Overview

• The Assembly approved the measure 145–5 with 6 abstentions after the United States denied or revoked entry visas for Mahmoud Abbas and about 80 other Palestinian officials.
• The text authorizes a prerecorded presidential address to be played during the General Debate and allows video or prerecorded remarks at the 22 September high-level conference, with an explicit non-precedent clause.
• Abbas is slated to be heard on 25 September during the General Debate, which opens on 23 September.
• The United States, joined by Israel and three Pacific states, voted no, citing Palestinian noncompliance with Oslo commitments and practices it says undermine prospects for peace.
• Several delegations, including Russia and China, argued the visa denials breach host‑country duties under the UN Headquarters Agreement, and a separate decision permits Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to deliver a virtual statement at the 22 September conference.