UN General Assembly · 11 votes since 2023
The main UN General Assembly votes on Gaza since October 2023
This page tracks 11 recorded votes in the General Assembly on Gaza and Palestine since October 2023. Yes votes rose from 120 in October 2023 to 153 in December 2023. In December 2024 the ceasefire resolution received 158 and a resolution supporting UNRWA 159. In the most recent vote as of October 2026, in September 2026, 152 countries voted yes. The United States and Israel voted no every time. Several countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Japan, moved from abstaining to voting yes.
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Every vote
This page tracks the seven emergency special session resolutions on Gaza and Palestine adopted since October 2023, plus four later votes on the war and Palestine's status: the New York Declaration on two states, the votes on the Palestinian president's video address in 2025 and 2026, and the December 2025 resolution on Israel's obligations under the ICJ opinion. The resolutions on Palestine that the Assembly adopts every December are not included.
- 1. A humanitarian truceOctober 27, 2023 120 yes14 no45 abstained
- 2. A humanitarian ceasefireDecember 12, 2023 153 yes10 no23 abstained
- 3. Palestine's UN membership bid and added rightsMay 10, 2024 143 yes9 no25 abstained
- 4. Ending Israel's occupation within a yearSeptember 18, 2024 124 yes14 no43 abstained
- 5. Support for UNRWADecember 11, 2024 159 yes9 no11 abstained
- 6. Ceasefire in GazaDecember 11, 2024 158 yes9 no13 abstained
- 7. Ceasefire and protection of civiliansJune 12, 2025 149 yes12 no19 abstained
- 8. The New York Declaration on two statesSeptember 12, 2025 142 yes10 no12 abstained
- 9. The Palestinian president's speech by video, 2025September 19, 2025 145 yes5 no6 abstained
- 10. Israel's obligations on aid (court opinion)December 12, 2025 139 yes12 no19 abstained
- 11. The Palestinian president's speech by video, 2026September 17, 2026 · not yet in the UN's dataset 152 yes3 no4 abstained
How have the Gaza votes changed since October 2023?
On October 7, 2023, Hamas-led fighters attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli official figures. Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza. The Gaza Health Ministry, run by Hamas, reports more than 74,000 killed and over 175,000 injured as of October 2026. The ministry does not distinguish civilians from combatants, and the UN has not verified the figures. A ceasefire took effect in October 2025 under a US-brokered plan, though the ministry reports more than 1,500 killed since then, as of October 2026.
The first vote, on October 27, 2023, passed 120 to 14 with 45 abstentions. The December 2023 ceasefire resolution passed 153 to 10. In December 2024 the ceasefire resolution passed 158 to 9, and a resolution supporting UNRWA passed 159 to 9. Six of the seven emergency session votes followed a US veto in the Security Council.
The most recent vote as of October 2026, on September 17, 2026, passed 152 to 3 with 4 abstentions.
Which countries changed their vote?
Between the first vote in October 2023 and the June 2025 resolution, 30 countries moved from abstaining to voting yes. They included the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Canada, Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Poland and South Korea. Three moved from no to yes: Austria, Croatia and Guatemala.
The United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and others said they abstained in October 2023 because the text did not name Hamas. Antje Leendertse, Germany's Permanent Representative, said in December 2024 that "Germany voted in favour of the two resolutions" and that Germany was "gravely concerned" by Israel's laws on UNRWA. Her deputy Thomas Zahneisen said in June 2025 that Germany "would have preferred to see corresponding language" condemning Hamas.
Some countries moved the other way. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Ecuador, Malawi and Timor-Leste moved from yes to abstaining, and Palau and Tuvalu moved from abstaining to no. Argentina voted yes in October 2023 under President Alberto Fernández, abstained in December 2023 after Javier Milei took office, and voted no on every vote from May 2024 to December 2025 except one, the September 2025 vote on the Palestinian president's video address, when it did not vote.
Abstained→Yes30
Australia
Bulgaria
Canada
Cape Verde
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Iraq
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Monaco
Netherlands
Philippines
Poland
San Marino
Serbia
South Korea
Sweden
Tunisia
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Yes→Abstained5
Dominica
DR Congo
Ecuador
Malawi
Timor-Leste
No→Yes3
Austria
Croatia
Guatemala
Abstained→No2
Palau
Tuvalu
No→Abstained2
Czechia
Marshall Islands
Yes→No1
Unchanged: 108 yes both times, 11 abstained both times, 9 no both times. Countries that didn't vote on one of the two, or weren't members yet, are left out.
Which countries vote no?
The United States and Israel voted no every time. Hungary and Paraguay voted no on most.
Several Pacific island states also voted no repeatedly: Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, Tonga and Palau. Fiji voted no on four of the 11 votes. Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr. said in September 2025, "We believe the decision to support Israel is the best path to peace." Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape opened a Jerusalem embassy in September 2023. Czechia voted no on five of the first seven votes. It abstained on the New York Declaration and on the December 2025 resolution, and voted yes in September 2025.
Researchers explain the Pacific pattern in different ways. Shannon Brincat of the University of the Sunshine Coast points to evangelical and Pentecostal Christian Zionism and to development aid, and rejects a "bought votes" explanation. Fraser Macdonald of the University of Waikato says religion-only explanations "may be incomplete" and points to kinship networks and US aid. Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka denied that his faith drove Fiji's vote and cited sovereignty.
| Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 1: No | 2: No | 3: No | 4: No | 5: No | 6: No | 7: No | 8: No | 9: No | 10: No |
 Israel | 1: No | 2: No | 3: No | 4: No | 5: No | 6: No | 7: No | 8: No | 9: No | 10: No |
 Argentina | 1: Yes | 2: Abstained | 3: No | 4: No | 5: No | 6: No | 7: No | 8: No | 9: Didn't vote | 10: No |
 Hungary | 1: No | 2: Abstained | 3: No | 4: No | 5: Abstained | 6: No | 7: No | 8: No | 9: Abstained | 10: No |
 Paraguay | 1: No | 2: No | 3: Abstained | 4: No | 5: No | 6: No | 7: No | 8: No | 9: No | 10: No |
| Czechia | 1: No | 2: No | 3: No | 4: No | 5: Abstained | 6: No | 7: Abstained | 8: Abstained | 9: Yes | 10: Abstained |
| Austria | 1: No | 2: No | 3: Abstained | 4: Abstained | 5: Abstained | 6: Yes | 7: Yes | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Yes |
| Germany | 1: Abstained | 2: Abstained | 3: Abstained | 4: Abstained | 5: Yes | 6: Yes | 7: Yes | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Yes |
| United Kingdom | 1: Abstained | 2: Abstained | 3: Abstained | 4: Abstained | 5: Yes | 6: Yes | 7: Yes | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Yes |
| Italy | 1: Abstained | 2: Abstained | 3: Abstained | 4: Abstained | 5: Yes | 6: Yes | 7: Yes | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Yes |
| Netherlands | 1: Abstained | 2: Abstained | 3: Abstained | 4: Abstained | 5: Abstained | 6: Yes | 7: Yes | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Yes |
| Canada | 1: Abstained | 2: Yes | 3: Abstained | 4: Abstained | 5: Yes | 6: Yes | 7: Yes | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Yes |
| Australia | 1: Abstained | 2: Yes | 3: Yes | 4: Abstained | 5: Yes | 6: Yes | 7: Yes | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Yes |
| Japan | 1: Abstained | 2: Yes | 3: Yes | 4: Yes | 5: Yes | 6: Yes | 7: Yes | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Yes |
 India | 1: Abstained | 2: Yes | 3: Yes | 4: Abstained | 5: Yes | 6: Yes | 7: Abstained | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Yes |
| Ukraine | 1: Abstained | 2: Abstained | 3: Abstained | 4: Abstained | 5: Yes | 6: Abstained | 7: Yes | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Abstained |
 France | 1: Yes | 2: Yes | 3: Yes | 4: Yes | 5: Yes | 6: Yes | 7: Yes | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Yes |
 Spain | 1: Yes | 2: Yes | 3: Yes | 4: Yes | 5: Yes | 6: Yes | 7: Yes | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Yes |
 China | 1: Yes | 2: Yes | 3: Yes | 4: Yes | 5: Yes | 6: Yes | 7: Yes | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Yes |
 Russia | 1: Yes | 2: Yes | 3: Yes | 4: Yes | 5: Yes | 6: Yes | 7: Yes | 8: Yes | 9: Yes | 10: Yes |
 Fiji | 1: No | 2: Yes | 3: Abstained | 4: No | 5: Abstained | 6: Abstained | 7: No | 8: Abstained | 9: Abstained | 10: No |
 Papua New Guinea | 1: No | 2: No | 3: No | 4: No | 5: No | 6: No | 7: No | 8: No | 9: Abstained | 10: No |
 Micronesia | 1: No | 2: No | 3: No | 4: No | 5: No | 6: Abstained | 7: No | 8: No | 9: Didn't vote | 10: No |
 Nauru | 1: No | 2: No | 3: No | 4: No | 5: No | 6: No | 7: No | 8: No | 9: No | 10: No |
| Palau | 1: Abstained | 2: Abstained | 3: No | 4: No | 5: No | 6: Abstained | 7: No | 8: No | 9: No | 10: No |
 Tonga | 1: No | 2: Abstained | 3: Didn't vote | 4: No | 5: No | 6: No | 7: No | 8: No | 9: Didn't vote | 10: No |
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What do the Palestinians and the resolutions' supporters say?
Palestinian representatives said the votes were about saving lives and affirming Palestinian rights. Riyad Mansour, Palestine's Permanent Observer, said on October 26, 2023 that "we must stop the bombs and save lives" and urged members to "vote to stop the killing" (A/ES-10/PV.39). On May 10, 2024 he said: "A vote in favour is a vote for Palestinian existence; it is not against any State" (A/ES-10/PV.49).
President Mahmoud Abbas, speaking by video on September 25, 2025, said: "Hamas will have no role to play in governance ... We will not leave our homeland."
Arab states' representatives urged members to vote yes. Ayman Safadi, Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, said on October 26, 2023: "History will judge us ... We must say no to war" (A/ES-10/PV.39). Mohamed Abushahab, the UAE Ambassador and Arab Group chair, said on May 10, 2024: "Palestine has demonstrated that it deserves its place in the international community" (A/ES-10/PV.49).
What do Israel and the United States say?
Israel's representatives said the resolutions were one-sided because they did not condemn Hamas. The June 2025 resolution called for the release of hostages "held by Hamas and other groups", and the New York Declaration condemned the October 7 attacks. Gilad Erdan, Israel's Permanent Representative, said on October 27, 2023: "Today is a day that will go down in infamy ... this resolution ... does not even name Hamas, as if this war started on its own. Not once" (A/ES-10/PV.41). On December 12, 2023 he said: "A ceasefire means one thing and one thing only: ensuring the survival of Hamas" (A/ES-10/PV.45).
The United States made similar arguments. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US Ambassador, said on October 27, 2023: "It is outrageous that this draft resolution fails to name the perpetrators of the 7 October terrorist attacks: Hamas" (A/ES-10/PV.40). Robert Wood, the Deputy US Ambassador, said in December 2024 that the text "risks sending a dangerous message to Hamas that there's no need to negotiate or release the hostages."
As of October 2026, the October 2025 ceasefire formally holds. The Assembly's yearly resolutions on Palestine are due in November and December 2026.