UN General Assembly voting record on anti-Israel resolutions 1998 - 99

The UN and Israel 53rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly

RE: (Barak pushing to hand sovereignty on the Temple Mount to permanent members of the UN Security Council Ha'aretz 22 September 2000

The UN Security Council consists of five permanent members and 10 members appointed by the General Assembly to two-year terms. During teh 1998-99 session there were 21 General Assembly resolutions related to Israel and the Middle East. All were anti-Israel.

The following table provides the voting record of the 5 permanent members as well the voting of some other countries: All the resolutions were negative to Israel.

Permanent Security Council Members	Vote Yes	Vote No	Absent
China	20	0	1
France	17	0	4
Russian Federation	18	0	3
United Kingdom	17	0	4
U.S.A.	1	17	3
Other Countries	Vote Yes	Vote No	Absent
CANADA	15	0	5
Italy	17	0	4
Germany	15	0	6
Japan	17	0	4

Except for the U.S. and Israel, only one other country voted no; a single vote `No' by Micronesia. Micronesia voted once `No' , once `Yes' , seven abstentions and was absent for 12 of the votes..

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Data source: "One-Sided; The Continuing Campaign Against Israel in the United Nations, a report on resolutions regarding Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict before the 53rd session of the United Nations General Assembly 1998-99", American Jewish Committee.