US ‘Will Be Taking Names’ During UNGA Vote on Jerusalem Move, Envoy Haley Warns

On Tuesday, Palestine officially requested a rare special session of the UN General Assembly on the status of Jerusalem.

Ahead of Thursday’s meeting, Haley again warned the US “will be taking names” of those who oppose US policy during the symbolic vote, as resolutions passed by the General Assembly are not legally binding, but can be considered morally compromising.

“At the UN we’re always asked to do more & give more,” Haley wrote on Twitter. “So, when we make a decision, at the will of the American ppl, abt where to locate OUR embassy, we don’t expect those we’ve helped to target us. On Thurs there’ll be a vote criticizing our choice. The US will be taking names.”

Threats under the guise of diplomacy appears to be in line with the style of the US ambassador who was a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. In January, when she assumed her new UN role, she showed her hand, warning US allies that if they do not support Washington, there would be repercussions.

“Our goal with the administration is to show value at the UN and the way that we’ll show value is to show our strength, show our voice, have the backs of our allies and make sure that our allies have our back as well,” Haley said on January 27, as she arrived at UN headquarters to present her credentials to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “For those that don’t have our back, we’re taking names, we will make points to respond to that accordingly.”

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**Photo: U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Nikki Haley meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his office in Jerusalem, June 7, 2017. | Source: Ambassador Nikki Haley visit June 2017 | Author: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv | Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.