UN Adopts Landmark Resolution Marking Palestinian 'Nakba'

On Wednesday, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution that decides to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Nakba, "the “day of catastrophe”.

In his address in the Assembly Hall, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations Riyad H. Mansour said: "Today, this General Assembly will finally acknowledge the historical injustice that befell the Palestinian people."

"The people of Palestine deserve recognition of their plight, justice for the victims, reparation for their loss, and fulfillment of their rights. 2022 has been the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since the Second Intifada," he continued.

"There is no two-State solution without a sovereign and independent State of Palestine based on the pre‑1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Anybody serious about the two-State solution must help salvage the Palestinian State and recognize it now without further delay," Mansour said, stressing that justice in Palestine would mean that the international law-based order has triumphed over the impunity and double standards.

In addition, the Assembly adopted drafts titled “Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People” and “Special information program on the question of Palestine of the Department of Global Communications of the Secretariat”.

By the terms of the latter text, the Assembly condemned the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and welcomed the decision of the United Nations to honor her legacy by renaming a training program to “Shireen Abu Akleh Training Programme for Palestinian Broadcasters and Journalists”.