UN members warned Donald Trump will take issue personally if
countries back draft resolution rejecting US decision
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has warned UN
members she will be “taking names” of countries that vote to reject
Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
In a letter seen by the Guardian, Haley told countries – including
European delegations – that she will report back to the US president with
the names of those who support a draft resolution rejecting the US move
at the UN general assembly on Thursday, adding that Trump took the
issue personally.
Haley writes: “As you consider your vote, I encourage you to know the
president and the US take this vote personally.
“The president will be watching this vote carefully and has requested I
report back on those who voted against us,” she continued.
Haley followed the letter by tweeting: “At the UN we’re always asked to
do more & give more. So, when we make a decision, at the will of the
American ppl, abt where to locate OUR embassy, we don’t expect those
we’ve helped to target us. On Thurs there’ll be a vote criticizing our
choice. The US will be taking names.”
The Trump administration’s heavy-handed approach to foreign policy –
often in breach of both international consensus and diplomatic niceties –
has alienated even close allies.
The 193-member UN general assembly – which has no vetoes – will hold
an emergency session on Thursday to vote on the proposed measure that
the US vetoed at the security council earlier this week.
There was fury in Washington over Monday’s vote, in which the US was
isolated in a 14-1 vote requesting Trump withdraw his recognition of
Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
According to Haaretz, Israel has sent
instructions to its own diplomatic missions
ordering ambassadors to seek meetings with
officials to persuade them to direct their
representatives at the UN to oppose the
draft resolution at the general assembly and
ask them not to make speeches.
A copy of the draft resolution, also seen by the Guardian, calls on the
general assembly to declare the US move “null and void”.
It also demands that countries avoid “any decisions and actions which
purport to have altered the character, status or demographic composition
of the Holy City of Jerusalem” and calls upon all states to comply with
existing security council resolutions.
The UN general assembly meeting was requested by Turkey and Yemen
on behalf of the Arab group of countries and the Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation.
The two countries circulated a draft resolution on Tuesday that mirrors
the vetoed measure Egypt had put forward at the security council
meeting, which was backed by all members apart from the US.
The Palestinian ambassador, Riyad Mansour, said he expected
“overwhelming support” for the measure stating that Jerusalem was an
issue “to be resolved through negotiations” between Israel and the
Palestinians.
“The general assembly will say, without the fear of the veto, that the
international community is refusing to accept the unilateral position of
the United States,” Mansour told reporters.
Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital broke with
international consensus, triggering protests across the Muslim world and
drawing strong condemnation. Key US allies including Britain, France,
Italy, Japan and Ukraine were among the 14 countries in the 15-member
council that voted in favour of rejecting the move.
After that vote, Haley described the 14-1 vote as “an insult” and warned:
“It won’t be forgotten.”
After the clash at the top UN body, the White House announced that the
US vice-president, Mike Pence, was delaying a trip to the Middle East
planned for this week.
Israel seized control of the eastern part of Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle
East war and regards all of Jerusalem as its undivided capital. The
Palestinians view the east as the capital of their future state.
Several UN resolutions call on Israel to withdraw from territory seized
during the 1967 war.
The vote in the emergency session of the general assembly follows an
annual vote on Tuesday where members voted 176-7 to affirm the
Palestinian right to self-determination, suggesting the level of support
the draft resolution could potentially command on Thursday.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman pledged the kingdom’s support for east
Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state during talks with
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Wednesday.
Abbas has sent delegations to China and Russia to ask them to take a
greater role in the peace process with Israel.
(@nikkihaley)
At the UN we're always asked to do more & give more.
So, when we make a decision, at the will of the
American ppl, abt where to locate OUR embassy, we
don't expect those we've helped to target us. On Thurs
there'll be a vote criticizing our choice. The US will be
taking names, Nikki Haley
US outnumbered 14 to 1
as it vetoes UN vote on
status of Jerusalem

So USA will fight all other countries. Let them take on North Korea and Iran first. Those that the gods want to kill, they make them mad first.

let them take my name join

lilytender:
So USA will fight all other countries. Let them take on North Korea and Iran first. Those that the gods want to kill, they make them mad first.

That you are powerful doesn't mean u fight at every given time...
can any of those countries u mentioned match USA in a war?