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Source: http://www.unwatch.org/palestinians-suffer-defeat-unesco-losing-france-eu-india-africa/
UNESCO Resolution Was Defeat for Palestinians
(UN Watch) Hillel Neuer - France's decision to abstain on the UNESCO resolution on Jerusalem, after having supported a previous version in April, was a major shift. India, which historically has backed one-sided Arab resolutions targeting Israel at the UN, also abstained. Its neighbor, Sri Lanka, also moved from the Yes camp to Abstain. All EU states abstained, including Sweden and Spain. Argentina also moved from Yes to Abstain. More sub-Saharan African countries abstained (seven: Guinea, Togo, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda) than voted with the Palestinians (six: Chad, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan).