Event · Diplomacy29 November 2012

Palestine gains UN observer State status

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Exact day29 November 2012

New York · Palestine

On 29 November 2012 the UN General Assembly, by 138 votes to 9 with 41 abstentions, accorded Palestine the status of a non-member observer State, reaffirming the Palestinian people’s right to independence in their State of Palestine on the territory occupied since 1967.

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The resolution

In resolution 67/19 the Assembly reaffirmed the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to independence in their State of Palestine on the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, and decided to accord Palestine non-member observer State status, without prejudice to the rights and role of the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people. It expressed the hope that the Security Council would consider favourably the State of Palestine’s application of 23 September 2011 for full membership. Among the resolutions it recalls is resolution 181, adopted on the same day in 1947.

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  1. Status of Palestine in the United Nations · General Assembly resolution ↗

    United Nations · paragraph: 1-3

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    Paragraph 1: the right to independence in the State of Palestine on the territory occupied since 1967; paragraph 2: non-member observer State status; paragraph 3: the application of 23 September 2011; the preamble recalls resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947.

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The vote

The resolution passed by 138 votes to nine, with 41 abstentions. Before the vote, President Mahmoud Abbas told the Assembly that the Palestinians had not come to delegitimise Israel but to affirm the legitimacy of a state that must now achieve its independence. Israel’s ambassador, Ron Prosor, called the resolution one-sided and said the only route to Palestinian statehood ran through direct negotiations.

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  1. General Assembly grants Palestine non-member observer State status at UN ↗

    United Nations · section: Report text

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    Adopted by 138 to nine with 41 abstentions; Abbas’s and Prosor’s statements to the Assembly.

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