Italy abstained Friday on a UN General Assembly resolution recognising Palestine as qualified to become a full member of the United Nations.
The other abstainers are Albania, Bulgaria, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Fiji, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Marshall Islands, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Moldova, Paraguay, Romania, Vanuatu, Malawi, Monaco, Ukraine, Great Britain, Sweden and Switzerland.
The nine countries that voted against are the USA, Israel, Palau, Nauru, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Hungary, Argentina and Czechia.
The resolution passed by 143 votes to nine with 25 abstentions.
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