Editing Foreign relations of Bolivia (section)

==United Nations involvement==
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Bolivia, being one of the founding members of the [[United Nations]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Library |first=Dag Hammarskjöld |title=Research Guides: UN Membership: Founding Members |url=https://research.un.org/en/unmembers/founders |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=research.un.org |language=English}}</ref> has frequently been involved with the [[Intergovernmental organization|Intergovernmental Organisation]] . In November 2008, the Bolivian contingent of [[United Nations peacekeeping|UN peacekeeping]] troops with the [[United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] was relocated to safety, as at least one other regional state was also reviewing its own mission's security. The country had a detachment of 130 soldiers that was working in [[Bukavu]], but was moved to a location near [[Goma]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bostonherald.com/news/international/africa/view/2008_11_17_Congo_violence_prompts_move_of_Bolivia_s_UN_troops/srvc=home&position=recent|title=Congo violence prompts move of Bolivia's UN troops|date=November 11, 2008|newspaper=Boston Herald|access-date=2009-05-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208102814/http://news.bostonherald.com/news/international/africa/view/2008_11_17_Congo_violence_prompts_move_of_Bolivia_s_UN_troops/srvc%3Dhome%26position%3Drecent|archive-date=December 8, 2008}}</ref> Bolivia currently serves as a non-permanent member of the [[United Nations Security Council]], with a two-year term ending in 2018. While a member of the Security Council, Bolivia strongly criticized [[United States]] President [[Donald Trump's]] decision to move the [[Embassy of the United States, Tel Aviv|United States' Embassy in Israel]] from [[Tel Aviv]] to [[Jerusalem]], and called for a public meeting of the Security Council to respond to the decision.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trump-israel-un/bolivia-to-seek-u-n-security-council-meeting-on-jerusalem-status-idUKKBN1E0257|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206173323/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trump-israel-un/bolivia-to-seek-u-n-security-council-meeting-on-jerusalem-status-idUKKBN1E0257|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 2017|title=Bolivia to seek U.N. Security Council meeting on Jerusalem status|date=December 6, 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-02-25}}</ref> The Bolivian delegation also joined [[Russia]] in casting a negative vote for the renewal of the [[OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism]] in Syria, citing technical concerns about the Mechanism.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sc13040.doc.htm|title=Security Council Fails to Renew Mandate of Joint Investigative Mechanism on Chemical Weapons Use in Syria, as Permanent Member Casts Veto|date=October 24, 2017|publisher=United Nations News|access-date=2018-02-25}}</ref>

During the [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-11/1]], on March 2, 2022, Bolivia voted to abstain, along with 34 other nations.