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Security Council Fails to Adopt Draft Resolution Declaring Illegal Israeli Construction of Wall in Occupied Territories

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15 October 2003

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UN Security Council members vote on a draft resolution (Res. 980) that would declare illegal the construction by Israel, the occupying Power, of a wall in the occupied territories departing from the Armistice Line of 1949 . The United States vetoed the measure; 10 members voted in favor, and four abstained (Bulgaria , Cameroon , Germany , United Kingdom ).

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Security Council Fails to Adopt Draft Resolution Declaring Illegal Israeli Construction of Wall in Occupied Territories

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