(JTA) – President Donald Trump’s then-nominee for national security advisor, Michael Flynn, and members of the transition team, worked to defeat a United Nations vote condemning Israeli settlements, according to a new report. Foreign Policy reported Feb. 17 that: “The effort represented a fitful first foray into global diplomacy by Trump’s transition team, bearing hallmarks that have become familiar in the weeks since he took office. Their efforts were marked by a brusque disregard for diplomatic protocol and a hasty pressure campaign that changed few, if any, minds.” The resolution condemning Israeli settlement building in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem passed in the U.N. Security Council in late December by a vote of 14-0, with the United States abstaining. The U.S. had traditionally vetoed such resolutions. Trump condemned the vote at the time, and questioned the efficacy of the United Nations.

According to the article, citing an unnamed U.S. official, Trump’s nominee as ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, tried to reach then-envoy Samantha Power on the day of the vote, calling her office and cell phone in an effort to persuade her to veto the resolution. Power did not take the call. Flynn reportedly called foreign ambassadors on the council, including Malaysia, which was one of four countries to bring Resolution 2334 to a vote, according to the report. The Malaysian diplomat did not take Flynn’s call. A day before the vote, Trump issued a series of tweets displaying his disdain for the council’s plan. The resolution, Trump said in one tweet, “puts Israel in a very poor negotiating position and is extremely unfair to all Israelis.” After the vote, Trump tweeted: “As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th.”

The U.S. mission to the United Nations, the State Department, and the National Security Council did not respond to requests for comment on the Foreign Policy story, according to the magazine, nor was the magazine able to secure contact information for Flynn.