Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2021 to Question 151690, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 73/295 on the International Criminal Court’s determination that it has jurisdiction over East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.

The United Kingdom considers these to be two separate issues. The United Kingdom voted against General Assembly resolution 73/295 and we remain firmly of the view that the International Court of Justice and General Assembly are not the appropriate fora for resolving what is fundamentally a bilateral matter of disputed sovereignty between 2 UN member states. The resolution is non-binding.