The UN General Assembly voted on Sept. 12 to adopt the so-called New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine, which outlines the implementation of a two-state solution and the path towards recognition of a Palestinian state.

The margin of the vote was 142-10, with 12 abstentions. Canada voted in favour of the measure, while Israel and the United States opposed it, as did Argentina, Hungary, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay and Tonga.

The declaration was first published in late July during a conference led by France and Saudi Arabia intended to expand recognition of a Palestinian state.

While the document marks the first time the Arab League and its member states condemned Hamas and expressed that the terror group must no longer govern

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