22 December 2017 11:21 am
According to Al Jazeera, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belgium, North Korea, China, Egypt, Finland, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom were among the 128 countries which voted in favour of the resolution at an emergency session of the UN General Assembly held on Thursday.
Nine countries including the US, Israel, Honduras and Guatemala voted against it while 35 countries including Argentina and Australia abstained from voting.
The US administration earlier threatened to cut aid to UN members who would vote against its decision.