(MENAFN- QNA) The UN Economic and Social Council adopted resolutions on "Support to the Non-Self-Governing Territories by the specialized agencies and international institutions associated with the United Nations", by a vote of 19 in favour to 0 against with 25 abstentions, and on "Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPT), including East Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan", by a vote of 42 in favour to 2 against (Australia, United States) with 2 abstentions (Honduras, Panama).
On the latter text, Simon Poni Marobe (South Africa), on behalf of the "Group of 77" developing countries and China, introduced the text, saying that the ongoing occupation by Israel continued to devastate the Palestinian people. Negative trends associated with that occupation had worsened, causing high rates of unemployment, health problems and aid dependency, among other problems, and had been exacerbated by the 2014 military aggression in the Gaza Strip.
With regard to the former text, Non-Self-Governing Territories faced numerous challenges in the context of sustainable development given their specific social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities, said Desra Percaya (Indonesia), Vice-Chair of the Special Committee on Decolonization (Special Committee of 24), who presented the related draft resolution and a report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations.
Such challenges should be addressed comprehensively, he said, with the support of the international community, as well as in the framework of the post-2015 development agenda.
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