United Nations Backs Syrians and Palestinians on Control of Natural Resources
The United Nations General Assembly reaffirmed on Thursday Syrians’ permanent sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan and Palestinians’ rights to their natural resources, in a vote widely seen as a renewal of international support for Syria’s territorial integrity. The United Nations General Assembly, acting through its Second Committee on economic and financial matters, renewed on Thursday its affirmation of the permanent sovereignty of Syrians in the occupied Syrian Golan and of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem, over their natural resources. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, the draft resolution titled “Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources” was introduced by the Group of 77 and China. It passed with 152 votes in favor, opposed by Israel and seven other countri...