The UN Economic and Financial Committee has approved resolutions calling on Israel to compensate Lebanon and Syria for an oil slick and to hand sovereignty to the Palestinians over their natural resources. The resolutions were passed despite opposition from the US, Argentina, Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, and Palau. The slick occurred in 2006 after the Israeli Air Force struck storage tanks near the Jiyah electric power plant, causing significant damage to Lebanon's coastline. The resolutions call for prompt and adequate compensation from Israel to Lebanon and Syria, and for Israel to cease the exploitation and damage of natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the occupied Syrian Golan.