United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/18

United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/18 was passed during the tenth emergency special session in response to the Gaza War (2008-2009). It aimed to enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1860, calling for an immediate ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and unimpeded humanitarian aid distribution. The resolution was adopted with overwhelming support (142-3) and 9 abstentions.^[1]

UN General Assembly Resolution ES-10/18
Date	16 January 2009
Meeting no.	10th Emergency Special Session (continuation)
Code	A/RES/ES-10/18 (Document)
Subject	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (2009)
Voting summary	142 voted for 3 voted against 9 abstained
Result	Adopted

Voting record

In favour (142)	Abstaining (9)	Against (3)	Absent (38)
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Argentina Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic People's Republic of Korea Denmark Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Finland FYROM France Gambia (Republic of The) Germany Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia   Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Peru Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden  Switzerland Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania Uruguay Uzbekistan Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe	Australia Canada Cote D'Ivoire Ecuador Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Nigeria Syrian Arab Republic Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Israel Nauru United States of America	Antigua and Barbuda Cape Verde Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Equatorial Guinea Fiji Gabon Georgia Ghana Guinea-Bissau Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Liberia Malawi Marshall Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Palau Paraguay Philippines Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Somalia Sudan Suriname Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Turkmenistan Tuvalu Vanuatu
Observer States: Holy See

See also

• Tenth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly
• Gaza War (2008-2009)
• United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/19
• United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/20
• United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/21
• United Nations General Assembly resolution
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 1860