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], 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 ] and other measures to discourage other countries and international organisations from extending recognition.<ref>Sabasteanski, Anna (2005). Patterns of global terrorism 1985–2005: U.S. Department of State reports with supplementary documents and statistics, Vol. 1, page 47. Berkshire. ISBN 0974309133.</ref> ], 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 ] and other measures to discourage other countries and international organisations from extending recognition.<ref>Sabasteanski, Anna (2005). Patterns of global terrorism 1985–2005: U.S. Department of State reports with supplementary documents and statistics, Vol. 1, page 47. Berkshire. ISBN 0974309133.</ref>

Shortly after its 1988 declaration, the State of Palestine was recognised by most members of the ] and the ]. Both of these organisations later published statements of unanimous recognition of, support for, and solidarity with Palestine, which was accepted as a member state in both forums.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Organisation of the Islamic Conference|title=Resolutions on Political, Legal and Information Affairs|work=The Eighteenth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (Session of Islamic Fraternity and Solidarity)|url=http://www.oic-oci.org/english/conf/fm/18/18%20icfm-political-en.htm|date=13–16 March 1989|accessdate=2010-11-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Organisation of the Islamic Conference|title=Final Communique|work=The Eighteenth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (Session of Islamic Fraternity and Solidarity)|url=http://www.oic-oci.org/english/conf/fm/18/18%20icfm-final-en.htm|date=13–16 March 1989|accessdate=2010-11-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Organisation of the Islamic Conference|title=Resolutions on Palestine Affairs|work=The Thirtieth Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (Session of Unity and Dignity)|url=http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/F4782251985E8A5D85256D58004D9D54|publisher=United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine|date=28–30 May 2003|accessdate=2010-11-29}}</ref>


At the end of 1989, the '']'' reported that 89 United Nations member states had recognised the newly proclaimed state.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Lewis, Paul|title=Arabs at U.N. Relax Stand on P.L.O.|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/06/world/arabs-at-un-relax-stand-on-plo.html|newspaper=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times Company|date=6 December 1989|accessdate=2010-11-21}}</ref><ref name="quigley">{{Cite journal|author=Quigley, John|title=The Palestine Declaration to the International Criminal Court: The Statehood Issue|journal=Rutgers Law Record|volume=35|date=Spring 2009|url=http://www.lawrecord.com/files/35-rutgers-l-rec-1.pdf|publisher=Rutgers School of Law|location=Newark|accessdate=2010-11-21}}</ref> According to one author, however, by 1988, more than 100 countries had recognised the State of Palestine.<ref name=Fowlerp59>Fowler and Bunck, 1995, p. 59: "By 1988 more than one hundred countries had formally recognized the 'state' of Palestine, which also received official acknowledgement by the United Nations General Assembly."</ref> The PLO publicly acknowledged recognition from 94 states.<ref name="undpsca"/><ref name="reuti"/> Since then, a number of other states have publicly extended recognition.<ref name="Forward"/> Boyle reported in 1990 that the number was over 114 states.<ref name=Boyle>Boyle, Francis A. Creation of the State of Palestine; 1 Eur. J. Int'l L. 301 (1990): "Over 114 states have already recognized the newly proclaimed state of Palestine, which is more than the 93 that maintain some form of diplomatic relations with Israel."</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=November 2010}}<!-- in a subsequent related source Boyle is making numerically incorrect statement - http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31816 - quoting "Boyle: ... Currently, 127 out of 195 members of the United Nation have recognized Palestine." ] are 192 since 2006 and have never been 195. If such simple fact is portrayed wrongly we can't have any confidence in the number of countries having recognized Palestine. --><ref>Kearney, Michael and Denayer, Stijn, Al-Haq. (December 14, 2009), para 43.a.</ref> In 2005, Anat Kurz reported that 117 United Nations member states had formally recognised Palestine as a sovereign state.<ref name=kurz>Kurz, Anat N. (2005) Fatah and the Politics of Violence: the institutionalization of a popular Struggle. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press ISBN 1-84519-032-7, ISBN 978-1-84519-032-3 p. 123: "117 UN member states recognized the declared State of Palestine ..."</ref> In February 2009, Foreign Minister ] was able to submit to the ] written statements from 67 of these countries.<ref name="iccdec"/> He was also able to show the existence of bilateral agreements with states in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.<ref name="iccdec">, AFP, 13 February 2009.</ref> At the end of 1989, the '']'' reported that 89 United Nations member states had recognised the newly proclaimed state.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Lewis, Paul|title=Arabs at U.N. Relax Stand on P.L.O.|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/06/world/arabs-at-un-relax-stand-on-plo.html|newspaper=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times Company|date=6 December 1989|accessdate=2010-11-21}}</ref><ref name="quigley">{{Cite journal|author=Quigley, John|title=The Palestine Declaration to the International Criminal Court: The Statehood Issue|journal=Rutgers Law Record|volume=35|date=Spring 2009|url=http://www.lawrecord.com/files/35-rutgers-l-rec-1.pdf|publisher=Rutgers School of Law|location=Newark|accessdate=2010-11-21}}</ref> According to one author, however, by 1988, more than 100 countries had recognised the State of Palestine.<ref name=Fowlerp59>Fowler and Bunck, 1995, p. 59: "By 1988 more than one hundred countries had formally recognized the 'state' of Palestine, which also received official acknowledgement by the United Nations General Assembly."</ref> The PLO publicly acknowledged recognition from 94 states.<ref name="undpsca"/><ref name="reuti"/> Since then, a number of other states have publicly extended recognition.<ref name="Forward"/> Boyle reported in 1990 that the number was over 114 states.<ref name=Boyle>Boyle, Francis A. Creation of the State of Palestine; 1 Eur. J. Int'l L. 301 (1990): "Over 114 states have already recognized the newly proclaimed state of Palestine, which is more than the 93 that maintain some form of diplomatic relations with Israel."</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=November 2010}}<!-- in a subsequent related source Boyle is making numerically incorrect statement - http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31816 - quoting "Boyle: ... Currently, 127 out of 195 members of the United Nation have recognized Palestine." ] are 192 since 2006 and have never been 195. If such simple fact is portrayed wrongly we can't have any confidence in the number of countries having recognized Palestine. --><ref>Kearney, Michael and Denayer, Stijn, Al-Haq. (December 14, 2009), para 43.a.</ref> In 2005, Anat Kurz reported that 117 United Nations member states had formally recognised Palestine as a sovereign state.<ref name=kurz>Kurz, Anat N. (2005) Fatah and the Politics of Violence: the institutionalization of a popular Struggle. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press ISBN 1-84519-032-7, ISBN 978-1-84519-032-3 p. 123: "117 UN member states recognized the declared State of Palestine ..."</ref> In February 2009, Foreign Minister ] was able to submit to the ] written statements from 67 of these countries.<ref name="iccdec"/> He was also able to show the existence of bilateral agreements with states in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.<ref name="iccdec">, AFP, 13 February 2009.</ref>

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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.

Diplomatic recognition and official relations

In 1974, the United Nations recognised the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, national independence, and sovereignty in Palestine. It also recognised the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the representative of the Palestinian people to the United Nations. States maintain official relations with it and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) established through the Oslo Accords of 1994. Some, but not all, of these recognise the State of Palestine, which was proclaimed by the PLO on 15 November 1988 .

Both the PNA and the PLO (representing itself, the PNA, or the State of Palestine) participate in multiple international organisations with status of member state, observer, associate, or affiliate.

In 1988 the UN adopted the designation "Palestine" for the PLO. Currently this reference is used for the PLO, PNA, and the State of Palestine by states and international organisations, in many cases regardless of the level of recognition and relations they have with any of these entities. The level of recognition of the State of Palestine within the international community is difficult to measure, given the often equivocal nature of statements made by foreign governments.

Bilateral

Further information: List of diplomatic missions of Palestine and List of diplomatic missions to Palestine
Map showing nations which have recognised or have special diplomatic arrangements with the State of Palestine, or the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Representation of the Palestinian National Authority abroad is performed by the Palestine Liberation Organization. In states that recognise the State of Palestine, it maintains embassies. A number of other states have granted some form of diplomatic status to a PLO delegation, falling short of full diplomatic recognition. These delegations and missions are also sometimes referred to as "Embassy" (and their heads as "Ambassador") because de facto the status and privileges granted to them are similar to these granted to embassies.

Representations of foreign countries to the Palestinian National Authority are performed by missions or offices in Ramallah and Gaza. States that recognise the State of Palestine also accredit to the PLO (acting as its government-in-exile) non-resident ambassadors residing in third countries.

A non-resident ambassador is tasked with conducting non-diplomatic relations or a non-resident Head of delegation or office is diplomatically accredited as non-resident Ambassador - in cases, where one of the two third countries (non-resident host state and the receiving state) does not recognise the State of Palestine, but the other does recognise it.

Background

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.

Shortly after its 1988 declaration, the State of Palestine was recognised by most members of the Arab League and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. Both of these organisations later published statements of unanimous recognition of, support for, and solidarity with Palestine, which was accepted as a member state in both forums.

At the end of 1989, the New York Times reported that 89 United Nations member states had recognised the newly proclaimed state. According to one author, however, by 1988, more than 100 countries had recognised the State of Palestine. The PLO 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.

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.

Chronological table of recognition and relations

At least 147 states, in addition to the European Union, currently have some form of diplomatic relations with the PLO and PNA, or recognise the State of Palestine:

  • 102 to 111 states recognise the State of Palestine;
    • of these, 77 to 81 have established diplomatic relations with the PLO;
  • 45 to 36 states, as well as the European Union, which don't recognise the State of Palestine, conduct official realtions with the PLO and the PNA.
# Name State of Palestine
recognition since		 PLO/PNA relations since Mission of PLO or
State of Palestine		 Mission to PNA or
State of Palestine		 Notes
Recognising the State of Palestine declared in 1988:
1  Algeria 1988-11-15 yes Embassy (Algiers) Accredited embassy (Cairo) AL, OIC
2  Bahrain 1988-11-15 yes Embassy (Manama) — AL, OIC
3  Indonesia 1988-11-15 yes Embassy (Jakarta) Accredited embassy (Amman) OIC
4  Iraq 1988-11-15 yes Embassy (Baghdad) Accredited embassy (Damascus) AL, OIC
5  Kuwait 1988-11-15 yes Embassy (Kuwait City) — AL, OIC
6  Libya 1988-11-15 yes Embassy (Tripoli) Accredited Embassy (Cairo) AL, OIC
7  Malaysia 1988-11-15 yes Embassy (Kuala Lumpur) — OIC
8  Mauritania 1988-11-15 yes Embassy (Nouakchott) — AL, OIC
9  Morocco 1988-11-15 yes Embassy (Rabat) Accredited embassy
Office (Gaza)		 AL, OIC
10  Somalia 1988-11-15 AL, OIC
11  Tunisia 1988-11-15 yes Embassy (Tunis) Accredited embassy
Office (Gaza)		 AL, OIC
11  Turkey 1988-11-15 yes Embassy (Ankara) Consulate-General in Jerusalem OIC; Palestine–Turkey relations
12  Yemen 1988-11-15 yes Embassy (Sana'a) Accredited embassy (Cairo) AL, OIC
13  Afghanistan 1988-11-16 yes — Accredited embassy (Damascus) OIC
14  Bangladesh 1988-11-16 yes Embassy (Dhaka) Accredited embassy (Cairo) OIC
15  Cuba 1988-11-16 yes Embassy (Havanna) Accredited embassy (Tunis)
16  Jordan 1988-11-16 yes Embassy (Amman) Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah, Gaza)		 AL, OIC
17  Madagascar 1988-11-16
19  Malta 1988-11-16 yes Embassy (Valletta) Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah)		 EU
20  Nicaragua 1988-11-16 yes Embassy (Managua) Accredited embassy (Cairo)
21  Pakistan 1988-11-16 yes Embassy (Islamabad) Accredited embassy (Damascus) OIC; Pakistan–Palestine relations
22  Qatar 1988-11-16 yes Embassy (Doha) Accredited embassy
Office (Gaza)		 AL, OIC
23  Saudi Arabia 1988-11-16 yes Embassy (Riyadh) — AL, OIC
24  United Arab Emirates 1988-11-16 yes Embassy in Abu Dhabi — AL, OIC; Palestine – United Arab Emirates relations
25  Serbia 1988-11-16 1989 Embassy (Belgrade) Accredited embassy (Cairo)
26  Zambia 1988-11-16 yes Embassy (Lusaka) —
27  Albania 1988-11-17 yes Embassy (Tirana) Accredited embassy (Cairo) OIC
28  Brunei 1988-11-17 OIC
29  Djibouti 1988-11-17 yes Embassy (Djibouti City) — AL, OIC
30  Mauritius 1988-11-17
31  Sudan 1988-11-17 yes Embassy (Khartoum) — AL, OIC
32  Cyprus 1988-11-18 yes Embassy (Nicosia) Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah)		 EU
33  Czech Republic 1988-11-18 yes Embassy (Prague) Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah)		 EU
34  Slovakia 1988-11-18 yes Embassy (Bratislava) Accredited embassy (Damascus)
Accredited office (Tel Aviv)		 EU
35  Egypt 1988-11-18 yes Embassy (Cairo) Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah, Gaza)		 AL, OIC
36  India 1988-11-18 yes Embassy (New Delhi) Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah)		 AL observer; India–Palestine relations
37  Nigeria 1988-11-18 yes Embassy (Abuja) Accredited embassy (Cairo) OIC
38  Seychelles 1988-11-18
39  Sri Lanka 1988-11-18 yes Embassy (Colombo) Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah)
40  Belarus 1988-11-19 yes Embassy (Minsk) Accredited embassy (Damascus)
41  Guinea 1988-11-19 yes Embassy (Conakry) — OIC
42  Namibia 1988-11-19 yes Accredited embassy (Pretoria) —
43  Ukraine 1988-11-19 yes Embassy (Kiev) —
44  Russia 1988-11-19 yes Embassy (Moscow) Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah)		 OIC observer; Palestine–Russia relations
45  Vietnam 1988-11-19 1968 Embassy (Hanoi) Accredited embassy (Cairo)
46  China, People's Republic of 1988-11-20 yes Embassy (Beijing) Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah)		 Palestine – People's Republic of China relations
47  Burkina Faso 1988-11-21 OIC
48  Comoros 1988-11-21 AL, OIC
49  Guinea-Bissau 1988-11-21 yes Embassy (Bissau) — OIC
50  Mali 1988-11-21 yes Embassy (Bamako) OIC
51  Cambodia 1988-11-21 yes Accredited embassy (Hanoi) —
52  Mongolia 1988-11-22 1979-04-25 — Accredited embassy (Cairo)
53  Senegal 1988-11-22 yes Embassy (Dakar) — OIC
54  Hungary 1988-11-23 yes Embassy (Budapest) Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah)		 EU
55  Cape Verde 1988-11-24
56  Korea, North 1988-11-24 yes Embassy (Pyongyang) Accredited embassy (Cairo)
57  Niger 1988-11-24 OIC
58  Romania 1988-11-24 yes Embassy (Bucharest) Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah)		 EU; Romania–Palestine relations
59  Tanzania 1988-11-24 yes Embassy (Dar es Salaam) Accredited embassy (Cairo)
60  Bulgaria 1988-11-25 yes Embassy (Sofia) Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah)		 EU
61  Maldives 1988-11-28 OIC
62  Ghana 1988-11-29 yes Embassy (Accra) Accredited embassy (Cairo)
63  Togo 1988-11-29 OIC
64  Zimbabwe 1988-11-29 yes Embassy (Harare) Accredited embassy (Cairo)
65  Chad 1988-12-01 OIC
66  Laos 1988-12-02
67  Sierra Leone 1988-12-03 OIC
68  Uganda 1988-12-03 OIC
69  Congo, Republic of the 1988-12-05 yes Embassy (Brazaville) —
70  Angola 1988-12-06 yes Embassy (Luanda) —
71  Mozambique 1988-12-08 yes Embassy (Maputo) — OIC
72  São Tomé and Príncipe 1988-12-10
73  Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1988-12-10
74  Gabon 1988-12-12 yes Embassy (Libreville) Accredited embassy (Cairo) OIC
75  Oman 1988-12-13 yes Embassy (Muscat) Accredited embassy
Office (Gaza)		 AL, OIC
76  Poland 1988-12-14 yes Embassy (Warsaw) Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah)		 EU
77  Botswana 1988-12-19
78    Nepal 1988-12-19
79  Burundi 1988-12-22
80  Central African Republic 1988-12-23 OIC observer
81  Bhutan 1988-12-25
82  Rwanda 1989-01-02
83  Ethiopia 1989-02-04 yes Embassy (Addis Ababa) —
84  Iran 1989-02-04 yes Embassy (Tehran) Accredited embassy (Damascus) OIC; Iran–Palestine relations
85  Benin 1989 or before OIC
86  Equatorial Guinea 1989 or before
87  Gambia 1989 or before yes Embassy (Banjul) — OIC
88  Kenya 1989 or before yes Accredited embassy (Harare) —
89  Lebanon 1989 or before yes Embassy (Beirut) Accredited embassy (Cairo) AL, OIC
90  Philippines 1989 1989-09 Accredited embassy Accredited embassy (Amman)
91  Kazakhstan 1992 or before 1992-04-06 Embassy (Astana) Accredited embassy (Tel Aviv) OIC
92  Azerbaijan 1992 or before 1992-04-15 Accredited embassy (Tashkent) — OIC
93  Georgia 1992 or before 1992-04-25 — —
94  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-05-27 1992-10-30 Embassy (Sarajevo) Accredited embassy (Cairo) OIC observer
95  Uzbekistan 1994 or before 1994-09-25 Embassy (Tashkent) — OIC
96  South Africa 1995 or before 1995-02-15 Embassy (Pretoria) Office (Ramallah, Gaza)
97  Montenegro 2006-07-24 2006-08-01 Accredited embassy (Belgrade) —
98  Costa Rica 2008-02-05 yes Accredited embassy (New York) —
99  Côte d'Ivoire 2008 or before yes Embassy (Abidjan) — OIC
100  Venezuela 2009-04-27 yes — Accredited embassy
Office (Ramallah)		 AL observer; Venezuela–Palestine relations
101  Tajikistan 2009 or before yes Accredited embassy (Tashkent) — OIC
102  Kyrgyzstan 2010 or before yes Accredited embassy (Tashkent) — OIC
Conflicting or inconclusive sources regarding the recognition of the State of Palestine declared in 1988:
103  Cameroon 2001 or before OIC
104  Swaziland 2001 or before
105  Vanuatu 2001 or before 2010 or before non-resident Delegation (Canberra) —
106  Syria 2009 or before 2006 or before Delegation (Damascus) Accredited embassy (Amman) AL, OIC
107  Suriname 2009 or before OIC
108  Turkmenistan 2009 or before OIC
109  Guyana 2009 or before yes Accredited embassy (Havana) — OIC
110  Lesotho 2010 or before
111  Uruguay 2010-11-13 2010-04-20 — —
Not recognising the State of Palestine declared in 1988, but conducting official relations with the PLO and PNA:
112  Finland — 1982 Delegation (Helsinki) Office (Ramallah) EU
113  Israel — 1993-08-20 non-resident Department (Gaza)
114  Holy See — 1994-10-25 Delegation (Rome) Apostolic Delegation (Jerusalem) Holy See–Palestine relations
—  European Union — 1994 or before Mission (Brussels) Office (Ramallah) EU itself
115  Estonia — 2004 or before non-resident Delegation (Helsinki) — EU
116  Argentina — yes Delegation (Buenos Aires) —
117  Australia — yes Delegation (Canberra) Office (Ramallah)
118  Austria — yes Representation (Vienna) Office (Ramallah) EU
119  Belgium — yes Delegation (Brussels) Consulate-General in Jerusalem EU
120  Brazil — yes Delegation (Brasília) Office (Ramallah) AL observer
121  Canada — yes Delegation (Ottawa) Office (Ramallah)
122  Chile — yes Delegation (Santiago) Office (Ramallah)
123  Denmark — yes Delegation (Copenhagen) Office (Ramallah) EU; Denmark–Palestine relations
124  France — yes Delegation (Paris) Consulate-General in Jerusalem EU
125  Germany — yes Delegation (Berlin) Office (Ramallah) EU
126  Greece — yes Delegation (Athens) Consulate-General in Jerusalem EU
127  Ireland — yes Delegation (Dublin) Office (Ramallah) EU
128  Italy — yes Delegation (Rome) Consulate-General in Jerusalem EU
129  Japan — yes Delegation (Tokyo) Office (Ramallah)
130  Latvia — yes non-resident Delegation (Helsinki) — EU
131  Lithuania — yes non-resident Delegation (Helsinki) — EU
132  Luxembourg — yes non-resident Delegation (Brussels) — EU
133  Mexico — yes Delegation (Mexico City) Office (Ramallah)
134  Netherlands — yes Delegation (The Hague) Office (Ramallah) EU
135  New Zealand — yes non-resident Delegation (Canberra) —
136  Norway — yes Delegation (Oslo) Office (Ramallah)
137  Papua New Guinea — yes non-resident Delegation (Canberra) —
138  Peru — yes Delegation (Lima) —
139  Portugal — yes Delegation (Lisbon) Office (Ramallah) EU
140  Slovenia — yes — Office (Ramallah) EU
141  Korea, South — yes — Office (Ramallah)
142  Spain — yes Delegation (Madrid) Consulate-General in Jerusalem EU
143  Sweden — yes Delegation (Stockholm) Consulate-General in Jerusalem EU
144   Switzerland — yes Delegation (Bern) Office (Ramallah)
145  Timor-Leste — yes non-resident Delegation (Canberra) —
146  United Kingdom — yes Delegation (London) Consulate-General in Jerusalem EU; Palestine – United Kingdom relations
147  United States — yes Delegation (Washington, D.C.) Consulate-General in Jerusalem
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Relations with international organisations

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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.

International Organisation status Representation Application date Admission date
Membership
Organisation of the Islamic Conference member State of Palestine 1969
Arab League member State of Palestine 1976
International Organization for Standardization member Palestine Standards Institution 2001 2004
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies member Palestine Red Crescent Society 2006
International Trade Union Confederation member Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions
Union for the Mediterranean member Palestinian National Authority 2008
Asian Parliamentary Assembly member Palestinian Legislative Council (PNA)
Inter-Parliamentary Union member Palestine
Non-Aligned Movement member Palestine
Group of 77 member Palestine
Asian Group of the United Nations member Palestine Liberation Organization
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia member Palestine
Non-member status
International Telecommunication Union observer Palestine Liberation Organization (per UN)
United Nations non-state observer Palestine Liberation Organization 1974
UNESCO observer National Organizing Committee
Universal Postal Union special observer Palestinian National Authority 2008
World Health Organization observer Palestine Liberation Organization (per UN) 1998
World Tourism Organization special observer Palestine 1999
World Intellectual Property Organization observer Palestine

Additionally the Palestinian National Authority participates in trade liberalization:

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.

Arab League

Palestine is a member of the Arab League. Represented there since 1964 by the Palestine Liberation Organization, after the 1988 declaration of statehood, its status was upgraded to full membership under the name 'Palestine' with the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization serving as 'president of Palestine'.

Organisation of the Islamic Conference

Palestine is a member state of the international Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Islamic Development Bank, an international financial institution set up for member states.

United Nations representation

Main article: Israel, Palestine, and the United Nations

The Palestine National Council (PNC) sent formal notification to the U.N. Secretary-General regarding the establishment of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in May 1964. The following year in October, some Arab states requested that a PLO delegation be allowed to attend meetings of the Special Political Committee, and it was decided that they could present a statement, without implying recognition. PLO participation in the discussions of the Committee took place under the agenda item of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from 1963 to 1973.

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 to be referred to as "Palestine" in 1988 (General Assembly Resolution 43/177) and affirmed "the need to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their sovereignty over their territory occupied since 1967.". 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.

Applications

Geneva Conventions

In 1989, the Palestine Liberation Organization, on behalf of the State of Palestine, submitted a letter of accession to the Geneva Conventions. However, Switzerland, as the depositary state, determined that because the question of Palestinian statehood had not been settled within the international community, it was therefore incapable of recognising Palestine as a "power" that could accede to the Conventions.

"Due to the incertainty within the international community as to the existence or the non-existence of a State of Palestine and as long as the issue has not been settled in an appropriate framework, the Swiss Government, in its capacity as depositary of the Geneva Conventions and their additional Protocols, is not in a position to decide whether this communication can be considered as an instrument of accession in the sense of the relevant provisions of the Conventions and their additional Protocols."

Nevertheless the Palestine Red Crescent Society is currently member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, which requires its participants to adhere to the Geneva Conventions.

World Health Organization (WHO)

The PLO currently holds observer status at the World Health Organization (WHO), but applied for full membership status for the State of Palestine in 1989. The United States, which provided one-quarter of the WHO's funding at the time, informed the WHO that its funding would be withheld if Palestine was admitted as a member state. Yasser Arafat described the US statement as "blackmail". The PLO was asked to withdraw its application by the WHO director general. The WHO subsequently voted to postpone consideration of the application and no action or decision on the application was ever taken. John Quigley writes that Palestine's efforts to gain membership in several international organizations connected to the United Nations was frustrated by US threats to withhold funding from any organization that admitted Palestine.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

In 1989 a "Request for the Admission of the State of Palestine to UNESCO as a Member State" was submitted by Algeria, Indonesia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, and Yemen. Currently Palestine participates at UNESCO through its National Organizing Committee.

Participation in international sports federations

International Organisation status Representation Application date Admission date
International Olympic Committee (and Olympic Council of Asia) member Palestine Olympic Committee 1986 1995
International Paralympic Committee member Palestinian Paralympic Committee
Asian Football Confederation and Union of Arab Football Associations member Palestinian Football Association 1998

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.

Bibliography

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  103. Supranational union; 8 of its 27 member states recognise the State of Palestine and the rest 19 members maintain official relations with the PLO and PNA.
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  108. Austria was listed as recognizing SoP since 14.12.2010, but Algeria, Indonesia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, and Yemen (application submitters) later requested that Austria be deleted from the UNESCO application annex II list.
  109. Austria diplomatic list
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  111. German diplomatic list
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  116. US Consulate in Jerusalem
  117. Such as listing "Palestine" or Occupied Palestinian Territory without further explanation.
  118. ^ Initially representing only the Palestine Liberation Organization itself.
  119. Including its subordinated organizations of Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and Arab Monetary Fund.
  120. ISO members
  121. representation for 'Occupied Palestinian Territory' equivalent to that of a state, assigned the code "ps", English country names and code elements
  122. Palestine Standards Institution
  123. ITUC affiliates
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  127. G77 members
  128. PLO at the Asian Group of the United Nations
  129. ESCWA membership
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  132. Palestine WHO status
  133. UNWTO observers
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  135. Israel has free trade agreements with the EU, EFTA, Turkey and others.
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  142. General Assembly Resolution 43/177
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  145. United Nations General Assembly Session 52 Resolution 250. A/RES/52/250 Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  146. Silverburg, 2002, p. 292.
  147. Note of Information, Government of Switzerland, Berne, 13 September 1989.
  148. The ICJ noted that Palestine gave a unilateral undertaking, by declaration of 7 June 1982, in the name of the 'State of Palestine' to apply the Fourth Geneva Convention – and that Switzerland, as depositary State, considered that unilateral undertaking valid. See paragraph 91 of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion, Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Source
  149. "THE PALESTINE DECLARATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: THE STATEHOOD ISSUE" (PDF). Rutgers Law Record. May 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  150. Quigley, 1990, p. 231.
  151. The Palestinian Football Association is member of AFC and UAFA, but not of FIFA.
  152. See for example, Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006, Pub. L. 109–446, 21 December 2006. Cornell University Law School. 120 Stat. 3318.
  153. Goldenberg, Suzanne (4 March 2008). "U.S. plotted to overthrow Hamas after election victory". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  154. Tessler, 1994, p. 722. "Within two weeks of the PNC meeting, at least fifty-five nations, including states as diverse as the Soviet Union, China, India, Greece, Yugoslavia, Sri Lanka, Malta, and Zambia, had recognized the Palestinian state."

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