According to IRNA at the UN headquarters, the resolution was passed on Friday with 142 votes in favor, 10 against, and 12 abstentions, thereby formally adopting the New York Declaration.

The vote took place ahead of the upcoming UN General Assembly summit, to be jointly chaired by Riyadh and Paris, scheduled for September 22 in New York. At the summit, French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to formally recognize the State of Palestine.

Through this resolution, the UN General Assembly endorsed the New York Declaration, which outlines “tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps” toward a two-state solution between Israeli regime and Palestine, in advance of the world leaders’ meeting.

The seven-page New York Declaration is the outcome of an international conference held at the United Nations in July, hosted by Saudi Arabia and France, focused on resolving the decades-long conflict. The United States and Israeli regime boycotted the event.