UN Security Council Resolution 478
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 478, declared that the 1980 Knesset law (the Jerusalem Law) declaring Jerusalem as Israel's "eternal and indivisible" capital was "null and void and must be rescinded forthwith". The resolution instructed member states to withdraw their diplomatic representation from the city as a punitive measure, which the few countries with embassies in Jerusalem did, relocating their embassies to Tel Aviv. Most countries already located their embassies in Tel Aviv prior to resolution 478.
The vote, which took place on August 20, 1980, was passed 14-0, with the United States abstaining.
External link
- Full text of resolution 478 (pdf) (http://ods-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/NR0/399/71/IMG/NR039971.pdf)
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