While the world grapples with the COVID pandemic, the UN's World Health Organization adopted only one decision critical of a single state for violating the right to health - Israel, for allegedly violating the health rights of Palestinians. The draft decision was proposed by Algeria, Andorra, Bahrain, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, "Palestine", Qatar, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, and Yemen. It was adopted by the World Health Assembly on May 26, 2021, by a vote of 82 in favor to 14 against (Australia, Austria, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom), with 40 abstentions.