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Politics of Palestine
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Government State of Palestine government (Ramallah) President: Mahmoud Abbas Prime Minister: Mohammad Mustafa Hamas government (Gaza)
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The Palestinian National Authority was established in 1994 by the Palestinian Liberation Organization as a result of the Oslo Accords and the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement. The Israeli government transferred certain powers and responsibilities of self-government to the PA, which are in effect in parts of the West Bank, and used to be effective in the Gaza Strip before its takeover by Hamas. The Palestinian Authority enjoys wide recognition and maintains diplomatic relations with many states. In 1988 the PLO declared the State of Palestine, being quite widely recognised by states, although often in equivocal terms. The Palestinian National Authority publicly acknowledged the recognition of 94 other states. Since then, other states have publicly extended recognition, and the Palestinian Authority now has bilateral agreements in place with states in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe.

International recognition

The exact number of countries recognising the State of Palestine is unclear, due to the equivocal nature of many official statements of acknowledgment. Francis Boyle, legal advisor to the PLO, assisted the organisation in drafting the 1988 Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Palestine. At that time, the United States was using its Foreign Assistance Act and other measures to discourage other countries and international organisations from extending recognition. According to one author, by 1988, more than 100 countries had recognised the State of Palestine. The Palestine Liberation Organization publicly acknowledged recognition from 94 states. Since then, a number of other states have publicly extended recognition. Boyle reported in 1990 that the number was over 114 states. In 2005, Anat Kurz reported that 117 United Nations member states had formally recognised Palestine as a sovereign state. In February 2009, Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki was able to submit to the ICC written statements from 67 of these countries. He was also able to show the existence of bilateral agreements with states in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe.

In 2009 and 2010, Boyle reported that about 130 countries had recognised the State of Palestine. Boyle specified the number at 127 in June 2010.

Most states that have recognised the State of Palestine have subsequently upgraded any PLO offices in their countries to embassy status. A number of other states grant some form of diplomatic status to a Palestinian delegation, in some cases falling short of full diplomatic recognition.

Recent developments

The most recent state to recognise the State of Palestine is Uruguay. President José Mujica announced his government's recognition of the Palestinian state during the sixteenth conference of the Federation of Arab-American Entities (Ferab), held in Montevideo in November 2010. He had initially announced his intentions to do so in September. Mujica announced that "Palestine will have its embassy here ... in the first half of 2011." Foreign Affairs Minister Luis Almagro stated that this announcement only made official the joint communique signed in April by himself and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki formalising "existing friendly relations between both sides." He announced the State of Palestine was scheduled to establish an embassy in Montevideo within the first quarter of 2011.

Diplomatic relations

While the number of states that have recognised the 1988–proclaimed State of Palestine is not clear, such recognition has been extended by member states of the Arab League, the African Union, and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, as well as Russia, India, and the People's Republic of China. A number of others granted some form of diplomatic status to a Palestinian delegation, falling short of full diplomatic recognition. The following are listed in alphabetical order. In total 152 states are known to currently have some form of relations with either the Palestinian Authority or the 1988–proclaimed State of Palestine.

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Num	Country	Diplomatic Missions	Notes
1	Afghanistan
2	Albania	Embassy in Tirana
3	Algeria	Embassy in Algiers	Arab League; African Union
4	Angola	Embassy in Luanda	African Union
5	Argentina	General Delegation in Buenos Aires
6	Armenia
7	Australia	General Delegation in Canberra
8	Austria	General Delegation in Vienna	European Union
9	Azerbaijan
10	Bahrain	Embassy in Manama	Arab League
11	Bangladesh	Embassy in Dhaka
12	Belarus	Embassy in Minsk
13	Belgium	General Delegation in Brussels	European Union
14	Benin		African Union
15	Bhutan
16	Bolivia
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Embassy in Sarejevo
18	Botswana		African Union
19	Brazil	Special Delegation in Brasília
20	Brunei
21	Bulgaria	Embassy in Sofia	European Union
22	Burkina Faso		African Union
23	Burundi		African Union
24	Cambodia
25	Cameroon		African Union
26	Canada	General Delegation in Ottawa
27	Cape Verde		African Union
28	Central African Republic		African Union
29	Chad		African Union
30	Chile	General Delegation in Santiago
31	China, People's Republic of	Embassy in Beijing	Palestine – People's Republic of China relations
32	Comoros		Arab League; African Union
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo		African Union
34	Republic of the Congo	Embassy in Brazaville	African Union
35	Costa Rica
36	Côte d'Ivoire	Embassy in Abidjan	African Union
37	Cuba	Embassy in Havanna
38	Cyprus	Embassy in Nikosia	European Union
39	Czech Republic	Embassy in Prague	European Union
40	Denmark	General Delegation in Copenhagen	European Union; Denmark–Palestine relations
41	Djibouti	Embassy in Djibouti City	Arab League; African Union
42	Ecuador
43	Egypt	Embassy in Cairo	Arab League; African Union
44	Equatorial Guinea		African Union
45	Eritrea		African Union
46	Ethiopia	Embassy in Addis Ababa	African Union
47	Finland	General Delegation in Helsinki	European Union
48	France	General Delegation in Paris	European Union
49	Gabon	Embassy in Libreville	African Union
50	Gambia	Embassy in Banjul	African Union
51	Georgia
52	Germany	General Delegation in Berlin	European Union
53	Ghana	Embassy in Accra	African Union
54	Greece	General Delegation in Athens	European Union
55	Guinea	Embassy in Conakry	African Union
56	Guinea-Bissau	Embassy in Bissau	African Union
57	Guyana
58	Haiti
59	Hungary	Embassy in Budapest	European Union
60	India	Embassy in New Delhi	India–Palestine relations
61	Indonesia	Embassy in Jakarta
62	Iran	Embassy in Tehran	Iran–Palestine relations
63	Iraq	Embassy in Baghdad	Arab League
64	Ireland	General Delegation in Dublin	European Union
65	Italy	General Delegation in Rome	European Union
66	Jamaica
67	Japan	General Delegation in Tokyo
68	Jordan	Embassy in Amman	Arab League
69	Kazakhstan	Embassy in Almaty
70	Kenya	Embassy in Harare is also accredited to Kenya	African Union
71	Kuwait	Embassy in Kuwait City	Arab League
72	Kyrgyzstan
73	Laos
74	Lebanon	Embassy in Beirut	Arab League
75	Libya	Embassy in Tripoli	Arab League; African Union
76	Luxembourg		European Union
77	Madagascar		African Union
78	Malaysia	Embassy in Kuala Lampur
79	Maldives
80	Mali	Embassy in Bamako	African Union
81	Malta	Embassy in Valletta	European Union
82	Mauritania	Embassy in Nouakchott	Arab League; African Union
83	Mauritius		African Union
84	Mexico	Special Delegation in Mexico City
85	Moldova
86	Mongolia
87	Montenegro
88	Morocco	Embassy in Rabat	Arab League
89	Mozambique	Embassy in Maputo	African Union
90	Myanmar
91	Namibia	Embassy in Windhoek	African Union
92	Nepal
93	Netherlands	General Delegation in The Hague	European Union
94	New Zealand	General Delegation in Australia is also accredited to New Zealand
95	Nicaragua	Embassy in Managua
96	Niger		African Union
97	Nigeria	Embassy in Abuja	African Union
98	North Korea	Embassy in Pyongyang
99	Norway	General Delegation in Oslo
100	Oman	Embassy in Muscat	Arab League
101	Pakistan	Embassy in Islamabad	Pakistan–Palestine relations
102	Papua New Guinea
103	Paraguay
104	Peru	General Delegation in Lima
105	Philippines
106	Poland	Embassy in Warsaw	European Union
107	Portugal	General Delegation in Lisbon	European Union
108	Qatar	Embassy in Doha	Arab League
109	Romania	Embassy in Bucharest	European Union; Romania–Palestine relations
110	Russia	Embassy in Moscow	Palestine–Russia relations
111	Rwanda		African Union
112	São Tomé and Príncipe		African Union
113	Saudi Arabia	Embassy in Riyadh	Arab League
114	Senegal	Embassy in Dakar	African Union
115	Serbia	Embassy in Belgrade
116	Seychelles		African Union
117	Sierra Leone		African Union
118	Singapore
119	Slovakia	Embassy in Bratislava	European Union
120	Slovenia	Embassy in Ramallah	European Union
121	Somalia		Arab League; African Union
122	South Africa	Embassy in Pretoria	African Union
123	South Korea	Embassy in Ramallah
124	Spain	General Delegation in Madrid	European Union
125	Sri Lanka	Embassy in Colombo
126	Sudan	Embassy in Khartoum	Arab League; African Union
127	Suriname
128	Swaziland		African Union
129	Sweden	General Delegation in Stockholm	European Union
130	Switzerland	General Delegation in Bern
131	Syria	Embassy in Damascus	Arab League
132	Tajikistan
133	Tanzania	Embassy in Dar es Salaam	African Union
134	Timor-Leste
135	Togo		African Union
136	Tunisia	Embassy in Tunis	Arab League; African Union
137	Turkey	Embassy in Ankara	Palestine–Turkey relations
138	Turkmenistan
139	Uganda		African Union
140	Ukraine	Embassy in Kiev
141	United Arab Emirates	Embassy in Abu Dhabi	Arab League; Palestine – United Arab Emirates relations
142	United Kingdom	General Delegation in London	European Union; Palestine – United Kingdom relations
143	United States	General Delegation in Washington, D.C.
144	Uruguay
145	Uzbekistan	Embassy in Tashkent
146	Vanuatu
147	Vatican City	Embassy in Rome	Holy See–Palestine relations
148	Venezuela	Embassy in Caracas	Venezuela–Palestine relations
149	Vietnam	Embassy in Hanoi
150	Yemen	Embassy in Sana'a	Arab League
151	Zambia	Embassy in Lusaka	African Union
152	Zimbabwe	Embassy in Harare	African Union
_	European Union	Mission in Ramallah

Overview

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The following states recognise the State of Palestine and/or maintain some form of official relations with Palestine:

• the State of Palestine is recognised by at least 104 states, excluding states for whom sources are conflicting or inconclusive. Its representative, the Palestine Liberation Organization has established diplomatic relations with at least 74 of them.
  Upon its application to join UNESCO in 1989, Palestine was officially reported to have been recognised by 92 states (including Cambodia, Czech Republic, Kenya, Namibia, Slovakia, Yemen) and the later recognising states include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Georgia, Guyana, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, Philippines, South Africa, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela
• the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority established by it, maintain official relations with the European Union and 39 states (including Estonia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Syria, and the Vatican City), in addition to those recognising the State of Palestine

There is no clear indication of the relations type or recognition of Palestine for:

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• States maintaining official relations with the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority, but without clear indication on their position on the recognition of the State of Palestine: Syria, Uruguay
• States that don't maintain official relations with Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority, and with conflicting indications on their position on, or recognition of, the State of Palestine: Cameroon, Lesotho, Suriname, Swaziland, Turkmenistan, and Vanuatu.

Palestine has no diplomatic or official relations with and the State of Palestine is not recognised by:

• Iceland, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Armenia
• Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore
• East Timor, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Tuvalu, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, New Zealand
• Malawi, Liberia, Eritrea
• Ecuador, Bahamas, Honduras, Panama, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Antigua And Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Saint Lucia
• Sovereign Military Order of Malta
• Abkhazia, Kosovo, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Republic of China, Transnistria

Relations with international organizations

The Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority are represented in various international organizations as member, associate or observer. Because of inconclusiveness in sources in some cases it is impossible to distinguish whether the participation is executed by the PNA, the PLO as representative of the State of Palestine or by the PLO as a non-state entity.

Additionally the Palestinian National Authority participates in trade liberalization:

• has customs union with Israel
• has free trade agreements with the EU, EFTA and others.
• is covered by the free trade agreement between the United States and Israel
• participates in the Greater Arab Free Trade Area
• is in negotiations for free trade agreement with Mercosur

The Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority jointly are accepted as party to the following international agreements about transport in the Arab Mashreq: Road, Rail, Maritime.

The Palestine Liberation Organization, on behalf of the State of Palestine, submitted a letter of accession to the Geneva Conventions, but the depositary state has not taken stance whether this is a valid application.

United Nations representation

The Palestine Liberation Organization gained observer status at the United Nations General Assembly in 1974 through General Assembly Resolution 3237. Acknowledging the proclamation of the State of Palestine, the UN re-designated this observer status as belonging to "Palestine" in 1988 (General Assembly Resolution 43/177). In July 1998, the General Assembly adopted a new Resolution (52/250) conferring upon Palestine additional rights and privileges, including the right to participate in the general debate held at the start of each session of the General Assembly, the right of reply, the right to co-sponsor resolutions and the right to raise points of order on Palestinian and Middle East issues. By this resolution, "seating for Palestine shall be arranged immediately after non-member States and before the other observers." This Resolution was adopted by a vote of 124 in favour, 4 against (Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, United States) and 10 abstentions.

Aftermath of Hamas' victory

After the victory of the Change and Reform list (led by Hamas) in the 2006 elections, many governments, including the United States, as well as the European Union, cut ties with the organs of the PLC, but not those connected to the PNA President, Mahmoud Abbas. The boycott led to the withholding of foreign aid, upon which much of the Palestinian economy is dependent, promised to the PNA. The European Union set up a mechanism to transfer some aid to PNA employees, many of whom had gone unpaid for months, that bypassed the government. After Abbas' sacking of Prime Minister Ismail Haniya as a response by Hamas' takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007, the boycott was lifted.

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77. Diplomatic relations between Georgia and Palestine were established on April 25, 1992, Georgia MFA
78. Embassy of Palestine to Guyana (non-resident), Guyana MFA
79. Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the State of Palestine were established on April 6, 1992. Palestinian Embassy in Kazakhstan was opened in 1993., Kazakhstan MFA
80. Embassy of the State of Palestine to Kyrgyzstan (non-resident), Kyrgyzstan MFA
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85. Embassy of SoP, South Africa MFA, South African Heads of Mission Abroad, South Africa MFA
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93. ^ Syrian embassies, Syria Ministry of Tourism No State of Palestine embassy - an unspecified PLO mission-type is listed instead.
94. The Holy See has relations of a special nature with the Palestine Liberation Organization
95. There are conflicting or inconclusive sources.
96. Embassy of Palestine, Webgaza.net
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98. US department: "Lesotho also recognizes Palestine as a state"
99. Lesotho Prime Minister referred to the "State of Palestine" in his address to the UN
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101. Such as listing "Palestine" without further explanation.
102. ^ Initially representing only the Palestine Liberation Organization itself.
103. Asian Parliamentary Assembly member parliaments
104. IPU members and associates
105. NAM Members, Observers and Guests
106. Israel has free trade agreements with the EU, EFTA, Turkey and others.
107. "Palestine" UN Treaty database historical notes Palestine was admitted to membership in ESCWA pursuant to ECOSOC resolution 2089 (LXIII) dated 22 July 1977. Full powers for the signature of the Agreements were issued by the leaders of the PLO and the PNA.
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109. United Nations General Assembly Session 52 Resolution 250. A/RES/52/250 Retrieved 2010-09-21.

See also

• List of states with limited recognition

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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