The resolutions approved in New York on Thursday are part of a package of 14 texts on Israel that the UNGA plans to pass by the end of the year.
The least popular text of the six was the resolution affirming the "work of the special committee to investigate Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people."
It was approved 80-18, with 73 abstentions, a tally that showed it had less than the majority support of the current 193 UN member states.
The decision of the bulk of its opponents — including, most EU nations, to abstain rather than reject the text — ensured its passage, however, despite the lack of support.
Last year, the same text was approved 77-14, with 83 abstentions. These are the countries that changed their vote: Austria, the Dominican Republic, Micronesia, the Philippines, Slovenia and the United Kingdom.
These are the countries that opposed the resolution: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Liberia, the Marshall Islands, and the United States.
