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UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY · 2026-09-17

Allow Palestine’s president to address the General Assembly by recorded video.

A/RES/81/1 · Adopted 17 September 2026

Allow Palestine’s president to address the General Assembly by recorded video.

On 17 September 2026, the General Assembly adopted a resolution allowing the president of the State of Palestine to send a pre-recorded statement for the 81st-session general debate. The full recorded vote was 152 for, 3 against and 4 abstentions. This game uses eight of those countries. The UN press account names the countries that voted against or abstained; the three included votes in favour are also stated by those delegations in the meeting transcript. A vote alone does not establish a country’s motives.

Selected countries at a glance

For the eight countries in our puzzle dataset:

  • FOR: China, Russia, Iran
  • AGAINST: Israel, Paraguay, United States
  • ABSTAIN: Peru, Colombia

Eight recorded country votes

These eight countries are the selected Eight Votes challenge, not the complete UN voting roster. The vote alone does not establish a government’s motive or its position on the broader subject.

Selected country votes on A/RES/81/1
CountryRecorded vote
ChinaFOR
ColombiaABSTAIN
IranFOR
IsraelAGAINST
ParaguayAGAINST
PeruABSTAIN
RussiaFOR
United StatesAGAINST

Source and context

UN meeting coverage, 17 September 2026 ↗ (external source)

UN WebTV meeting transcript (automatic) ↗ (external source)

Resolution A/RES/81/1 ↗ (external source)

Official resolution document ↗

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