And of course, the usual two voting against.

It really is always the same map

I wonder why most of Europe abstained as well...

Because speaking out against colonialism raises the question of whether "Canada" should even exist.

Decolonization necessitates the removal of the currently ruling government so obviously they wouldn't support it.

colonial states refraining from condemning colonialism ? 🤯

It is a colonialist state after all. In the sense of "westward" settler colonialism rather than imperial colonialism (though it participates in that too).

A lot of european countries too.

I guess now we just need to list the people who are responsible for these and bring back the good old guillotines :)

This is fucking insulting. Palestinians are dying and the UN wants to throw vague shade about it by declaring a "day"? "Thoughts and prayers" at the nation-state level? Fuck off.

Eh, it's yet another meaningless resolution for the sole purpose of creating this screenshot. It's a 3 page document saying effectively nothing.

I mean, it was drafted by the following paragons of fighting for nation's right to self-determination:

Belarus, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, China, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Zimbabwe and State of Palestine: draft resolution

Just to show how meaningless:

Reaffirming that any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of a country is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations

Russia co-drafted this btw

Read the entire thing here:

https://docs.un.org/A/80/23

The reasoning behind each abstention can also (probably?) be read online. See Germany's:

https://new-york-un.diplo.de/un-en/2740370-2740370

Well, this will certainly do something and isn't some performative fluff.

Colonialism can be done right. It's completely possible for people from more-developed areas to help those out in less-developed areas.

The problem is that everyone from these developed areas has been conditioned to believe the only reason to do anything is to make someone else richer.