On Friday, the UN Human Rights Council adopted two resolutions on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, and the illegality of settlements.

This came at the conclusion of the Council's 49th session in Geneva, Switzerland, according to the Palestinian Foreign Ministry.

Riyad Al-Malki, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in Ramallah, said that "the adoption of the two resolutions by the great majority is a positive indication and a step in the right path to prove that international law must not be divided."

Al-Maliki added, "International law must be implemented in order for our people to obtain their rights, and to hold Israel accountable for its crimes against humanity, especially the war crimes and apartheid, and to confront the Israeli colonial settlement system."

38 countries voted in favor of the "settlement resolution in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, 5 countries abstained: Ukraine, Lithuania, Brazil, Cameroon, and Honduras, and 4 countries voted against the resolution: The United States, the United Kingdom, the Marshall Islands, and Malawi.

41 countries voted in favor of the resolution "the Palestinian people's right to self-determination", 3 countries abstained: Lithuania, Cameroon, and Honduras, and 3 countries voted against the resolution: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Marshall Islands.

Al-Maliki welcomed the adoption of the two resolutions, thanking the member states that voted by the vast majority in their favor, and calling on the countries that did not support the two resolutions to stop the policy of double standards and claiming that they are part of any ethical international contract.

Al-Maliki called for the implementation of the resolutions of international legitimacy and its institutions, and the provision of protection to the Palestinian people, leading to the realization of the Palestinian people's right to self-determination.

Al-Maliki pointed out that the adoption of the resolution to illegalize the settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories is an affirmation of the need to stop supporting and boycotting them, leading to their dismantling and removal.

Al-Maliki also stressed the necessity of banning settlement goods, and stopping commercial, military and service dealings with this colonial system, due to its violation of the rules of international law.

About 666,000 Israeli settlers are distributed in 145 large settlements and 140 random outposts in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, according to data from the Israeli human rights movement, Peace Now.