{"id":385337,"date":"2017-12-22T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=385337"},"modified":"2017-12-22T03:30:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T03:30:37","slug":"african-countries-voted-us-jerusalem-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/african-countries-voted-us-jerusalem-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"How African countries voted on US\u2019 Jerusalem decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

Togo was the only African country to support the US\u2019 decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.<\/p>\n

About 30 other African countries including Ghana, however voted in favour of the resolution supporting the longstanding international consensus that the status of Jerusalem \u2013 which is claimed as a capital by both\u00a0Israel<\/a>\u00a0and the Palestinians \u2013 can only be settled as an agreed final issue in a peace deal.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”1lRqw0TGLEMPHLoB3fw6bvpqDwMQZByV”]Benin, Cameroon, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, and Uganda, however refrained from voting.<\/p>\n

The voting was done amidst heightened tension as the US had threatened some member countries over voting against the US\u2019s position.<\/p>\n

The US was expectant that member countries backed it recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but that did not turn out as it expected.<\/p>\n

The US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, ahead of the votes threatened that the US will remember which countries that \u201cdisrespected\u201d it by voting against it.<\/p>\n

The US government had also threatened to cut funding to countries that did not back its position.<\/p>\n

She said the US \u201cwould be taking names\u2026When we make generous contributions to the UN, we also have expectation that we will be respected\u2026What\u2019s more, we are being asked to pay for the dubious privileges of being disrespected.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf our investment fails, we have an obligation to spend our investment in other ways\u2026 The United States will remember this day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump, while speaking at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, said \u201cLet them vote against us\u2026 We\u2019ll save a lot. We don\u2019t care. But this isn\u2019t like it used to be where they could vote against you and then you pay them hundreds of millions of dollars…We\u2019re not going to be taken advantage of any longer.”<\/p>\n

The warning appeared largely aimed at UN members in Africa, Asia and Latin America, who are regarded as more vulnerable to US pressure.<\/p>\n

Egypt, which is named among the countries that voted against the US’ position last year alone benefited from over $1 Billion in aid from the US.<\/p>\n

How the World voted?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Countries that voted in favour of the resolution<\/strong><\/p>\n

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan,\u00a0Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon,\u00a0Gambia,\u00a0Germany,\u00a0Ghana,\u00a0Greece,\u00a0Grenada,\u00a0Guinea,\u00a0Guyana, Iceland,\u00a0India,\u00a0Indonesia,\u00a0Iran,\u00a0Iraq,\u00a0Ireland,\u00a0Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,\u00a0Kuwait,\u00a0Kyrgyzstan, Laos,\u00a0Lebanon,\u00a0Liberia,\u00a0Libya,\u00a0Liechtenstein,\u00a0Lithuania and Luxembourg.<\/p>\n

Others are Madagascar,\u00a0Malaysia,\u00a0Maldives,\u00a0Mali,\u00a0Malta,\u00a0Mauritania,\u00a0Mauritius,\u00a0Monaco,\u00a0Montenegro,\u00a0Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal,\u00a0Netherlands,\u00a0New Zealand,\u00a0Nicaragua,\u00a0Niger,\u00a0Nigeria,\u00a0Norway, Oman, Pakistan,\u00a0Papua New Guinea,\u00a0Peru,\u00a0Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia,\u00a0Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore,\u00a0Slovakia,\u00a0Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia,\u00a0Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,\u00a0United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

Countries that voted in favour of the decision<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Togo, United States<\/p>\n

Countries that refrained from voting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Antigua-Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Benin, Bhutan,\u00a0Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cameroon,\u00a0Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Haiti, Hungary, Jamaica, Kiribati, Latvia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines,\u00a0Poland, Romania, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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