NEW YORK – The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council vote on a draft resolution to reaffirm Jerusalem’s status as unresolved on Monday, following US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize the city as Israel’s capital.
The remaining 14 council members voted in favor of the Egyptian-drafted resolution.
The draft needed nine backing votes from the Council’s 14 members to pass, including no vetoes from the permanent members: the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China.
“What we witnessed here today in the Security Council is an insult. It won’t be forgotten,” said US Ambassador Nikki Haley, describing the measure as “one more example of the United Nations doing more harm than good in addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
While the draft resolution did not directly mention Trump or the United States, it expressed “deep regret at recent decisions concerning the status of Jerusalem.”
The drafted resolution, put forward by Egypt, said any “decisions and actions which purport to have altered the character, status or demographic composition of the Holy City of Jerusalem have no legal effect, are null and void and must be rescinded.”
