Tasnim - Every members of the UN Security Council except the US, which used its veto, backed a UN resolution calling for the withdrawal of Donald Trump�s recognition of al-Quds (Jerusalem) as Israel�s capital.

The unanimity of the rest of the council was a stark rebuke to the Trump administration over its unilateral move earlier this month, which upended decades of international consensus.

Fourteen members of the 15-member council voted on Monday in favor of the Egyptian-drafted resolution, which did not specifically name the US or Trump but expressed �deep regret at recent decisions concerning the status of Jerusalem�, while US Ambassador Nikki Haley wielded Washington�s veto against the call.

�What we witnessed here in the Security Council is an insult. It won�t be forgotten. We do it [the veto] with no joy, but we do it with no reluctance,� said Haley after casting the US veto.

�The fact that this veto is being done in defense of American sovereignty and in defense of America�s role in the Middle East peace process is not a source of embarrassment for us; it should be an embarrassment to the remainder of the Security Council,� She further said after the vote.

Washington�s key allies the UK, Italy, France, Ukraine and Japan were all among the 14 countries that voted in favor of the measure.

The resolution asserted that �any decisions and actions, which purport to have altered the character, status or demographic composition of the Holy City of Jerusalem [al-Quds] have no legal effect, are null and void and must be rescinded in compliance with relevant resolutions of the Security Council.�