held in July at UN Headquarters, organized by France and Saudi Arabia, which resumes later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The General Assembly comprises all 193 UN Member States and 142 countries voted in favour of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.un.org\/doc\/undoc\/ltd\/n25\/239\/44\/pdf\/n2523944.pdf\">a resolution\u00a0<\/a>backing the document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Israel voted against it, alongside nine other countries \u2013 Argentina, Hungary, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga and the United States \u2013 while 12 nations abstained<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5>Prior to the vote, French Ambassador J\u00e9r\u00f4me Bonnafont recalled that the New York Declaration \u201clays out a single roadmap to deliver the two-State solution\u201d.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>This involves an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, release of all hostages held there, and the establishment of a Palestinian State that is both viable and sovereign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The roadmap further calls for the disarmament of Hamas and its exclusion from governance in Gaza, normalization between Israel and the Arab countries, as well as collective security guarantees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking ahead of the vote, Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon said that \u201cthis one-sided Declaration will not be remembered as a step toward peace, only as another hollow gesture that weakens this Assembly\u2019s credibility.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that \u201cHamas is the biggest winner of any endorsement here today\u201d and will declare it \u201cthe fruit of 7 October\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The high-level international conference in July was held against the backdrop of the war in Gaza and deteriorating prospects for the two-State solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In remarks to the opening segment, UN\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/\">Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/a>\u00a0noted that \u201cthe central question for Middle East peace is implementation of the two-State solution, where two independent, sovereign, democratic States \u2013 Israel and Palestine \u2013 live side-by-side in peace and security.\u201d\u00a0&#8212; 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