(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) NEW YORK, Dec 21 (KUNA) -- The United States has warned that the UN and its members states that the votes on President Donald Trump's move to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel will not be forgotten.
"This vote will make a difference on how Americans look at the UN and on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the UN. And this vote will be remembered," US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said at the UN General Assembly's emergency meeting to vote on the status of Jerusalem.
Nikki recalled that the United States is by far the single largest contributor to the United Nations and its agencies.
"We do this, in part, in order to advance our values and our interests. When that happens, our participation in the UN produces great good for the world. Together we feed, clothe, and educate desperate people. We nurture and sustain fragile peace in conflict areas throughout the world. And we hold outlaw regimes accountable. We do this because it represents who we are. It is our American way," she said.
She noted that the US expected in return that its good is recognized and respected.
"When a nation is singled out for attack in this organization, that nation is disrespected. What's more, that nation is asked to pay for the "privilege" of being disrespected." She argued that the arguments about the President's decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem have already been made.
"They are by now well known. The decision was in accordance to US law dating back to 1995, and it's position has been repeatedly endorsed by the American people ever since. The decision does not prejudge any final status issues, including Jerusalem's boundaries.
The decision does not preclude a two-state solution, if the parties agree to that. The decision does nothing to harm peace efforts. Rather, the President's decision reflects the will of the American people and our right as a nation to choose the location of our embassy. There is no need to describe it further," she said.
She reiterated that the United States will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the General Assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation.
"We will remember it when we are called upon to once again make the world's largest contribution to the United Nations. And we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us, as they so often do, to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit." She laid it bare that the UN vote would make no change for the US Jerusalem decisions.
"America will put our embassy in Jerusalem. That is what the American people want us to do, and it is the right thing to do. No vote in the United Nations will make any difference on that," she concluded. (end) asf.ibi
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