The '"State of Palestine"' ( ''dawlat filastin'') is the name given to a proposed
Palestinian state that would govern the occupied Palestinian territories, but does not currently have sovereignty there. It was
declared in
Algiers on
November 15,
1988, by the
Palestinian National Council, the legislative body of the
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The aim of the Council is for the state to comprise both the
West Bank and the
Gaza strip with
Jerusalem as its capital.
[ A Foreign Policy for the State of Palestine, , Jerome M., Segal, Journal of Palestine Studies, ]
Approval of Declaration
The 1988 declaration was approved at a meeting in
Algiers, by a vote of 253-46, with 10 abstentions. The declaration invoked the
Treaty of Lausanne (1923) and
UN General Assembly Resolution 181 in support of its claim to a "State of Palestine on our Palestinian territory with its capital
Jerusalem". The proclaimed "State of Palestine" was recognized immediately by the
Arab League. The State of Palestine is not recognized by the
United Nations. The
European Union, as well as most member states, maintain diplomatic ties with the
Palestinian Authority, established under the
Oslo Accords.
Leila Shahid, envoy of the PLO to France since 1984, was named in November 2005 representative of the PNA for Europe.
Impact
The declaration is generally interpreted to have recognized
Israel within its pre-1967 boundaries, or was at least a major step on the path to recognition. Just as in
Israel's declaration of establishment, it partly bases its claims on
UN GA 181. By reference to "resolutions of Arab Summits" and "UN resolutions since 1947" (like
SC 242) it implicitly and perhaps ambiguously restricted its immediate claims to the
Palestinian territories and
Jerusalem. It was accompanied by a political statement that explicitly mentioned SC 242 and other UN resolutions and called only for withdrawal from "
Arab Jerusalem" and the other "Arab territories occupied."
[1] Yasser Arafat's statements in Geneva a month later
[2][3] were accepted by the United States as sufficient to remove the ambiguities it saw in the declaration and to fulfill the longheld conditions for open dialogue with the
United States.
[4][5]
The PLO envisages the establishment of a State of Palestine to include all or part of the
West Bank, the
Gaza Strip, and
East Jerusalem (the
Palestinian territories), living in peace with
Israel under a democratically elected and sovereign government. To this end, it took part in negotiations with Israel resulting in the 1993
Declaration of Principles, which along with subsequent agreements between the two parties provided for the establishment of a Palestinian interim self-governing authority with partial control over defined areas in the Palestinian territories. This authority, known as the Palestinian Authority or
Palestinian National Authority (PNA), however, does not claim sovereignty over any territory and therefore is not the government of the "State of Palestine" proclaimed in 1988.
States that recognize the State of Palestine
:''See also:
Diplomatic missions of the Palestinian National Authority''
Map showing nations which have recognized or have special diplomatic arrangements with the State of Palestine or other Palestinian delegation.
More than 100 states recognize the State of Palestine, and 20 more grant some form of diplomatic status to a Palestinian delegation, falling short of full diplomatic recognition.
The following are listed in alphabetical order by region.
Countries granting diplomatic status to non-State representatives
The delegations and embassies listed below on the left, are recognized as the representatives of the Palestinian people by the nations listed to their right:
★ General Delegation of Palestine:
Ireland[13]
★ Palestinian General Delegation:
Greece[14]
★ Palestinian Special Delegation:
Mexico[15]
United Nations representation
The
Palestine Liberation Organization gained observer status at the
United Nations General Assembly in 1974 (General Assembly resolution 3237). Acknowledging the proclamation of the State of Palestine, the UN redesignated 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 favor, 4 against (Israel, USA, Marshall Islands,
Micronesia) and 10 abstentions.
References
1. Political communique Palestine National Council. Algiers, November 15, 1988. Official translation.
2. ''Yasser Arafat, Speech at UN General Assembly Geneva, General Assembly 13 December 1988'' - Le Monde Diplomatique
3. ''Arafat Clarifies Statement to Satisfy U.S. Conditions for Dialogue, 14 December 1988'' - Jewish Virtual Library
4. The U.S.-PLO Dialogue: The Swedish Connection, , Mohamed, Rabie, Journal of Palestine Studies,
5. Peace Process: American Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli conflict since 1967, Quandt, William B., , , Brookings Institution, 1993,
6. OIC members and Palestine ''The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries''
OIC members urge recognition of Hamas ''People's Daily''
7. http://www.palestina.int.ar/ Retrieved March 20, 2007.
8. Diplomatic and Consular Missions > Consulate General of the State of Palestine. Government of the Philippines. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
9. Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Government of Vietnam. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
10. Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Government of Cyprus. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
11. http://www.mip.vlada.cg.yu/index.php?akcija=vijesti&id=15103 Retrieved March 20, 2007.
12. Ukranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
13. http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.ie/embassies/dublin.asp?m=e
14. http://www.mfa.gr/el-GR/The+Ministry/Structure/Foreign+Authorities+in+Greece/Embasies/
15. http://www.palestina.com.mx/
See also
★
Proposals for a Palestinian state
★
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
★
Palestinian National Authority
External links
★
Palestinian National Authority - official website
★
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
★
★
Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations
★
Political Statement accompanying Palestinian Declaration of Independence
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