The UN has addressed Palestine since Resolution 181 recommended partition in 1947. Key texts include 194 on refugees, 242 on land for peace, 1397 on two states…
The Assembly voted 33-13-10 to split Mandatory Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state with an international Jerusalem. The map never became reality.
About 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled. Resolution 194 said those wishing to return in peace should be permitted to; UNRWA followed in 1949.
After Israel took Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Golan and Sinai, the Council stressed the inadmissibility of acquiring territory by war and linked withdrawal to s…
Yasser Arafat addressed the Assembly with an olive branch and a freedom fighter's gun. Resolutions 3236 and 3237 affirmed national rights and gave the PLO observer statu…
Resolution 1397 affirmed a vision of Israel and Palestine living side by side within secure and recognized borders. The Road Map followed in 2003.
The Council said settlements in territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, have no legal validity, and demanded a halt. The US abstained instead of vetoing.
After the Hamas-led attack killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages, Council drafts failed over condemning Hamas and ceasefire language. The Assembly voted 120-14…
Resolution 2712 called for pauses, 2720 for aid at scale, 2728 for an immediate ceasefire (25 March 2024) and 2735 for a three-phase deal, after five vetoes.
It endorsed the September 2025 peace plan, welcomed a Board of Peace as transitional administration and authorised an International Stabilization Force to the end of 202…
Guterres said two states must go beyond words. At the Council, UN officials said the ceasefire remains fragile and disarmament and full withdrawal have not begun.
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