Foreign Policy, Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 10:36
Posted By David Bosco
With the
Palestinian bid to achieve UN membership approaching a decisive point, it may
be worth reviewing some key moments in Palestine's relationship with the world
organization:
May 1949: Israel admitted
to the United Nations.
Nov. 1970: General Assembly
"condemns those Governments that deny the right to self-determination of
peoples recognized as being entitled to it, especially of the peoples of
southern Africa and Palestine." Beginning at this time, the Assembly
passed regular annual resolutions affirming the right of Palestine to
self-determination and encouraging all states to achieve that.
Nov. 1974: The General
Assembly "invites the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in
the sessions and the work of the General Assembly."
Nov. 1975: General Assembly
requests the Security Council "to consider and adopt the necessary
resolutions and measures in order to enable the Palestinian people to exercise
its inalienable national rights..." In that same session, the Assembly
passed the famous resolution declaring zionism to be a form of racism.
Jan. 1976: PLO
representative addresses the Security Council.
Dec. 1988: General Assembly
"[a]cknowledges the proclamation of the State of Palestine by the
Palestine National Council on 15 November 1988...[and] decides that, effective
as of 15 December 1988, the designation 'Palestine' should be used in place of
the designation 'Palestine Liberation Organization' in the United Nations
system, without prejudice to the observer status and functions of the Palestine
Liberation Organization within the United Nations system, in conformity with
relevant United Nations resolutions and practice."
July 1998: General Assembly
"decides to confer upon Palestine, in its capacity as observer, and as
contained in the annex to the present resolution, additional rights and
privileges of participation in the sessions and work of the General Assembly
and the international conferences convened under the auspices of the Assembly
or other organs of the United Nations, as well as in United Nations
conferences."
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