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'<!-- INFORMATION THAT NEEDS ADDING: Reality under international legal theory: definitions of statehood met/not met, establishment of state institutions, economic viability --> [[File:Palestine recognition only.svg|thumb|right|400px|alt=|Countries that have recognised the State of Palestine.]] You can suck my dick u faggot . Nick i fuck u in the but big bi big boy The '''international recognition of the State of Palestine''' has been the objective of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO) since the [[Palestinian Declaration of Independence]] proclaimed the establishment of the [[State of Palestine]] on 15 November 1988 in [[Algiers]] at an extraordinary session in exile of the [[Palestine National Council]]. The declaration was promptly acknowledged by a range of countries,<ref>{{Cite book|author=Tessler, Mark|title=A History of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict|edition=2nd, illustrated|year=1994|publisher=Indiana University Press|page=722|isbn=978-0-253-20873-6}} "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."</ref> and by the end of the year the state was recognised by over 80 countries.<ref name="unesco">{{cite web|author=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Executive Board|title=Hundred and thirty-first Session: Item 9.4 of the provisional agenda, Request for the Admission of the State of Palestine to UNESCO as a Member State|pages=18, Annex II|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0008/000827/082711eo.pdf|publisher=United Nations|date=12 May 1989|accessdate=2010-11-15}} The list contains 92 entries, including a number of states which no longer exist.</ref> In February 1989, at the United Nations Security Council, the PLO representative claimed recognition by 94 states. As part of an attempt to resolve the ongoing [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], the [[Oslo Accords]] signed between [[Israel]] and the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO) in September 1993 established the [[Palestinian National Authority]] (PNA) as a self-governing interim administration in the [[Palestinian territories]]. Israel does not recognise Palestine as a state and maintains ''de facto'' military control in the territories even in areas officially under the government of the PNA. {{Numrec|Pal|link=N|asof=S}} ({{Numrec|Pal|link=N|pcent=UN}}) of the {{UNnum}} member states of the United Nations have recognised the State of Palestine. Many of the countries that do not recognise the State of Palestine nevertheless recognise the PLO as the "representative of the [[Palestinian people]]". On 29 November 2012, the [[UN General Assembly]] passed a motion changing Palestine's "entity" status to "non-member observer state" by a vote of 138 to 9, with 41 abstentions.<ref>UN General Assembly GA/11317. [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/ga11317.doc.htm General Assembly Votes Overwhelmingly to Accord Palestine 'Non-Member Observer State' Status in United Nations]. 29 November 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/67/L.28 United Nations A/67/L.28 General Assembly]. 26 November 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/29/us-palestinians-statehood-idUSBRE8AR0EG20121129|title=Palestinians win implicit U.N. recognition of sovereign state|date=29 November 2012|agency=Reuters|accessdate=29 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/LIVE-STREAM-Palestine-asks-United-Nations-for-a-birth-certificate-ahead-of-vote/tabid/417/articleID/278702/Default.aspx|work=3 News NZ | title= UN makes Palestine nonmember state| date=30 November 2012}}</ref> Israel and a number of other countries do not recognize Palestine, taking the position that the establishment of this state can only be determined through [[Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict|direct negotiations]] between Israel and the PNA. The main issues currently obstructing an agreement are, [[Proposals for a Palestinian state|borders]], [[Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict|security]], [[Water politics in the Jordan River basin|water rights]], the [[Positions on Jerusalem|status of Jerusalem]] and freedom of access to [[:Category:Places of worship in Jerusalem|religious sites]], ongoing [[Israeli settlement]] expansion, and legalities concerning [[Palestinian refugee]]s including the [[Palestinian right of return|right of return]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}} ==Background== {{Further2|[[Israel, Palestine and the United Nations]] and [[Foreign relations of Palestine]].}} On 22 November 1974, [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3236]] recognised the right of the Palestinian people to [[self-determination]], [[Independence|national independence]] and [[sovereignty]] in [[Palestine]]. It also recognised the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, and accorded it [[United Nations General Assembly observers#Palestine|observer]] status in the United Nations. The designation "Palestine" for the PLO was adopted by the United Nations in 1988 in acknowledgment of the Palestinian declaration of independence, but the proclaimed state still has no formal status within the [[United Nations System|system]]. Shortly after the 1988 declaration, the State of Palestine was recognised by many [[Developing country|developing states]] in Africa and Asia, and from [[communist state|communist]] and [[Non-Aligned Movement|non-aligned]] states.<ref name="hillier">{{Cite book|author=Hillier, Tim|title=Sourcebook on public international law|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ukWq9mMUeesC&source=gbs_navlinks_s|year=1998|publisher=Routledge|pages=128, 218|isbn=978-1-85941-050-9}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite web|title=Q&A: Palestinian bid for full membership at the UN|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13701636|publisher=BBC}}</ref> At the time, however, the United States was using its [[Foreign Assistance Act]] and other measures to discourage other countries and international organisations from extending recognition.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Sabasteanski, Anna|title=Patterns of global terrorism 1985–2005: U.S. Department of State reports with supplementary documents and statistics|year=2005|volume=1|page=47|location=Berkshire|isbn=0-9743091-3-3}}</ref> Although these measures were successful in many cases,<ref name="boyle2009">{{Cite book|author=Boyle, Francis A.|title=Palestine, Palestinians and International Law|publisher=Clarity Press|date=1 September 2009|isbn=0-932863-37-X|page=19}} "As I had predicted to the PLO, the creation of [a] Palestinian State was an instantaneous success. Palestine would eventually achieve ''de jure'' diplomatic recognition from about 130 states. The only regional hold-out was Europe and this was because of massive political pressure applied by the United States Government."</ref> the [[Arab League]] and the [[Organisation of the Islamic Conference]] (OIC) immediately published statements of recognition of, support for, and solidarity with Palestine, which was accepted as a member state in both forums.<ref>{{cite web|author=Shashaa, Esam|title=The state of Palestine|work=Palestine History|url=http://www.palestinehistory.com/history/palstate/palstate.htm|accessdate=2010-12-28}}</ref><ref>Charter of the League of Arab States (22 March 1945): Annex regarding Palestine; available at [http://www.ehu.es/ceinik/tratados/1TRATADOSSOBREORGANIZACIONESINTERNACIONALES/16TratadosdeOrganizacionesInternacionalesRegionales/OI161.pdf University of the Basque Country]. Retrieved 2011-01-21.</ref><ref>See the following: * {{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}} * {{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}} * {{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> In February 1989 at the United Nations Security Council, the PLO representative acknowledged that 94 states had recognised the new Palestinian state.<ref name="undpsca">{{Cite book|author=United Nations Security Council|coauthors=United Nations Department of Political and Security Council Affairs|title=Repertoire of the practice of the Security Council|publisher=United Nations Publications|year=2008|page=759|url=http://books.google.com.my/books?id=C0FR2aSR1SoC&source=gbs_navlinks_s}}</ref><ref name="reuti">{{cite web|author=Reut Institute|title=Act of Recognition of Statehood|work=Structure of the Political Process|date=14 August 2004|url=http://www.reut-institute.org/en/Publication.aspx?PublicationId=373|accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref> It subsequently attempted to gain membership as a state in several [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|agencies]] connected to the United Nations, but its efforts were thwarted by U.S. threats to withhold funding from any organisation that admitted Palestine.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Quigley, John|year=1990|title=Palestine and Israel: A Challenge to Justice|publisher=Duke University Press|page=231}}</ref> For example, in April of the same year, the PLO applied for membership as a state in the [[World Health Organization]], an application that failed to produce a result after the U.S. informed the organisation that it would withdraw funding if Palestine were admitted.<ref name="quigley2009">{{Cite journal|author=Quigley, John|title=The Palestine Declaration to the International Criminal Court: The Statehood Issue|journal=Rutgers Law Record|volume=35|year=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> In May, a group of OIC members submitted to [[UNESCO]] an application for membership on behalf of Palestine, and listed a total of 91<!-- NOT 92! Austria had its name deleted. See Annex. --> states that had recognised the State of Palestine.<ref name="unesco"/> In June 1989, the PLO submitted to the government of Switzerland letters of accession to the [[Geneva Conventions]] of 1949. 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 determining whether the letter constituted a valid instrument of accession.<ref name="quigley2009"/><blockquote>Due to the incertainty [sic] 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.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Note of Information|publisher=Government of Switzerland|date=13 September 1989}}</ref></blockquote> Consequently, in November 1989, the Arab League proposed a General Assembly resolution to formally recognise the PLO as the government of an independent Palestinian state. The draft, however, was abandoned when the U.S. again threatened to cut off its financing for the United Nations should the vote go ahead. The Arab states agreed not to press the resolution, but demanded that the U.S. promise not to threaten the United Nations with financial sanctions again.<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|date=6 December 1989|accessdate=2010-11-21}}</ref> Many of the early statements of recognition of the State of Palestine were termed ambiguously.<ref>{{Citation|author=Crawford, James|contribution=Israel (1948-1949) and Palestine (1998-1999): Two Studies in the Creation of States|editor=Goodwin-Gil, G.S. and Talmon, S.|title=The Reality of International Law: Essays in Honour of Ian Brownlie|pages=95–100, 110–115|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn, Oxford University Press|place=New York|year=1999|contribution-url=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=FcO3hLQbGXwC&lpg=PA95&pg=PA95#v=onepage&q&f=false}} "...Declaration was quite widely recognized by states, although often in equivocal terms."</ref> In addition, hesitation from others did not necessarily mean that these nations did not regard Palestine as a state.<ref name="quigley2009"/> This has seemingly resulted in confusion regarding the number of states that have officially recognised the state declared in 1988. Numbers reported in the past are often conflicting,<ref>See for example: * {{Cite journal|author=Boyle, Francis A.|title=Creation of the State of Palestine|journal=European Journal of International Law|issue=301|year=1990|url=http://207.57.19.226/journal/Vol1/No1/art20.html}} "Over 114 states have already recognized the newly proclaimed state of Palestine". * {{Cite book|author=Kurz, Anat N.|title=Fatah and the Politics of Violence: the institutionalization of a popular struggle|publisher=Sussex Academic Press|year=2005|location=Brighton|page=123|isbn=978-1-84519-032-3}} "117 UN member states recognized the declared State of Palestine ..." * {{Cite news|author=Quigley, John B.|title=Recognize Palestine now|url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2010/dec/30/recognize-palestine-now/?newswatch|date=30 December 2010|newspaper=McClatchy-Tribune|publisher=Youngstown News|accessdate=2010-12-31}} "With recognitions in recent weeks by Brazil and Argentina, some 105 states now formally recognize Palestine at the diplomatic level." * {{Cite news|author=Whitbeck, John V.|title=Palestine: recognising the state|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2010/12/20101228131929322199.html|date=28 December 2010|newspaper=Al Jazeera|accessdate=2010-12-29}} "Coming soon after the similar recognitions by Brazil and Argentina, Bolivia's recognition brought to 106 the number of UN member states recognizing the State of Palestine, whose independence was proclaimed on November 15, 1988."</ref> with figures as high as 130 being seen frequently.<ref name="boyle2009"/><ref>See for example: * {{Cite news|author=Boyle, Francis A.|title=The Impending Collapse of Israel in Palestine|url=http://mwcnews.net/focus/editorial/5563-collapse-of-israel.html|date=30 September 2010|publisher=MWC News|accessdate=2010-11-18}} * {{Cite news|author=Boyle, Francis A.|title=Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza|url=http://www.australia.to/2010/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3141:israel-is-committing-genocide-in-gaza&catid=94:breaking-news&Itemid=171|date=2 June 2010|newspaper=Australia.to|publisher=Rogers Digital Media Group|accessdate=2010-11-20}} * {{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Ecuador latest Latin country to recognize Palestine|url=http://www.english.rfi.fr/americas/20101225-ecuador-latest-latin-country-recognize-palestine|date=25 December 2010|publisher=RFI|accessdate=2010-12-29}} * {{Cite news|author=Mercier, Gilbert|title=Ecuador Joins Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay And Bolivia To Recognize Palestine|url=http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/12/26/ecuador-joins-brazil-argentina-uruguay-and-bolivia-to-recognize-palestine/|date=26 December 2010|newspaper=News Junkie Post|accessdate=2010-12-29}} * {{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=PA hopes for Palestinian state next year|url=http://www.presstv.ir/detail/157041.html|date=25 December 2010|newspaper=Press TV|accessdate=2010-12-29}}</ref> In July 2011, in an interview with ''[[Haaretz]]'', Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, [[Riyad H. Mansour|Riyad Mansour]] claimed that 122 states had so far extended formal recognition.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Ravid, B.|title=Palestinian envoy to UN: European states will recognize Palestine before September|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/palestinian-envoy-to-un-european-states-will-recognize-palestine-before-september-1.372971|newspaper=Haaretz|date=13 July 2011|accessdate=2011-07-16}}</ref> At the end of the month, the PLO published a paper on why the world's governments should recognise the State of Palestine and listed the 122 countries that had already done so.<ref name="roadmap">{{cite web|title=Recognizing the Palestinian State on the 1967 border & Admission of Palestine as a Full Member of the United Nations|url=http://www.nad-plo.org/userfiles/file/fact%20sheet/who%20and%20why%20recognize%20Palestine%20Factsheet%20-%20english%20July%202011_pdf.pdf|accessdate=31 December 2011|author=Negotiations Affairs Department|publisher=Palestinian National Authority|page=4|date=July 2011}}</ref> By the end of September the same year, Mansour claimed the figure had reached 139.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Flower, K; Roth, R; Vaccarello, J; and Sweeney, F|title=U.N. Security Council to send Palestinian state bid to admissions committee|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/26/world/un-palestinian-statehood/index.html?hpt=imi_c2|newspaper=CNN|date=26 September 2011|publisher=Cable News Network|accessdate=2011-10-10}}</ref> ==Israeli position== {{refimprove section|date=January 2012}} Between the end of the [[Six Day War]] and the [[Oslo Accords]], no Israeli government proposed a Palestinian state. Even after the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority in 1994, most Israeli mainstream politicians were opposed to the idea. During Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of 1996–1999, he went as far as to accuse the two previous governments of Rabin and Peres of bringing closer to realisation what he claimed to be the "danger" of a Palestinian state, and stated that his main policy goal was to ensure that the Palestinian Authority didn't evolve beyond an autonomy. In December 2001, Ariel Sharon was the first Israeli Prime Minister to proclaim that a Palestinian state was the solution to the conflict and the goal of his administration. The government headed by Ehud Olmert repeated the same objective. Following the inauguration of the present Netanyahu government in 2009, the government again claimed that a Palestinian state posed a danger for Israel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/08/28/can-netanyahu-make-peace-with-the-palestinians.html|title=Can Netanyahu Make Peace With the Palestinians?|date=28 August 2010|author=Chen, Joanna|newspaper=The Daily Beast}}</ref> The government position changed, however, following pressure from the Obama administration, and on 14 June 2009, Netanyahu for the first time made a speech in which he supported the notion of a demilitarised and territorially reduced Palestinian state.<ref>{{cite news|author=McCarthy, Rory|title=Netanyahu backs an independent Palestinian state for first time|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/14/binyamin-netanyahu-israel-palestinian-state|newspaper=The Guardian|date=14 June 2009}}</ref> This position met some criticism for its lack of commitment on the territories to be ceded to the Palestinian state in the future. The Israeli government has accepted in general the idea that a Palestinian state is to be established, but has refused to accept the 1967 borders either as compulsory or as a basis for final border negotiations, due to security concerns. Israeli military experts have argued that the 1967 borders are strategically indefensible.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mideast Stakes Touch All Parts of the Globe|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WlwaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KioEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6684,1014642|author=Pearce, David D.|date=12 February 1978|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal}}</ref> It also opposes the Palestinian plan of approaching the UN General Assembly on the matter of statehood, as it claims it does not honor the Oslo Accords agreement in which both sides agreed not to pursue unilateral moves.<ref>{{cite web|author=Prusher, Ilene R.|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2009/1115/p01s01-wome.html/%28page%29/2|title=Israel rejects Palestinian statehood bid via the UN|work=The Christian Science Monitor|date=15 November 2009}}</ref> ==Palestine in the United Nations== On 14 October 1974, the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO) was recognized by the UN [[United Nations General Assembly|General Assembly]] as the representative of the Palestinian people and granted the right to participate in the deliberations of the General Assembly on the question of Palestine in plenary meetings.<ref>UNGA, 14 October 1974; [http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/0D024B3225278456852560DE0056AA64 ''Resolution 3210 (XXIX). Invitation to the Palestine Liberation Organization''] (doc.nr.A/RES/3210 (XXIX))</ref><ref>[[s:United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3236|United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3236]]</ref> On 22 November 1974, the PLO was granted [[United Nations General Assembly observers|non-state observer]] status, allowing the PLO to participate in all Assembly sessions, as well as in other UN platforms.<ref>UNGA, 22 November 1974; [http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/512BAA69B5A32794852560DE0054B9B2 ''Resolution 3237 (XXIX). Observer status for the Palestine Liberation Organization''] (doc.nr. A/RES/3237 (XXIX))</ref> On 15 December 1988, [[UN General Assembly Resolution 43/177]] "acknowledged" the [[Palestinian Declaration of Independence]] of November 1988 and replaced the designation "Palestine Liberation Organization" by the designation "Palestine" in the United Nations system.<ref>UNGA, 15 December 1988; [http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/146E6838D505833F852560D600471E25 ''Resolution 43/177. Question of Palestine''] (doc.nr. A/RES/43/177)</ref> On 23 September 2011, President [[Mahmoud Abbas]] on behalf of the PLO submitted an application for membership of Palestine in the United Nations. On 29 November 2012, the General Assembly granted Palestine [[United Nations General Assembly observers#Non-member states|non-member observer state]] status in [[United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19]]. On 17 December 2012, UN Chief of Protocol Yeocheol Yoon decided that 'the designation of "State of Palestine" shall be used by the Secretariat in all official United Nations documents'.<ref name="Gharib">{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/20/u-n-adds-new-name-state-of-palestine.html|title=U.N. Adds New Name: "State of Palestine"|last=Gharib |first=Ali|date=2012-12-20|accessdate=2013-01-10|publisher=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref> ===Application for UN membership 2011=== {{Main|Palestine 194}} After a two-year impasse in negotiations with Israel, the Palestinian Authority began a diplomatic campaign to gain recognition for the State of Palestine on the borders prior to the [[Six-Day War]], with [[East Jerusalem]] as its capital.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Phillips, Leigh|title=EU rejects request to recognise independent Palestine|url=http://euobserver.com/24/29006|date=17 November 2009|newspaper=EUobserver.com|accessdate=2011-08-30}}</ref> The efforts, which began in late 2009, gained widespread attention in September 2011, when President [[Mahmoud Abbas]] submitted an application to the United Nations to accept Palestine as a member state. This would constitute collective recognition of the State of Palestine, which would allow its government to pursue legal claims against other states in [[international court]]s.<ref name="erekat">{{Cite book|author=Erekat, Saeb|title=The Eminence of September|url=http://www.group194.net/english/index.php?mode=book&id=67|publisher=Group 194}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Vick, Karl|title=The Palestinians' Statehood Dilemma: Full U.N. Membership or Observer Status?|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2091317,00.html|date=1 September 2011|newspaper=Time|publisher=Time Inc|accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref> In order for a state to gain membership in the General Assembly, its application must have the support of two-thirds of [[Member states of the United Nations|member states]] with a prior recommendation for admission from the [[United Nations Security Council|Security Council]]. This requires the absence of a [[United Nations Security Council veto power|veto]] from any the Security Council's five permanent members.<ref name="erekat"/> At the prospect of a veto from the United States, Palestinian leaders signalled they might opt instead for a more limited upgrade to "non-member state" status, which requires only a [[Majority|simple majority]] in the General Assembly but provides the Palestinians with the recognition they desire. The campaign, dubbed "Palestine 194",<ref>{{Cite news|author=Schell, Bernhard|title=UN will count 194 members if Palestine gets in|url=http://www.indepthnews.info/index.php/global-issues/299-un-will-count-194-members-if-palestine-gets-in|date=31 July 2011|newspaper=InDepthNews|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> was formally backed by the Arab League in May,<ref name="alplan">{{Cite news|author=Sawafta, A.|title=Arabs to seek full Palestinian upgrade at UN|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/14/us-palestinians-israel-statehood-arabs-idUSTRE76D21020110714|agency=Reuters|date=14 July 2011|accessdate=2011-07-19}}</ref> and was officially confirmed by the PLO on 26 June.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Arab League Requests Palestinian Statehood from U.N.|url=http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10400&Itemid=29|newspaper=Palestine News Network|date=6 July 2011|accessdate=2011-07-19}}</ref> The decision has been labelled by the Israeli government as a unilateral step, while the Palestinian government has countered that it is essential to overcoming the current impasse. Several other countries, such as Germany and Canada, have also denounced the decision and called for a prompt return to negotiations. Many others, however, such as Norway and Russia, have endorsed the plan, as has [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General]] [[Ban Ki-moon]], who stated, "UN members are entitled whether to vote for or against the Palestinian statehood recognition at the UN."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Ashkar, Alaa|author2=Bannoura, Saed|title=UN Secretary-General Supports Full Palestinian Membership|url=http://www.imemc.org/article/61985|date=9 September 2011|newspaper=IMEMC News|publisher=International Middle East Media Center|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref> [[File:Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Mahmoud Abbas - joint press release.jpeg|thumb|300px|right|alt=Photo of Mahmoud Abbas and Brazilian President Lula da Silva in a joint press conference|President [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] of Brazil formally recognised the State of Palestine in December 2010.<ref name="saynet"/>]] Diplomatic efforts to gain support for the bid gained momentum following a succession of endorsements from South America in early 2011.<ref name="saynet"/><ref name="warroom">{{Cite news|author=Ravid, Barak|title=Palestinians set up diplomatic 'war room' ahead of September vote on statehood|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/palestinians-set-up-diplomatic-war-room-ahead-of-september-vote-on-statehood-1.371198|date=4 July 2011|newspaper=Haaretz|accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref> High-level delegations led by [[Yasser Abed Rabbo]], [[Riyad al-Maliki]], [[Saeb Erekat]], [[Nabil Shaath]] and [[Riyad Mansour]] paid visits to many states. [[List of diplomatic missions of Palestine|Palestinian ambassadors]], assisted by those of other Arab states, were charged with enlisting the support of the governments to which they were accredited.<ref name="warroom"/> During the lead-up to the vote, Russia, China, and Spain publicly pledged their support for the Palestinian bid,<ref>{{Cite news|author=Sherwood, Harriet|title=Dmitry Medvedev restates Russian support for Palestinian state|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/18/dmitry-medvedev-russia-palestinian-state|date=18 January 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Media agencies|title=China announces support for Palestinian UN statehood bid|date=26 August 2011|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/china-announces-support-for-palestinian-un-statehood-bid-1.380725|newspaper=Haaretz|accessdate=2011-08-31}}</ref> as have inter-governmental organisations such as the [[African Union]],<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=African Union declares support for Palestine|url=http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=355797|publisher=Ma'an News Agency|date=31 January 2011|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref> and the [[Non-Aligned Movement]].<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=Non-Aligned movement confirms support for Palestinian statehood bid|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/06/165700.html|newspaper=Al Arabiya|date=6 September 2011|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref> Israel has taken steps to counter the initiative,<ref name="almasry">{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Israeli minister says Palestinians losing UN bid|url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/478436|date=18 July 2011|newspaper=Almasry Alyoum|accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref> and Germany, Italy, Canada and the U.S. have announced publicly they would vote against the resolution.<ref name="warroom"/> Israeli and U.S. diplomats began a campaign pressuring many countries to oppose or abstain from the vote.<ref name="warroom"/> However, because of the "automatic majority" enjoyed by the Palestinians in the General Assembly,<ref>{{Cite book|author=Gruen, G.E.|title=The Palestinians in perspective: implications for Mideast peace and U.S. policy|page=16|year=1982|publisher=Institute of Human Relations Press, American Jewish Committee|isbn=978-0-87495-042-7}}</ref> the [[Benjamin Netanyahu|Netanyahu]] administration has stated that it does not expect to prevent a resolution from passing should it go ahead.<ref name="almasry"/><ref>{{Cite news|author=Medzini, Ronen|title=Palestinian UN bid: Israel's battle for Europe|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4074239,00.html|date=26 May 2011|newspaper=Ynetnews|publisher=Yedioth Internet|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> In August, ''Haaretz'' quoted the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, [[Ron Prosor]], as stating that Israel would be unable to block a resolution at the General Assembly by September. "The maximum that we can hope to gain is for a group of states who will abstain or be absent during the vote", wrote Prosor. "Only a few countries will vote against the Palestinian initiative."<ref name="prosor">{{Cite news|author=Ravid, Barak|title=UN envoy Prosor: Israel has no chance of stopping recognition of Palestinian state|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/un-envoy-prosor-israel-has-no-chance-of-stopping-recognition-of-palestinian-state-1.381062|date=28 August 2011|newspaper=Haaretz|accessdate=2011-08-31}}</ref> [[File:Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu addressing a joint session of Congress, May 24, 2011 copy.jpg|thumb|300px|left|alt=Photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to the United States parliament|Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] addressed a joint meeting of U.S. Congress in May 2011, which focused on the issue of Palestinian statehood.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Transcript: Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/israeli-prime-minister-binyamin-netanyahus-address-to-congress/2011/05/24/AFWY5bAH_story_4.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=24 May 2011|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref>]] Instead, the Israeli government has focused on obtaining a "moral majority" of major democratic powers, in an attempt to diminish the weight of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Somfalvi, Attila|title=PA to soften UN statehood bid?|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4110374,00.html|date=17 August 2011|newspaper=Ynetnews|publisher=Yedioth Internet|accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Keinon, Herb|title=EU split over UN recognition of Palestinian state|url=http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=217680|date=24 April 2011|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref> Considerable weight has been placed on the position of the [[European Union]],<ref>{{Cite news|author=Perry, Dan; Melvin, Don|title=Europe May Have Key Role in Palestinians’ UN Maneuver|url=http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/europe-may-have-key-role-palestinians-un|date=26 May 2011|newspaper=CNS News|publisher=Cybercast News Service|accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref><ref name="susser"/> which has not yet been announced. EU foreign policy chief [[Catherine Ashton]] has stated that it is likely to depend on the wording of the resolution.<ref name="ashton">{{Cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=Palestinians see progress in EU stance on UN bid|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20110828-palestinians-see-progress-eu-stance-un-bid|date=28 August 2011|newspaper=France 24|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> At the end of August, Israel's defence minister [[Ehud Barak]] told Ashton that Israel was seeking to influence the wording: "It is very important that all the players come up with a text that will emphasise the quick return to negotiations, without an effort to impose pre-conditions on the sides."<ref name="keinonaug">{{Cite news|author=Keinon, Herb|title=Israel looks to influence text of PA statehood resolution|url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=235781|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=28 August 2011|accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref> Efforts from both Israel and the U.S. have also focused on pressuring the Palestinian leadership to abandon its plans and return to negotiations.<ref name="susser">{{Cite news|author=Susser, Leslie|title=Pressure mounts on Palestinians to abandon U.N. statehood gambit|url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/06/21/3088237/pressure-mounts-on-palestinians-to-abandon-un-statehood-gambit|publisher=Jewish Telegraph Agency|date=21 June 2011|accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref> In the U.S., [[United States Congress|Congress]] passed a bill denouncing the initiative and calling on the [[Barack Obama|Obama]] administration to veto any resolution that would recognise a Palestinian state declared outside of an agreement negotiated by the two parties.<ref>{{cite web|author=United States Congress|title={{USBill|111|hres|1765}}|date=15 December 2010|publisher=Library of Congress|work=111th Congress}}</ref> A similar bill was passed in the [[United States Senate|Senate]], which also threatened a withdrawal of aid to the West Bank.<ref>{{cite web|author=United States Senate|title={{USBill|112|sres|185}}|date=28 June 2011|publisher=Library of Congress|work=112th Congress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Mozgovaya, N.|title=U.S. Senate passes resolution threatening to suspend aid to Palestinians|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-senate-passes-resolution-threatening-to-suspend-aid-to-palestinians-1.370341|newspaper=Haaretz|date=29 June 2011|accessdate=2011-07-05}}</ref> In late August, another congressional bill was introduced which proposes to block U.S. government [[United Nations funding|funding for]] any United Nations entity that supports giving Palestine an elevated status.<ref>{{cite news|author=Mozgovaya, Natasha|title=U.S. bill aims to cut funds to pro-Palestinian UN groups|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-bill-aims-to-cut-funds-to-pro-palestinian-un-groups-1.381644|date=31 August 2011|newspaper=Haaretz|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref> Several top U.S. officials, including ambassador to the United Nations [[Susan Rice]] and consul-general in Jerusalem Daniel Rubinstein, made similar threats.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Swaine, J.|title=US 'could withdraw funding from UN if Palestine state is recognised'|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/8597559/US-could-withdraw-funding-from-UN-if-Palestine-state-is-recognised.html|date=24 June 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|accessdate=2011-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=U.S.: We will stop aid to Palestinians if UN bid proceeds|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-we-will-stop-aid-to-palestinians-if-un-bid-proceeds-1.380901|newspaper=Haaretz|date=26 August 2011|accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref> In the same month, it was reported that the Israeli Ministry of Finance was withholding its monthly payments to the PNA.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Lapide, Joshua|title=Israel’s increasingly bitter war against Palestinian seat in UN|url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Israel’s-increasingly-bitter-war-against-Palestinian-seat-in-UN-22508.html|date=31 August 2011|newspaper=AsiaNews|accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref> Foreign Minister [[Avigdor Lieberman]] warned that if the Palestinians took unilateral actions at the United Nations, they would be in violation of the Oslo Accords, and Israel would no longer consider itself bound by them.<ref name="susser"/> He also recommended cutting all ties with the PNA.<ref name="keinonaug"/> [[File:Dmitry Medvedev in Palestine 18 January 2011-10.jpeg|thumb|300px|right|alt=Photo of Mahmoud Abbas and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a joint press conference|[[President of Russia|President]] [[Dmitry Medvedev]] of Russia reconfirmed its support for the State of Palestine in January 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Russia recognizes Palestine|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/19/Russia-recognizes-Palestine/UPI-86851295444898/|date=19 January 2011|newspaper=UPI.com|publisher=United Press International, Inc|accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref>]] On 11 July 2011, the [[Quartet on the Middle East|Quartet]] met to discuss a return to negotiations, but the meeting produced no result.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Ravid, Barak|title=Officials: Mideast Quartet talks failed due to disagreement over Israel as Jewish state|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/palestinian-envoy-to-un-european-states-will-recognize-palestine-before-september-1.372971|newspaper=Haaretz|date=12 July 2011|accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref> [[President of the Palestinian National Authority|President]] [[Mahmoud Abbas]] has claimed that he would suspend the bid and return to negotiations if the Israelis agree to the 1967 borders and cease its expansion of [[Israeli settlement|settlements]] in the West Bank. The PNA's campaign has seen an increasing level of support in grass-roots activism. [[Avaaz]] began an online petition urging all United Nations members to endorse the bid to admit Palestine; it reportedly attained 500,000 e-signatures in its first four days.<ref>{{cite web|title=Palestine: the world's next nation|url=http://www.avaaz.org/en/independence_for_palestine_9/|publisher=Avaaz.org|accessdate=2011-09-10}}</ref> [[OneVoice Movement|OneVoice Palestine]] launched a domestic campaign in partnership with local news agencies, with the aim of getting the involvement and support of Palestinian citizens.<ref>{{cite web|author=OneVoice Movement|title=OneVoice youth activists unveil campaign backing Palestinian UN bid|url=http://blog.onevoicemovement.org/one_voice/2011/09/onevoice-youth-activists-unveil-campaign-backing-palestinian-un-bid.html|date=8 September 2011|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref> Overseas, campaigns were launched in several nations, calling on their governments to vote "yes" in the resolution.<ref>{{cite web|author=Concerned Citizens|title=UNRECOGNISED|url=http://www.concernedcitizens.co.nz/unrecognised|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Sadaka|title=Join Ireland’s call to support UN membership for Palestine!|url=http://sadaka.ie/Home/IrelandsCall.html|accessdate=2011-09-09}}: "...to be printed in the Irish Times on 17th September 2011".</ref> On 7 September, a group of Palestinian activists under the banner "Palestine: State No. 194" staged a demonstration outside the United Nations' office in [[Ramallah]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The National Campaign|url=http://www.palestinestate194.com/index.php/en/|work=Palestine: State No. 194|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref> During the demonstration they submitted to the office a letter addressed to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, urging him to "exert all possible efforts toward the achievement of the Palestinian people's just demands". The following day, Ban told reporters: "I support ... the statehood of Palestinians; an independent, sovereign state of Palestine. It has been long overdue," but that "recognition of a state is something to be determined by the member states."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=UN Secretary General: Palestinian statehood is 'long overdue'|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/un-secretary-general-palestinian-statehood-is-long-overdue-1.383504|date=9 September 2011|newspaper=Haaretz|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref> Other United Nations organs have previously expressed readiness to see a Palestinian state. In April 2011, the UN's co-ordinator for the Middle East peace process issued a report on the Palestinian Authority's state-building progress, describing "aspects of its administration as sufficient for an independent state".<ref>{{Cite news|author=Office of the United Nations Special Co-ordinator for the Middle East Peace Process|title=Palestinian State-Building: A Decisive Period|url=http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/world/UN-Report-Palestinian-Building-April2011.pdf|publisher=United Nations|date=13 April 2011|accessdate=2011-05-25}}</ref> It echoed a similar assessment published the week prior by the [[International Monetary Fund]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kershner|first=Isabel|title=U.N. Praises Palestinians' Progress Toward a State|newspaper=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/world/middleeast/13mideast.html|date=12 April 2011|accessdate=2011-07-02}}</ref> The [[World Bank]] released a report in September 2010 that found the Palestinian Authority "well-positioned to establish a state" at any point in the near future. The report highlighted, however, that unless [[Private sector development|private-sector growth]] in the Palestinian economy was stimulated, a Palestinian state would remain [[International aid to Palestinians|donor dependent]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Palestinians able to establish a state|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N16267019.htm |publisher=Alertnet.org|date=17 September 2010|newspaper=Reuters|accessdate=2010-12-05}}</ref> ===Non-member observer state status=== {{further|United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19}} [[File:UN Resolution of Palestine as Observer State.svg|thumb|400px|UN observer state status voting results:<br>{{Legend inline|#74C365|In favour}} {{Legend inline|#ab4e52|Against}} {{Legend inline|#FADA5E|Abstentions}} {{Legend inline|#89CFF0|Absent}} {{Legend inline|#e0e0e0|Non-members}}]] During September 2012, Palestine decided to pursue an upgrade in status from "observer entity" to [[United Nations General Assembly observers#Non-member states|"non-member observer state"]]. On 27 November of the same year, it was announced that the appeal had been officially made, and would be put to a vote in the General Assembly on 29 November, where their status upgrade was expected to be supported by a majority of states. In addition to granting Palestine "non-member observer state status", the draft resolution "expresses the hope that the Security Council will consider favorably the application submitted on 23 September 2011 by the State of Palestine for admission to full membership in the United Nations, endorses the two state solution based on the pre-1967 borders, and stresses the need for an immediate resumption of negotiations between the two parties." On Thursday, 29 November 2012, In a 138-9 vote (with 41 abstaining) General Assembly resolution 67/19 passed, upgrading Palestine to "non-member observer state" status in the United Nations.<ref name="unispal1">{{cite web|url=http://unispal.un.org/unispal.nsf/0080ef30efce525585256c38006eacae/181c72112f4d0e0685257ac500515c6c?OpenDocument |title=A/67/L.28 of 26 November 2012 and A/RES/67/19 of 29 November 2012|publisher=Unispal.un.org |accessdate=2012-12-02}}</ref><ref name="whatsinname">{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2013/01/2013186722389860.html|title= Palestine: What is in a name (change)?|date=2013-01-08|accessdate=2013-02-10|publisher=[[Al Jazeera]]}}</ref> The new status equates Palestine's with that of the [[Holy See]]. The change in status was described by ''[[The Independent]]'' as "de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine".<ref name="UNStatehoodBid2012accepted">{{cite news |title=Israel defies UN after vote on Palestine with plans for 3,000 new homes in the West Bank|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-defies-un-after-vote-on-palestine-with-plans-for-3000-new-homes-in-the-west-bank-8372494.html|publisher=The Independent|date=1 December 2012}}</ref> Voting "no" were Canada, the Czech Republic, Israel, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Panama and the United States. The vote was an important benchmark for the [[diplomatic recognition|partially recognised]] State of Palestine and its citizens, while it was a diplomatic setback for Israel and the United States. Status as an observer state in the UN will allow the State of Palestine to join treaties and [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|specialised UN agencies]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/07/state-of-palestine_n_2425682.html?utm_hp_ref=world|title=State Of Palestine: Palestinians Change Name, Won't Rush To Issue New Passports|date=2013-01-07|accessdate=2013-02-10|last1=Laub|first1=Karin|last2=Daraghmeh|first2=Mohammed|publisher=The Huffington Post}}</ref> the Law of the Seas treaty, and the International Criminal Court. It will permit Palestine to pursue legal rights over its territorial waters and air space as a sovereign state recognised by the UN, and allow the Palestinian people the right to sue for sovereignty over their territory in the International Court of Justice and to bring "crimes against humanity" and war-crimes charges, including that of unlawfully occupying the territory of [[State of Palestine]], against Israel in the [[International Criminal Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/magazines/32-political-platform/28464-palestine-threatens-to-sue-israel-at-icc.html|title=Palestine threatens to sue Israel at ICC|date=2013-01-30|accessdate=2013-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Palestinians’ UN upgrade to nonmember observer state: Struggles ahead over possible powers |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/palestinians-un-upgrade-to-nonmember-observer-state-struggles-ahead-over-possible-powers/2012/11/29/8f3c3f78-3a59-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story.html|work=Washington Post|date=30 November 2012}}{{dead link|date=February 2013}}</ref> The UN has, after the resolution was passed, permitted Palestine to title its representative office to the UN as "The Permanent Observer Mission of the '''State of''' Palestine to the United Nations",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/palestine/|title=Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations}}</ref> seen by many as a reflexion of the UN's [[de facto]] position of recognising the State of Palestine's sovereignty under international law,<ref name="unispal1"/> and Palestine has started to re-title its name accordingly on postal stamps, official documents and passports.<ref name="whatsinname"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/palestinian-authority-officially-changes-name-to-state-of-palestine.premium-1.492065|title=Palestinian Authority officially changes name to 'State of Palestine'|date=2013-01-05|accessdate=2013-02-10|work=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref> The Palestinian authorities have also instructed its diplomats to officially represent the "[[State of Palestine]]", as opposed to the "[[Palestine National Authority]]".<ref name="whatsinname"/> Additionally, on 17 December 2012, UN Chief of Protocol Yeocheol Yoon decided that "the designation of "State of Palestine" shall be used by the Secretariat in all official United Nations documents",<ref name="Gharib"/> recognising the "[[State of Palestine]]" as the official name of the Palestinian nation. On Thursday 26 September 2013 at the United Nations, Mahmoud Abbas was given the right to sit in the General Assembly’s beige chair which is reserved for heads of state waiting to take the podium and address the General Assembly.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/world/un-allow-palestine-leader-abbas-to-use-headsofstate-chair-20130927-2uhr4.html Sydney Morning Herald: 27 September 2013: Retrieved 29 September 2013]</ref> ==Other positions== {{See also|Political status of the Palestinian territories}} ===Diplomatic recognition=== ;UN member states Of the {{UNnum}} member states of the United Nations, {{Numrec|Pal|link=N ||({{Numrec|Pal|link=N|pcent=UN}}) have recognized the State of Palestine|asof=E}}. Their total population is over 5.5&nbsp;billion people, equaling 80 percent of the world's population.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Which countries recognize Palestine already? - interactive|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/sep/20/palestinain-state-israel-un-interactive|date=20 September 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=2011-10-13}}</ref> The list below is based on the list maintained by the Palestine Liberation Organization during the campaign for United Nations recognition in 2011.<ref name="roadmap"/> It should also be noted that some states, marked with an asterisk (*) below, expressly recognized the State of Palestine on the borders of 4 June 1967 (i.e., the [[West Bank]], [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] and [[East Jerusalem]]), which constituted Arab territory prior to the [[Six Day War]]. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! # !! Name<ref>{{cite web|url=http://palestineun.org/about-palestine/diplomatic-relations/|title=Diplomatic Relations|accessdate=2013-10-16|publisher=Permanent Observer Mission of The State of Palestine to the United Nations New York}}</ref> !! Date of recognition !! [[Foreign relations of Palestine|Diplomatic relations]] {{#tag:ref|Either with the Palestinian National Authority, the Palestine Liberation Organization, or the State of Palestine. The institution is specified where known.|group="note"|name="relcol"}} !! Relevant membership, further details |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 1 || {{flag|Algeria}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Algeria|title=Algerie-Palestine-Diplomatie|url=http://www.mae.dz/ma_fr/stories.php?story=10/12/27/5462212|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|language=French|date=28 December 2010|accessdate=2011-02-01}} "Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire de l'État de Palestine".</ref> || Arab League, OIC; [[Algeria–Palestine relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 2 || {{flag|Bahrain}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Bahrain|title=Bilateral Relations|url=http://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-02-01}}</ref> || Arab League, OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 3 || {{flag|Iraq}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC; [[Iraq–Palestine relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 4 || {{flag|Kuwait}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Kuwait|title=The nature of the work of the Department of the Arab world|url=http://www.mofa.gov.kw/MOFA/index.php/2009-06-04-08-52-32/36-2009-06-04-06-41-35/1123-2009-06-10-07-53-49|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-02-20}} "دولة فلسطين".</ref> || Arab League, OIC <ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Kuwait|title= The Arab Economic Summit 2009|url=http://www.da.gov.kw/eng/articles/palestine.php|publisher=Al-Diwan Al-Amiri, official website, State of Kuwait|accessdate=2011-03-18}} "Mr. Mahmoud Abbas is the President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and the President of the State of Palestine."</ref> |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 5 || {{flag|Libya}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 6 || {{flag|Malaysia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC; [[Malaysia–Palestine relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 7 || {{flag|Mauritania}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 8 || {{flag|Morocco}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC <ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Morocco|title=Conventions, Treaties, Agreements and Protocols|url=http://www.maec.gov.ma/EN/conventions.asp?PAYS=333|accessdate=2011-02-20}} "État de Palestine".</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Morocco|title=Protocole de coopération entre le Ministère des Affaires Culturelles du Maroc et le Ministère de la Culture et de l'Information de l'Etat Palestinien|url=http://www.maec.gov.ma/EN/fiche.asp?num=659|accessdate=2011-02-20}}</ref> |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 9 || {{flag|Somalia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 10 || {{flag|Tunisia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Tunisia|title=Les Relations Tuniso–Palestiniennes|url=http://www.diplomatie.gov.tn/site/index.php?a=article&id=446|accessdate=2011-02-20}} "Les deux pays ont établi des relations diplomatiques en 1994. chacune des deux parties étant représentée par un bureau de liaison."</ref> || Arab League, OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 11 || {{flag|Turkey}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Turkey|title=Turkey´s Political Relations with the Palestinian National Authority|url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey_s-political-relations-with-the-palestinian-national-authority.en.mfa|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-01-29}} "Turkey established official relations with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1975 and was one of the first countries that recognized the Palestinian State established in exile on 15 November 1988."</ref> || OIC; [[Palestine–Turkey relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 12 || {{flag|Yemen}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC {{show |Further details | Recognition extended by both [[Democratic Yemen]] and the [[Yemen Arab Republic]], prior to [[Unification of Yemen|Yemeni unification]]. In a joint letter to the [[UN Secretary-General]] sent just prior to unification, the Ministers of Foreign affairs of North and South Yemen stated that "All treaties and agreements concluded between either the Yemen Arab Republic or the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and other States and international organizations in accordance with international law which are in force on 22 May 1990 will remain in effect, and international relations existing on 22 May 1990 between the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and the Yemen Arab Republic and other States will continue."<ref>{{cite book|title=State Succession and Membership in International Organizations|last=Bühler|first=Konrad|year=2001|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=Ty7NAG1Jl-8C&dq=State+Succession+and+Membership+in+International+Organizations&source=gbs_navlinks_s|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publisher}}</ref>}} |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 13 || {{flag|Afghanistan}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Afghanistan|title=Afghan Diplomatic Missions|url=http://www.afghanembassy.net/coms.php|publisher=Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Canberra|accessdate=2011-08-05}} "Embassy of Afghanistan in Damascus ... non-resident envoy to: Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine".</ref> || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 14 || {{flag|Bangladesh}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 15 || {{flag|Cuba}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 16 || {{flag|Indonesia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<!--Palestine UN Observer and UNESCO Application say 15 November 1988--><ref name="indonesia1">{{cite web|author=Government of Indonesia|title=Bilateral Cooperation - Palestine|url=http://www.deplu.go.id/Pages/IFPDisplay.aspx?Name=BilateralCooperation&IDP=44&P=Bilateral&l=en|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-02-01}} "Indonesia's formal recognition towards the recently established State of Palestine the very next day, on 16 November 1988 ... One year later, Indonesia and Palestine agreed to advance their bilateral relations through the signing of a Joint Communique on the Commencement of Indonesia-Palestine Diplomatic Relations at Ambassadorial Level, on 19 October 1988 ... Indonesia assigned its Head of Mission to the Republic of Tunisia as the Ambassador non-resident for Palestine until 1 June 2004, when the assignment was relegated to the Indonesia's Ambassador for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Amman."</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="indonesia1"/> || OIC; [[Indonesia–Palestine relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 17 || {{flag|Jordan}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC |- | 18 || {{flag|Madagascar}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 19 || {{flag|Malta}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 20 || {{flag|Nicaragua}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 21 || {{flag|Pakistan}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC; [[Pakistan–Palestine relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 22 || {{flag|Qatar}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC, UNGA [[President of the United Nations General Assembly|President]] (Sep 2011–Sep 2012)<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Qatari diplomat elected as President of next session of General Assembly|url=http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38806&Cr=general+assembly&Cr1|date=22 June 2011|publisher=UN News Centre|accessdate=2011-08-06}}</ref> |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 23 || {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 24 || {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC; [[Palestine–United Arab Emirates relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 25 || {{flag|Serbia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Serbia|url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Policy/Bilaterala/Palestine/index_e.html|title=Bilateral political relations Serbia-Palestine|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2010-12-05}}</ref> || —, [[Palestine–Serbia relations]] {{show |Further details | Recognition extended by the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] (SFRY). Although the UN did not recognise the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] (later renamed [[Serbia and Montenegro]], itself to be succeeded by [[Serbia]] in 2006) as its successor, it claims to be such and pledges to adhere to all ratifications, signatures and recognitions conducted by SFRY.}} |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 26 || {{flag|Zambia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|16 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 27 || {{flag|Albania}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|17 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Albania|title=Diplomatic list|url=http://www.mfa.gov.al/dokumenta/diplomatic_list_2011.pdf|date=January 2011|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-08-06}} "Embassy of the State of Palestina".</ref> || OIC; [[Albania–Palestine relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 28 || {{flag|Brunei}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|17 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC <ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Brunei Darusalam|title=Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Welcomes the Palestinian President|url=http://www.mofat.gov.bn/news/20071023a.htm|date=23 October 2007|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade|accessdate=2011-03-10}} "His Excellency Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of the Palestine".</ref> |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 29 || {{flag|Djibouti}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|17 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 30 || {{flag|Mauritius}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|17 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 31 || {{flag|Sudan}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|17 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC <ref>{{cite web|author=President of Sudan|title=Speech elected President Omar al-Bashir during his inauguration ceremony in Parliament|url=http://www.sudan.gov.sd/ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=773:large-font-&catid=44:2008-06-06-15-25-58&Itemid=104|accessdate=2011-03-10}} "... representative of His Excellency the President of the State of Palestine".</ref> |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 32 || {{flag|Cyprus}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|18 November 1988}}*<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU {{show |Further details | In January 2011, the Cypriot government reaffirmed its recognition of the Palestinian state in 1988, and added that it would not recognise any changes to the pre-1967 borders.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Kype|title=Cyprus will not recognize any changes to the pre-1967 borders|newspaper=Famagusta Gazette|date=31 January 2011|url=http://famagusta-gazette.com/cyprus-will-not-recognize-any-changes-to-the-pre-borders-p11174-69.htm|accessdate=2010-08-02}}</ref>}} |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 33 || {{flag|Czech Republic}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|18 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU; Czech Republic currently de facto does not recognise the existence of the State of Palestine.<ref name="czech">{{cite web|author=Government of the Czech Republic|title=Palesina|publisher=MFA of the Czech Republic|language=Czech |url=http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/cz/encyklopedie_statu/blizky_vychod/palestina |quote=ČR v současné době toleruje status quo palestinského zastoupení v Praze, a to přesto, že de facto existenci palestinského státu neuznává.|accessdate=2013-01-01}}</ref> {{show |Further details | Recognition extended by [[Czechoslovakia]].<ref name="soviets">{{Citation|title=Soviet give cautious nod to Palestinian state|journal=The Evening Post/The News and Courier|volume=16|issue=33|page=3|publisher=Evening Post Publishing Company|location=Charleston, South Carolina|date=19 November 1988|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2IhJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-QsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3596,1106046&dq=&hl=en|accessdate=2011-11-12}}</ref> Following [[Dissolution of Czechoslovakia|its dissolution]], both the Czech Republic and Slovakia retained ties.}} |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 34 || {{flag|Slovakia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|18 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU {{show |Further details | Recognition extended by [[Czechoslovakia]].<ref name="soviets"/> Following [[Dissolution of Czechoslovakia|its dissolution]], both the Czech Republic and Slovakia retained ties.}} |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 35 || {{flag|Egypt}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|18 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC; [[Egypt–Palestine relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 36 || {{flag|Gambia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|18 November 1988}}<ref name="soviets"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 37 || {{flag|India}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|18 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="mea-in">{{cite web|title=India-Palestine Relations|publisher=Ministry of External Affairs - India|url=http://meaindia.nic.in/meaxpsite/foreignrelation/palestine.pdf|accessdate=2010-12-07}} "In 1947, India voted against the partition of Palestine at the UN GA. India was first Non-Arab State to recognize PLO ... in 1974. India was one of the first countries to recognize the State of Palestine in 1988. In 1996, India opened its Representative Office to the Palestine Authority in Gaza, which later was shifted to Ramamllah in 2003".</ref> || UNSC (Jan 2011–Dec 2012); [[India–Palestine relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 38 || {{flag|Nigeria}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|18 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC, UNSC (Jan 2010–Dec 2011) |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 39 || {{flag|Russia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|18 November 1988}}<!--Palestine UN Observer says 19 November 1988--><ref name="soviets"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palestine.ru/Russian/embassy/theembassy.html|title=Посольство|publisher=Palestine.ru|language=Russian|accessdate=2011-01-22}} "Первое представительство ООП (Организации Освобождения Палестины) в Москве было открыто в 1974 г., и первым Главой Представительства стал Бригадный Генерал Мухаммад Аль-Шаер. В 1981г. Представительство было преобразовано в дипломатическую миссию. А 18 ноября 1988 г. СССР официально признал Палестинское Государство. В январе 1990г. Представительство было преобразовано в Посольство Государство Палестина."</ref> || UNSC (permanent); [[Palestine–Russia relations]] {{show |Further details | Recognition extended as the Soviet Union. President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] reconfirmed the position in January 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Sherwood, Harriet|title=Dmitry Medvedev restates Russian support for Palestinian state|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/18/dmitry-medvedev-russia-palestinian-state|date=18 January 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=2011-09-01|location=London}}</ref>}} |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 40 || {{flag|Seychelles}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|18 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 41 || {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|18 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 42 || {{flag|Belarus}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|19 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — {{show |Further details | Recognition extended as the [[Belarus SSR]]. Belarus is the legal successor of the Belarus SSR and in the [[Constitution of Belarus|Constitution]] it states, "Laws, decrees and other acts which were applied in the territory of the Republic of Belarus prior to the entry into force of the present Constitution shall apply in the particular parts thereof that are not contrary to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus."<ref>[[:s:Constitution of Belarus|Constitution of Belarus]], Art. 142.</ref> }} |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 43 || {{flag|Guinea}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|19 November 1988}}<!--Palestine UN Observer says 21 November 1988--><ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 44 || {{flag|Namibia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|19 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — {{show |Further details | Namibia was established by the [[SWAPO|South West Africa People's Organization]] (SWAPO), which recognised the State of Palestine during its time as a UN observer entity.<ref>{{cite web|author=United Nations General Assembly|title=Resolution 43/160: Observer status of national liberation movements|url=http://www.undemocracy.com/A-RES-43-160.pdf|publisher=United Nations Documentation Centre|date=9 December 1988|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref>}} |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 45 || {{flag|Ukraine}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|19 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — {{show |Further details | Recognition extended as the [[Ukrainian SSR]], of which Ukraine is the legal successor. The modern republic continues all "rights and duties pursuant to international agreements of Union SSR which do not contradict the [[Constitution of Ukraine]] and interests of the Republic".<ref>[http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/anot.cgi?nreg=1543-12 The Law of Ukraine on Succession of Ukraine], [[Verkhovna Rada]] (5 October 1991).</ref>}} |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 46 || {{flag|Vietnam}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|19 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|title=Vietnam-Palestine Relations|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Vietnam|url=http://www.mofa.gov.vn/en/cn_vakv/nr040830134623/nr040830134911/ns070925152224|accessdate=2009-07-18}} "1968: Viet Nam established ties with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)... 19 November 1988: Viet Nam recognized the State of Palestine and officially transformed the PLO's resident Representative Office into the Embassy of the State of Palestine."</ref> || —, [[Palestine–Vietnam relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 47 || {{flag|China}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|20 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || UNSC (permanent); [[China–Palestine relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 48 || {{flag|Burkina Faso}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|21 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 49 || {{flag|Comoros}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|21 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 50 || {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|21 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 51 || {{flag|Mali}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|21 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 52 || {{flag|Cambodia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|21 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — {{show |Further details | Recognition extended by the [[People's Republic of Kampuchea]], the predecessor to modern Cambodia. Its civil-war rival, [[Democratic Kampuchea]], announced its recognition three days prior.}} |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 53 || {{flag|Mongolia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|22 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Mongolia|title=List of states with diplmatic relations|url=http://www.mfat.gov.mn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=83&lang=en|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade|accessdate=2011-03-10}} "State of Palestine". Relations established with the PLO prior to the 1988 declaration of independence.</ref> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 54 || {{flag|Senegal}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|22 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 55 || {{flag|Hungary}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|23 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 56 || {{flag|Cape Verde}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|24 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 57 || {{sort|Korea, North|{{flag|North Korea}}}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|24 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || —, [[North Korea–Palestine relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 58 || {{flag|Niger}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|24 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 59 || {{flag|Romania}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|24 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU; [[Palestine–Romania relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 60 || {{flag|Tanzania}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|24 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 61 || {{flag|Bulgaria}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|25 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 62 || {{flag|Maldives}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|28 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 63 || {{flag|Ghana}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|29 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — |- | 64 || {{flag|Togo}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|29 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 65 || {{flag|Zimbabwe}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|29 November 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 66 || {{flag|Chad}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|1 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 67 || {{flag|Laos}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|2 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="laoshanoi">{{cite web|author=Government of Lao DPR|title=List of states whom Lao D.P.R. has established diplomatic relation since 1950|url=http://www.embalaohanoi.gov.la/list%20of%20states%20with%20whom%20lao%20has%20set%20up%20diplomatic%20relation%20since%201950/LIST%20OF%20STATES%20WITH%20WHOM%20LAO%20PDR%20.htm|publisher=Lao Embassy in Hanoi|accessdate=2010-12-31}} "Palestine".</ref> || — |- | 68 || {{flag|Sierra Leone}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|3 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 69 || {{flag|Uganda}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|3 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 70 || {{flag|Republic of the Congo}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|5 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 71 || {{flag|Angola}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|6 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="UNPLOlist">{{cite web|author=Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations|title=Palestine Embassies, Missions, Delegations Abroad|url=http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/palestine/cache/offonce/pid/11548;jsessionid=28CDCCFCCADD2376963B0ED42BD194DB|date=10 December 2010|publisher=United Nations|accessdate=2011-01-01}}</ref> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 72 || {{flag|Mozambique}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|8 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- | 73 || {{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|10 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- | 74 || {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|10 December 1988}}<!--Palestine UN Observer says 18 December 1988--><ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 75 || {{flag|Gabon}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|12 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC, UNSC (Jan 2010–Dec 2011) |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 76 || {{flag|Oman}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|13 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || Arab League, OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 77 || {{flag|Poland}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|14 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 78 || {{flag|Botswana}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|19 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- | 79 || {{flag|Nepal}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|19 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- | 80 || {{flag|Burundi}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|22 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- | 81 || {{flag|Central African Republic}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|23 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- | 82 || {{flag|Bhutan}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|25 December 1988}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- | 83 || {{flag|Rwanda}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|2 January 1989}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 84 || {{flag|Ethiopia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|4 February 1989}}<ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 85 || {{flag|Iran}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|4 February 1989}}<!--Palestine UN Observer says 4 February 1988, but that predates the declaration of independence--><ref name="unesco"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC; [[Iran–Palestine relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 86 || {{flag|Benin}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|May 1989}} or before<ref name="unesco"/><ref name="undpsca"/> {{When|date=January 2011}}<!-- BENIN, EQUATORIAL GUINEA and KENYA are listed without dates. The document was submitted in May 1989. In November 1988, Reuters published a list of 54 countries (see http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rqEVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5008%2C4641271, although it says it may be incomplete) in which these three did not appear. --> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- | 87 || {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|May 1989}} or before<ref name="unesco"/><ref name="undpsca"/>{{When|date=January 2011}}<!-- See note in Benin entry --> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 88 || {{flag|Kenya}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|May 1989}} or before<ref name="unesco"/><ref name="undpsca"/><ref>{{Cite book|author = Peters, Joel|title = Israel and Africa: the problematic friendship|publisher = I.B.Tauris|year = 1992|page = 141|isbn = 978-1-870915-10-6}}</ref>{{When|date=January 2011}}<!-- See note in Benin entry --> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 89 || {{flag|Vanuatu}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|21 August 1989}}<ref>Government of Vanuatu (21 August 1989). [[:commons:File:Vanuatu's Recognation of Palestine.jpg|Letter to ambassador Ali Kazak]] (Ref: 8/3/3/nv-mf, 10/417/2). Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Accessed 2011-05-30.</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 90 || {{flag|Philippines}}<ref name="phamman">{{cite web|author=Embassy of the Philippines in Amman|title=Amb. Julius D. Torres presents credentials to Palestinian president|publisher=Government of the Philippines|date=6 December 2009|url=http://www.philembassy-amman.net/2009/12/06/amb-julius-d-torres-presents-credentials-to-palestinian-president/|accessdate=2010-11-16}} "...as non-resident Ambassador to Palestine to Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas".</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Department of Budget and Management|title=Embassies and Diplomatic Missions|publisher=Government of the Philippines|url=http://www.dbm.gov.ph/08%20dir/diplomatic/embassies.pdf|accessdate=2010-11-15}} "Consulate General of the State of Palestine".</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Budianto, Lilian|title=Palestine issue still low on ASEAN agenda|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|publisher=PT Bina Media Tenggara|date=8 December 2010|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/12/08/palestine-issue-still-low-asean-agenda.html|accessdate=2010-12-11}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|September 1989}}<ref name="PhilippineBook"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="PhilippineBook">{{Cite book|title=Embassies & consulates in the Philippines|publisher=Best of the Philippines|year=1995|url=http://books.google.com.my/books?id=CEqPAAAAMAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Best+of+the+Philippines+%28Manila,+Philippines%29%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s|isbn=9789719151609}}, p219: "The State of Palestine is recognized by over one hundred states including the Republic of the Philippines. In September 1989, diplomatic relations were established between the two governments leading to the opening of the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Manila, May 1990."</ref> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 91 || {{flag|Swaziland}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|July 1991}} or before<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Middle East and North Africa, 1995|url=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jcQ9cGTimAMC&source=gbs_navlinks_s|publisher=Europa Publications|year=1995|page=113|isbn=978-0-946653-99-7|postscript = :}} "By July 1991 the following states had recognized the independent State of Palestine ... Sudan, '''Swaziland''', Tanzania, ..."</ref><!-- Used only as a source for the date. Contains states whose MFA pages show non-recognition and doesn't contain states whose MFA pages show SoP recognition. -->{{When|date=November 2010}} || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{Cite news|author=Palestinian National Authority|title=السفير عبد الجواد يقدم نسخة من أوراق اعتماده لوزير خارجية مملكة سوازيلاند|url=http://www.mofa.pna.ps/ar/index.php?p=main&id=862|language=Arabic|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref> || —<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=السفير عبد الجواد يقدم نسخة من أوراق اعتماده لوزير خارجية مملكة سوازيلاند|url=http://www.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94139|date=3 November 2010|publisher=Palestine News Network|accessdate=2011-08-29|language=Arabic}}</ref> |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 92 || {{flag|Kazakhstan}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|6 April 1992}}<ref name="Kazakhstan"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="Kazakhstan">{{cite web|author=Government of Kazakhstan|title=Cooperation of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the State of Palestine|url=http://portal.mfa.kz/portal/page/portal/mfa/en/content/policy/cooperation/asia_africa/16|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2010-11-20}} Relations established on 6 April 1992. Palestinian Embassy in Kazakhstan was opened in 1993.</ref> || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 93 || {{flag|Azerbaijan}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 April 1992}}<ref name="Azerbaijan"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="Azerbaijan">{{cite web|author=Government of Azerbaijan|title=Politics|url=http://mfa.gov.az/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=223&Itemid=1|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2010-11-20}} "The Republic of Azerbaijan has diplomatic relations with Palestine since 15.04.1992".</ref> || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 94 || {{flag|Turkmenistan}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|17 April 1992}}<ref>{{cite web|title=States with which Turkmenistan established diplomatic ties|url=http://www.mfa.gov.tm/en/mfa-en/diplomacy/diplomatic-relations|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/articles/16102.html|title=Palestinian Ambassador accredited in Turkmenistan|work=Turkmenistan.ru|date=6 April 2012|accessdate=6 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/_eng/?id=651|title=Ambassador of Palestine accredited to Turkmenistan|newspaper=Turkmenistan: The Golden Age|agency=State News Agency of Turkmenistan|date=6 April 2012|accessdate=6 May 2012}}</ref> || OIC<ref name="Turkmenistan">{{cite web|author=Staff writers|title=Niyazov offers condolences to leadership and people of Palestine over demise of Yasser Arafat|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/node/1968|date=11 November 2004|work=Turkmenistan.ru|accessdate=2011-08-29}} "Niyazov sent a message of condolences to the government of the State of Palestine".</ref> |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 95 || {{flag|Georgia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|25 April 1992}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Ismail, Mohamed|title=Interview of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Gela Bezhuashvili to the newspaper ''Egyptian Gazette''|url=http://embassy.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=424&info_id=1300|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia|accessdate=2011-05-24}} "[Bezhuashvili] added that Georgia recognised the Palestinian state in 1992 and has official ties with it."</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Georgia|title=Bilateral Relations between Georgia and Palestine|url=http://www.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?sec_id=346&lang_id=ENG|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2010-11-20}} Relations established 25 April 1992.</ref> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 96 || {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|27 May 1992}}<ref name="Bozheg">{{cite web|author=Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina|title=Dates of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations|url=http://www.mfa.ba/vanjska_politika_bih/bilateralni_odnosi/datumi_priznanja_i_uspostave_diplomatskih_odnosa/default.aspx?id=6|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2010-11-20}} "Lista zemalja koje su priznale Bosnu i Hercegovinu i datumi uspostavljanja diplomatskih odnosa - Palestine - 27.05.1992, 30.10.1992".</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="Bozheg"/> || UNSC (Jan 2010–Dec 2011) |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 97 || {{flag|Tajikistan}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|2 April 1994}}<ref name="Tajikistan"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="Tajikistan">{{cite journal|title=ДИПЛОМАТИЯ ТАДЖИКИСТАНА|year=1994|url=http://mfa.tj/mid/documents/Diplomatiya_Tajikistana.pdf|accessdate=21 December 2011|author=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan|page=25|location=Dushanbe|language=Russian}}</ref> || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 98 || {{flag|Uzbekistan}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|25 September 1994}}<ref name="Uzbekistan"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="Uzbekistan">{{cite web|author=Government of Uzbekistan|title=List of States with which the Republic of Uzbekistan established diplomatic relations|url=http://mfa.uz/eng/inter_cooper/dipl_relat/|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2010-11-20}} "Diplomatic relations established with the State of Palestine 25 September 1994".</ref> || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 99 || {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|4 October 1994}}<!--Palestine UN Observer says 13 January 1995--><ref name="png">Government of Papua New Guina (4 October 2004). [[:commons:File:PNG statement Recognising Palestine.jpg|PNG establishes formal diplomatic relations with Palestine]]. Press release. Office of the Prime Minister. Accessed 2011-05-30.</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="png"/><ref name="pacdel">{{cite web|author=General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific|title=Profiles|url=http://www.palestine-australia.com/|publisher=Palestinian National Authority|accessdate=2010-11-20}} "The Head of the General Delegation of Palestine to Australia and New Zealand and Ambassador to East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu."</ref> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 100 || {{flag|South Africa}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 February 1995}} || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of South Africa|title=Palestine (The State of)|url=http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/palestine.html|publisher=Department of International Relations and Cooperation|accessdate=2010-12-05}} "The establishment of full diplomatic relations with the State of Palestine was announced on 15 February 1995. ... South African Representation in Palestine - The South African Representative to the Palestinian National Authority ... State of Palestine Representation in South Africa - Embassy of the State of Palestine".</ref> || UNSC (Jan 2011–Dec 2012); [[Palestine–South Africa relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 101 || {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|November 1995}} || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{ky icon}} {{cite web|author=Government of Kyrgyzstan|title=Embassy of the State of Palestine to Kyrgyzstan|url=http://www.mfa.kg/diplomatic-missions-in-kr/dip-in-kr-2_en.html|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2010-11-20}}</ref> || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 102 || {{flag|Malawi}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|23 October 1998}}*<ref name="lesotho"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Diplomatic relations between Palestine and Malawi|url=http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/981023/1998102320.html|accessdate=20 December 2011|newspaper=Arabic News|date=23 October 1998}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Malawi|title=Malawi Embassies Abroad|url=http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.mw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|date=19 April 2011|accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 103 || {{flag|East Timor}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|1 March 2004}}<ref name="timor">Government of Timor-Leste (1 March 2004). [[:commons:File:East Timor, Protocol of Diplomatic Relations.jpg|Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the State of Palestine and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste]]. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation. Accessed 2011-05-30.</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="pacdel"/><ref name="timor"/> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 104 || {{flag|Paraguay}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|25 March 2005}}*<!--Palestine UN OBserver says 29 January 2011, but that was the date of the "reitera expresamente el reconocimiento"--><ref name="paraguay">{{es icon}} {{Cite press release|author=Government of Paraguay, Ministry of Foreign Affairs|title=Reconocimiento del Estado de Palestina|url=http://www.mre.gov.py/dependencias/prensa/comunicados/listado.asp?codigo=381&dondeIr=main.asp|date=28 January 2011|language=Spanish|accessdate=2011-01-29|archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20120314182644/http://www.mre.gov.py/dependencias/prensa/comunicados/listado.asp?codigo=381&dondeIr=main.asp|archivedate=2012-03-14}} "... estableció relaciones diplomáticas con Palestina el 25 de marzo de 2005 mediante el intercambio de Notas Reversales, acto que implicó su reconocimiento. ... Por esta declaración la República del Paraguay reitera expresamente el reconocimiento de ese Estado como libre e independiente con las fronteras del 4 de junio de 1967."</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="paraguay"/> || — {{show |Further details | On 28 January 2011, Paraguay's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a written reaffirmation of its government's recognition of the State of Palestine. The statement noted that the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two governments in 2005 had implied mutual recognition.<ref name="paraguay"/>}} |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 105 || {{flag|Montenegro}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|24 July 2006}}<ref name="Montenegro">{{cite web|author=Government of Montenegro|title=Dates of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations|url=http://www.mip.gov.me/en/index.php/Bilateral/dates-of-recognition-and-establishment-of-diplomatic-relations.html|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2010-11-20}} "Palestine, State of Palestine - Date of Recognition 24 July 2006; Date of Establishment of Diplomatic Relations 1 August 2006."</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="Montenegro"/> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 106 || {{flag|Costa Rica}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|5 February 2008}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Costa Rica|title=Palestina.doc|url=http://www.rree.go.cr/file-hn.php?id_file=879|publisher=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto|language=Spanish|accessdate=2011-03-10}} "La República de Costa Rica y el Estado de Palestina acordaron hoy el establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas".</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{Cite news|author=Perelman, Marc|title=Costa Rica Opens Official Ties With ‘State of Palestine’|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/12761/|date=7 March 2008|newspaper=Forward|publisher=The Jewish Daily|accessdate=2010-11-20}}</ref> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 107 || {{flag|Lebanon}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|30 November 2008}} || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{Cite news|author=Maher, Carol|title=Abbas in Beirut Tuesday to Seek ‘Effective’ Role in Palestinian U.N. Bid|url=http://www.sawtbeirut.com/lebanon-news/abbas-in-beirut-tuesday-to-seek-%E2%80%98effective%E2%80%99-role-in-palestinian-u-n-bid/|publisher=Radio Sawt Beirut International|date=15 August 2011|accessdate=2011-08-16}}</ref> || Arab League, OIC, UNSC (Jan 2010–Dec 2011; will be [[President of the United Nations Security Council|President]] of the Council during September)<ref name="erekat"/> {{show |Further details | Date given is that of first official recognition. In Palestine's application to UNESCO in May 1989, Lebanon was listed as having recognised the State of Palestine, but without a date.<ref name="unesco"/> The list was submitted without objection from Lebanon, but later sources have shown that official recognition was not accorded until 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Lebanon offers formal recognition to state of Palestine|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/Nov/29/Lebanon-offers-formal-recognition-to-state-of-Palestine.ashx|newspaper=The Daily Star|accessdate=21 December 2011|date=29 November 2008}}</ref> At that time, the Lebanese cabinet approved the establishment of full diplomatic relations with the State of Palestine, but did not set a date for when this was to occur. On 11 August 2011, the cabinet agreed to implement its earlier decision and Abbas formally inaugurated his government's embassy in Beirut on 16 August.<ref>See the following: * {{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Lebanon recognizes 'state of Palestine'|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|publisher=The Media Line News Agency|date=30 November 2008}} "The Lebanese government has approved forming full diplomatic relations with what it calls the 'state of Palestine', and is elevating the office of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Beirut to the status of an embassy. No date has been set to carry out the decision, which was announced by Lebanese Information Minister Tariq Mitri." * {{Cite news|author=Assi, Hussein|title=Palestinian Ambassador: Optimistic Over Palestinian Rights in Lebanon|url=http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=24496&frid=43&seccatid=14&cid=43&fromval=1|newspaper=Al-Manar|date=13 August 2011|accessdate=2011-08-16}} "Palestinian ambassador to Lebanon Abdullah Abdullah ... recalled that the Lebanese cabinet has acknowledged the state of Palestine and decided to establish diplomatic relations with it since 2008." * {{Cite news|author=Staff writer|title=Lebanon to Establish Diplomatic Relations with State of Palestine|newspaper=QNA Online|publisher=Qatar News Agency|date=11 August 2011}} "The Lebanese Cabinet decided at its meeting Thursday to establish diplomatic relations with the State of Palestine to implement the Cabinet decision of 2008."</ref>}} |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 108 || {{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|2008}} or before{{When|date=November 2010}}<!--Palestine UN Observer doesn't give a date--> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 109 || {{flag|Venezuela}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|27 April 2009}}<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite web|author = Bolivarian Government of Venezuela|title = Venezuela y Palestina establecen relaciones diplomáticas: Comunicado Conjunto Sobre el Establecimiento de Relaciones Diplomáticas entre la República Bolivariana de Venezuela y el Estado de Palestina|publisher = Ministry of Communication and Information|date = 27 April 2009|url = http://www.minci.gob.ve/a_r_r/1/188717/venezuela_y_palestina.html|accessdate = 2010-11-15}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || —, [[Palestine–Venezuela relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 110 || {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|14 July 2009}}<!--Palestine UN Observer says 15 July 2009--><ref>{{es icon}} {{cite web|author=Government of the Dominincan Republic|title=RD y Palestina firman relaciones diplomáticas|url=http://www.presidencia.gob.do/app/article.aspx?id=11145|date=14 July 2009|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2010-12-31|archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20120311074957/http://www.presidencia.gob.do/app/article.aspx?id=11145|archivedate=2012-03-11}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="dominicanr">{{cite web|author=Government of the Dominican Republic|title=Comunicado Conjunto para Establecimiento Relaciones Diplomaticas entre la Republica Dominican y el Estado de Palestina|url=http://www.serex.gov.do/exterior/pe/Lists/Relaciones%20Diplomticas%20de%20RD/Attachments/122/COMUNICADO%20CONJUNTO%20PARA%20ESTABLECIMIENTO%20RELACIONES%20DIPLOMATICAS%20ENTRE%20PALESTINA%20Y%20LA%20RD.pdf|date=2009-07-15|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2010-12-31}} "Presidente del Estado de Palestina".</ref> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 111 || {{flag|Brazil}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|1 December 2010}}*<!--Palestine UN Mission list says 3 December 2011--><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/sala-de-imprensa/notas-a-imprensa/reconhecimento-do-estado-palestino-nas-fronteiras-de-1967|title= Reconhecimento do Estado Palestino nas Fronteiras de 1967 / Recognition of the Palestinian State along the 1967 Borders / Reconnaissance de l'Etat de Palestine dans les frontières de 1967|date=2010-12-03|accessdate=2013-10-16|publisher=Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2010/12/201012504256198565.html|title= Brazil recognises Palestine|date=2010-12-05-|accessdate=2013-10-16|publisher=[[Al Jazeera]]}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{pt icon}} {{cite web|author=Government of Brazil|title=Reconhecimento do Estado Palestino nas Fronteiras de 1967|url=http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/sala-de-imprensa/notas-a-imprensa/reconhecimento-do-estado-palestino-nas-fronteiras-de-1967|publisher=Ministry of Exterior Relations|accessdate=2010-12-03}}</ref> || UNSC (Jan 2010–Dec 2011); [[Brazil–Palestine relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 112 || {{flag|Argentina}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|6 December 2010}}*<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Argentina|title=La Republica Argentina ha reconocido a Palestina como Estado libre e independiente|url=http://www.mrecic.gov.ar/portal/ver_adjunto.php?id=3048|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|date=6 December 2010|accessdate=2011-03-20}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Gobernio de la provincia de Salta|title=Almuerzo países Árabes|url=http://www.casadesalta.gov.ar/eventos/arabes.html|publisher=Delegación de la Casa Salta|date=30 September 2009|accessdate=2011-03-22}} "Embajador Estado de Palestina".</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Gobierno de la Provincia del Neuquén|title=La Vicegobernadora recibió al embajador del Estado de Palestina|url=http://w2.neuquen.gov.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=599:la-vicegobernadora-recibio-al-embajador-del-estado-de-palestina&catid=2:noticias&Itemid=39|publisher=Sitio Oficial|date=30 August 2010|accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Gobierno de la Provincia del Neuquén|title=Avizoran posibilidades de intercambio económico y cultural con Palestina|url=http://w2.neuquen.gov.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=609:avizoran-posibilidades-de-intercambio-economico-y-cultural-con-palestina&catid=2:noticias&Itemid=39|publisher=Sitio Oficial|date=1 September 2010|accessdate=2011-03-22}} "...embajador del Estado de Palestina en Argentina".</ref> || —<ref name="saynet">{{Cite news|author=Waked, Ali|title=Argentina, Uruguay recognize Palestinian state|newspaper=Israel News|publisher=Yedioth Internet|date=7 December 2010|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3995297,00.html|accessdate=2010-12-07}}</ref> |- | 113 || {{flag|Bolivia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|17 December 2010}}*<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=342977|title=Bolivia recognizes Palestinian state|date=2010-12-17|accessdate=2013-10-16|publisher=[[Ma'an News Agency]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=Bolivia to recognize sovereign Palestine|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hS-3jceGVzlbSmO2gU7hXDT6yH5A?docId=CNG.e836e4c62736a2b3b44a8631bd54cd97.361|date=22 December 2010|publisher=Google News|accessdate=2011-01-11}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 114 || {{flag|Ecuador}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|24 December 2010}}*<!--Palestine UN Observer says 27 December 2010--><ref>{{es icon}} {{cite web|author=Government of Ecuador|title=Ecuador Reconoce al Estado Palestino|url=http://www.mmrree.gob.ec/2010/bol992.asp|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|date=24 December 2010|accessdate=2010-12-24|archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130117110432/http://www.mmrree.gob.ec/2010/bol992.asp|archivedate=2013-01-17}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="Ecuador">[http://www.rree.gob.pe/portal/mre.nsf/Interior?OpenAgent&F91ECAB547D51A4305256BAD0070695D|2 Palestinian National Authority non-resident representative to Ecuador]</ref> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 115 || {{flag|Chile}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|7 January 2011}}<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite web|author=Government of Chile|url=http://www.minrel.gov.cl//prontus_minrel/site/artic/20110107/pags/20110107165601.php|title=Declaración del Gobierno de Chile sobre el reconocimiento del Estado de Palestina|date=7 January 2011|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Relations|accessdate=2011-01-07}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="chileemb">{{es icon}} {{cite web|url=http://www.embajadapalestina.cl/embajadores.html|title= Ex Embajadores de Palestina acreditados ante la República de Chile|author=Embassy of Palestine in Chile|title=Embajada de Palestina en Chile}}</ref> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 116 || {{flag|Guyana}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|13 January 2011}}*<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Guyana|title=Statement by the Government of Guyana in Recognition of the State of Palestine|url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/tsite/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|date=13 January 2011|accessdate=2011-01-14}} "The Government of Guyana has today decided to formally recognize the State of Palestine as a free, independent, and sovereign state, based on its 1967 borders."</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || OIC <ref>{{Cite news|agency=The Associated Press|title=Guyana recognizes a Palestinian state|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/13/AR2011011305544.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=13 January 2011|accessdate=2011-01-14}}</ref> |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 117 || {{flag|Peru}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|24 January 2011}}<ref name="peru">{{es icon}} {{cite web|author=Government of Peru|url=http://www.rree.gob.pe/portal/boletinInf.nsf/mrealdia/5ACB6C577AC253100525782200615A34?OpenDocument|title=Perú reconoce al Estado Palestino|date=24 January 2011|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Relations|accessdate=2011-01-24}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="Ecuador"/> || — |- | 118 || {{flag|Suriname}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|1 February 2011}}*<!--Palestine UN Observer says 26 January 2011--><ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Suriname latest S. American state to recognize 'Palestine'|url=http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=206289|newspaper=JPost Newsletter|publisher=The Jerusalem Post|date=2 February 2011|accessdate=2011-02-02}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || OIC |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 119 || {{flag|Uruguay}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 March 2011}}<!--Palestine UN Observer says 16 March 2011--><ref name="uruguay2011">{{cite web|author=Government of Uruguay|title=El Gobierno uruguayo reconoció al Estado Palestino|url=http://www.mrree.gub.uy/gxpsites/hgxpp001?7,1,778,O,S,0,PAG;CONC;45;5;D;7663;1;PAG;,|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|date=15 March 2011|accessdate=2011-03-16|archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20120315121309/http://www.mrree.gub.uy/gxpsites/hgxpp001?7,1,778,O,S,0,PAG;CONC;45;5;D;7663;1;PAG;,|archivedate=2012-03-15}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="uruguay">{{es icon}} {{cite web|author=Government of Uruguay|title=Comunicado conjunto de Uruguay y el Gobierno de la Autoridad Nacional Palestina|url=http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/noticias/2010/04/2010042003.htm|date=20 April 2010|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2010-11-20}}</ref> || — |- | 120 || {{flag|Lesotho}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|6 June 2011}}*<!--Palestine UN Observer says 3 May 2011--><ref name="lesotho">{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Lesotho Recognizes Palestinian State within 1967 Borders‏|url=http://www.wafa.ps/english/index.php?action=detail&id=16365|date=6 June 2011|newspaper=WAFA|publisher=Palestine News & Information Agency|accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || —<ref>{{Cite news|author=Sukhrob, K.|title=The Palestinian state recognized by Lesotho|url=http://www.wreporter.com/world/the-palestinian-state-recognized-by-lesotho|date=7 June 2011|newspaper=WReporter.com|publisher=Web Reporter|accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref> |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 121 || {{flag|Syria}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|18 July 2011}}*<ref name="syria">{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Syria recognizes Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/syria-recognizes-palestinian-state-with-east-jerusalem-as-its-capital-1.373926|date=18 July 2011|newspaper=Haaretz|accessdate=2011-07-19}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Syria|title=Syrian Embassies|url=http://www.syriatourism.org/index.php?module=subjects&func=listpages&subid=228&newlang=eng|publisher=Ministry of Tourism|accessdate=2010-11-20}}</ref> || Arab League, OIC |- | 122 || {{flag|Liberia}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|July 2011}} or before<ref name="roadmap"/>{{When|date=December 2011}} || style="text-align:center;"| No || —<ref name="erekat"/> |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 123 || {{flag|El Salvador}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|25 August 2011}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of El Salvador|publisher=Ministry of Exterior Relations|url=http://www.rree.gob.sv/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1587:el-salvador-reconoce-a-palestina-como-estado-libre-soberano-e-independiente|title=El Salvador reconoce a Palestina como Estado libre, soberano e independiente|date=25 August 2011|accessdate=2011-08-26|language=Spanish}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite news|title=El Salvador establishes diplomatic relations with Palestine Authority|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/130510/el-salvador-establishes-diplomatic-relations-palestine-authori#9|accessdate=10 May 2013|newspaper=Globalpost|date=10 May 2013}}</ref> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 124 || {{flag|Honduras}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|26 August 2011}}*<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Honduras|title=Gobierno de Honduras reconoce existencia del Estado Palestino|url=http://www.presidencia.gob.hn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97:gobierno-de-honduras-reconoce-existencia-del-estado-palestino&catid=35:world&Itemid=153|publisher=Office of President|date=26 August 2011|accessdate=2011-08-28}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes <ref>{{cite news|title=Honduras, El Salvador establish diplomatic ties with Palestine|url=http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=22340|accessdate=4 June 2013|newspaper=Palestine News and Info Agency|date=11 May 2013}}</ref> || —<ref>{{Cite news|author=Peña, Billy|title=Honduras Communiqué Recognizing Palestine|url=http://hondurasweekly.com/honduras-communiqu%C3%A9-recognizing-palestine-201108264055/|date=26 August 2011|newspaper=Honduras Weekly|accessdate=2011-08-27}}</ref> [[Honduras-Palestine relations]] |- | 125 || {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|29 August 2011}}*<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=St. Vincent and the Grenadines Recognizes Palestinian State|url=http://www.wafa.ps/english/index.php?action=detail&id=17181|date=31 August 2011|newspaper=WAFA|accessdate=16 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|title=Statement by the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in recognition of the State of Palestine|url=http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/78AB05258D8471C38525790A0053E094|date=29 August 2011}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 126 || {{flag|Belize}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|9 September 2011}}*<ref>{{Cite press release | title = Belize recognises Palestine Borders | url = http://www.sanpedrosun.com/politics-and-government/2011/09/09/belize-recognizes-palestine-borders/ | publisher = Government of Belize, Press Office | date = 9 September 2011}} Published on {{Cite news|newspaper=The San Pedro Sun|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || —<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Belize|title=Non-Resident Embassies & Consulates: Palestine|url=http://www.belize.gov.bz/ct.asp?xItem=1755&ctNode=23&mp=26|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2010-12-31}}</ref> |- | 127 || {{flag|Dominica}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|19 September 2011}}<ref>{{cite web|title=International recognition of the State of Palestine|url=http://www.nad-plo.org/userfiles/image/English%20127%20%28235x444%29%20map.jpg|accessdate=7 April 2012|author=Negotiations Affairs Department|publisher=Palestinian National Authority|date=25 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=International recognition of the State of Palestine|url=http://www.nad-plo.org/userfiles/image/English%20map%20%28444X235%29128.jpg|accessdate=7 April 2012|author=Negotiations Affairs Department|publisher=Palestinian National Authority|date=26 September 2011}}: "128 UN Member States recognize Palestine"</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dominica supports upgraded UN status for Palestinian Authority|url=http://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/politics/dominica-supports-upgraded-un-status-for-palestinian-authority/|accessdate=12 December 2012|newspaper=Dominica News Online|date=30 November 2012}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || —{{#tag:ref|Dominica is a member of the Caribbean Community, which supports a two-state solution along internationally recognised borders.<ref name="caricom"/> It is also one of eight members of the [[Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America|Bolivarian Alliance]], which issued a statement on 9 September 2011 expressing full support for the recognition of the State of Palestine by the United Nations.<ref name="alba">{{cite web|author=Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America|title=Comunicado especial sobre Palestina|url=http://www.alianzabolivariana.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7911|language=Spanish|date=10 September 2011|accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref>}} |- | 128 || {{flag|South Sudan}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|21 September 2011}} or afterwards<ref>{{cite news|title=South Sudan to Recognize Palestinian State at UN|url=http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=16902|accessdate=19 May 2014|newspaper=WAFA|date=6 August 2011}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- | 129 || {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|22 September 2011}}*<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Antigua and Barbuda|title=Antigua and Barbuda Recognizes Palestine as an Independent Sovereign State|url=http://ab.gov.ag/gov_v4/article_details.php?id=2073&category=38|date=22 September 2011|publisher=Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, Telecommunications, Science and Technology|accessdate=2010-12-23}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 130 || {{flag|Grenada}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|25 September 2011}}<!--Other sources say 27 September 2013 but this is likely just when diplomatic relations were established--><ref name=grenadahaiti>{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/09/29/Haiti-Grenada-recognize-Palestinian-State/UPI-54541380457240/|title=Haiti, Grenada recognize Palestinian State|date=2013-09-29|accessdate=2013-09-30|publisher=[[United Press International]]}}</ref><ref name=grenadahaiti2>{{cite web|url=http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=23293|title=Haiti, Grenada Establish Diplomatic Ties with Palestine|date=2013-09-28|accessdate=2013-09-30|publisher=[[Wafa]]}}</ref>|| style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name=grenadahaiti/><ref name=grenadahaiti2/> || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 131 || {{flag|Iceland}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 December 2011}}*<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Iceland|title=Iceland Recognizes Palestine|url=http://www.mfa.is/speeches-and-articles/nr/6847|date=15 December 2011|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=16 December 2011}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || [[Iceland–Palestine relations]] |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 132 || {{flag|Thailand}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|18 January 2012}}*<ref name="recognitionByThailand">{{cite news|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|title=Thailand recognizes Palestinian state|url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=254441|date=20 January 2012}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=20376 |title=Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA - Palestine, Thailand Launch Diplomatic Relations |accessdate=2013-08-25}}</ref> || — |- | 133 || {{flag|Guatemala}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|9 April 2013}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Apr-10/213216-guatemala-recognizes-palestine-as-free-sovereign-state.ashx#axzz2Q3Gq3tNu|title=Guatemala recognizes Palestine as 'free, sovereign' state|date=10 April 2013|accessdate=10 April 2013|publisher=The Daily Star Lebanon}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || — |- style="background:#CBFECB;" | 134 || {{flag|Haiti}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|27 September 2013}}<ref name=grenadahaiti/><ref name=grenadahaiti2/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name=grenadahaiti/><ref name=grenadahaiti2/> || — |} ;Not members of the UN {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! # !! Name !! Date of recognition !! [[Foreign relations of Palestine|Diplomatic relations]]<br>{{#tag:ref || group="note"|name="relcol"}} !! Relevant membership, further details |- | 135 || {{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{dts|15 November 1988}}<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Shelley, Toby|title=Spotlight on Morocco|journal=West Africa|year=1988|location=London|issue=3712–3723: 5–31 December|publisher=West Africa Publishing Company Ltd|page=2282}} "...the SADR was one of the first countries to recognise the state of Palestine ... on November 15."</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || AU |} {| |- | style="background:#CBFECB; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;" | | States which maintain diplomatic relations with the State of Palestine |} ===No diplomatic recognition=== <!-- <ref>{{Cite news|author=|title=|url=|newspaper=|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> --> ;UN member states {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! # !! Name !! class="unsortable" | Official position !! [[Foreign relations of Palestine|Relations]]<br>{{#tag:ref||group="note"|name="relcol"}} !! Relevant memberships |- | 1 || {{flag|Andorra}} || In January 2011, Andorra co-sponsored a draft resolution guaranteeing the Palestinian people's right to self-determination.<ref name="majoor">{{cite web |author=United Nations General Assembly |title=Summary record of the 43rd meeting |url=http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/D9B70277131CDE2A852575630067071C |date=22 January 2009 |publisher=Chief of the Official Records |accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> In September, it argued for a proposed resolution to give the State of Palestine observer status in the United Nations.<ref>{{cite web |author=United Nations |title=Andorra: H.E. Mr. Gilbert Saboya Sunyé, Minister of Foreign Affairs |url=http://gadebate.un.org/66/andorra |date=26 September 2011 |accessdate=2011-10-10}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 2 || {{flag|Armenia}} || On 20 June 2011, Fatah representative [[Nabil Shaath]] met with Foreign Minister [[Eduard Nalbandyan]] to enlist the support of Armenia in the upcoming resolution.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hayrumyan |first=Naira |title=Palestine hopes to enlist Armenia’s support in independence recognition |url= http://www.accc.org.uk/palestine-hopes-enlist-armenia%E2%80%99s-support-independence-recognition |date=22 June 2011 |publisher=Armenian Community and Church Council of Great Britain |accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> Afterwards, Shaath announced that he had been informed by a number of countries that they would recognise Palestine in the following weeks, and that he expected Armenia to be the first of these.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Sandeep|title=At least 24 countries recognize Palestine before September|url=http://www.pisqa.com/06/at-least-24-countries-recognize-palestine-before-september/ |date=28 June 2011|newspaper=Pisqa|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> However, the Armenian government did not release any statement regarding the meeting. The situation in Palestine is seen as analogous{{by whom|date=May 2012}} to the conflict in [[Nagorno-Karabakh Republic|Nagorno-Karabakh]], and that any recognition of a Palestinian state by Armenia would set a precedent for the right to self-determination in that region.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Tadevosyan, Ara |title=Should we support Palestine?|url=http://www.mediamax.am/en/column/1296/ |date=20 June 2011|newspaper=Mediamax|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> On similar situations, President [[Serzh Sargsyan]] previously stated, "Having the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenia can not recognise another entity in the same situation as long as it has not recognised the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic".<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Yerevan Rules Out Abkhazia, S.Ossetia Recognition|url=http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=19403|date=4 September 2008 |newspaper=Civil Georgia|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 3 || {{flag|Australia}} || Australian policy calls for a two-state solution, but it has not supported calls toward Palestinian statehood in the past, insisting instead on a negotiated settlement. The admittance of the Labor Party to power in 2007 returned Australia's vote in General Assembly resolutions on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict to the side of the majority, calling on Israel to abide by international laws. In regards to a resolution to admit Palestine as a state, a division in positions emerged: Foreign Minister [[Kevin Rudd]] recommended abstaining from the vote, whilst Prime Minister [[Julia Gillard]] declared strong support for Israel.<ref name="flitton">{{Cite news|author=Flitton, Daniel|title=Rudd says abstain on Palestine vote; Gillard backs Israel|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/rudd-says-abstain-on-palestine-vote-gillard-backs-israel-20110807-1ihrc.html |date=8 August 2011|newspaper=The Age|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref> In response, Gillard noted: "There isn't a resolution available for people to read or respond to. If such a resolution does hit the deck, then in deciding how Australia will vote, we will bring our very long-standing principles about questions in the Middle East. That is, we are long-standing supporters of a two-state solution."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Lyons, John|author2=Dodd, Mark|title=Julia Gillard set to reject Kevin Rudd on Palestine|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/julia-gillard-set-to-reject-kevin-rudd-on-palestine/story-fn59niix-1226111271338 |date=9 August 2011|newspaper=The Australian|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref> Gillard has made ties with Israel a priority of her foreign policy.<ref name="flitton"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="pacdel"/> || |- | 4 || {{flag|Austria}} || Austria conferred full diplomatic status on the PLO representation in Vienna on 13 December 1978, under then-chancellor [[Bruno Kreisky]].<ref name="quigley2010">{{Cite book|author=Quigley, John B.|title=The statehood of Palestine: international law in the Middle East conflict|url=http://books.google.com.my/books?id=iTR3BQ0aJ6UC&source=gbs_navlinks_s |page=151 |year=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-15165-8}}</ref> In June 2011, Foreign Minister [[Michael Spindelegger]] said that Austria "had not yet made up its mind whether to support a UN recognition of a Palestinian state", adding that he preferred to wait for a joint EU approach to the issue. "We will decide at the last moment because it might still give [the two parties] the opportunity to bring the Middle East peace process back on track."<ref>{{cite web|author=Salam, Kawther|title=Lieberman Came To Vienna And Brought Us A Storm|url=http://www.kawther.info/wpr/2011/07/01/lieberman-came-to-vienna-and-brought-us-a-storm|date=1 July 2011|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> Spindelegger also suggested that the EU draft its own version of the resolution.<ref name="yahoo">{{Cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse |title=EU may 'draft own resolution on Palestinian UN bid'|url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/eu-may-draft-own-resolution-palestinian-un-bid-135511683.html |date=3 September 2011|newspaper=Yahoo! News|publisher=Yahoo! Canada Co|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref> {{show |Further details | In Annex II of the State of Palestine's UNESCO application, Austria was initially listed as having extended recognition on 14 December 1988. However, the submitting states (Algeria, Indonesia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal and Yemen) later requested that Austria be removed from the list.<ref name="unesco"/>}} | style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zaoerv.de/40_1980/40_1980_4_b_841_857.pdf|title=Die Anerkennung der PLO durch Österreich|language=German|date=1980-09-01|accessdate=2011-05-07}}</ref> || EU |- | 5 || {{flag|Bahamas}} || The Bahamas has not publicised an official position of its own regarding the State of Palestine.<ref name="caribsytd">{{Cite news|author=Chickrie, Ray |title=Palestine seeks support from Guyana and Suriname|url=http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2011/07/08/palestine-seeks-support-from-guyana-and-suriname/ |date=8 July 2011|newspaper=Kaieteur News|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> It is a member of the Caribbean Community, which supports a two-state solution along internationally recognised borders.<ref name="caricom">{{Cite news|author=Caribbean Community|title=Communiqué issued at the Conclusion of the Fourteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relatiofns|url=http://www.news.gov.tt/index.php?news=7850|date=6 May 2011 |publisher=Government of Trinidad and Tobago|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> In March 2011, the new Israeli ambassador to the country urged its leaders not to recognise a Palestinian state before negotiations for co-existence between Israel and Palestine had been settled.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Dames, Russell |author2=Booth, Claire|title=The new Israeli ambassador|url=http://www.bahamasuncensored.com/March_11.htm |date=March 2011|newspaper=Bahamas Uncensored|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 6 || {{flag|Belgium}} || On the issue of Palestinian statehood, Belgium explicitly supports the declarations of the European Union.<ref>{{cite web|author=Vanackere, Steven |title=Belgium, Europe and the Arab World|url=http://www.stevenvanackere.be/nl/actua/belgium-europe-and-the-arab-world-brussel-30-november-2010 |date=30 November 2010|accessdate=2011-08-02}}</ref> On 15 July 2011, the Belgian Senate adopted a resolution urging the government to recognise Palestine on the pre-1967 borders.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Staff writers|title=Belgian Senators press for recognition of Palestine|url=http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/07/15/53263686.html|newspaper=Voice of Russia |date=15 July 2011|accessdate=2011-07-16}}</ref> Prime Minister [[Yves Leterme]] stressed the importance of achieving a unified EU position before September,<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers |title=Ashrawi Urges Belgium to Support Palestine’s UN Membership |url=http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=17226|date=5 September 2011|publisher=Palestine News & Information Agency|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> though this never happened. || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 7 || {{flag|Cameroon}} || Cameroon officially supports a two-state solution.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Biya, Paul|title=L’intégralité de la déclaration du président Paul Biya, Président de République du Cameroun, devant l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies|url=http://www.diplocam.cm/IMG/pdf_discours_onu-2.pdf|date=28 September 2007|publisher=Government of Cameroon, Ministry of Foreign Affairs|language=French|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> Although a member of the OIC, President [[Paul Biya]] has developed strong ties with Israel since the mid-1980s.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Peters, Joel|title=Israel and Africa: the problematic friendship|publisher=I.B. Tauris|year=1992|pages=134–5|isbn=978-1-870915-10-6}}</ref> This perceived friendship has soured the country's traditionally close ties with Arab states, many of whom have withdrawn longstanding economic development assistance and pressed Biya to support Palestinian interests.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Coplin, W.D.; O'Leary, M.|title=Political Risk Yearbook: 1990 |publisher=Cedar Tree House|year=1990|isbn=978-1-85271-123-8}}</ref> Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu asked Biya to oppose the United Nations resolution that would admit Palestine as a member state.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Teke, Elvis|title=President Paul BIYA receives special message from Israeli Prime Minister|url=http://www.crtv.cm/cont/nouvelles/nouvelles_sola_fr.php?idField=9912&table=nouvelles&sub=national |date=25 August 2011|newspaper=Cameroon Radio Television|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="palmofa">[http://www.mofa-gov.ps/ar/index.php?p=foreign_relations Palestinian National Authority Ministry of Foreign Affairs]</ref> || OIC <ref name="erekat"/> |- | 8 || {{flag|Canada}} || Canada supports the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state, but only as part of a "comprehensive, just and lasting peace settlement".<ref>{{Cite news |author=Government of Canada|title=Canadian Policy on Key Issues in the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict|url=http://www.international.gc.ca/name-anmo/peace_process-processus_paix/canadian_policy-politique_canadienne.aspx?lang=eng&view=d |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> The [[Premiership of Stephen Harper|Harper administration]] is traditionally regarded as a staunch supporter of Israel. In July 2011, the spokesman for Foreign Minister [[John Baird (Canadian politician)|John Baird]] stated, "Our government's long-standing position has not changed. The only solution to this conflict is one negotiated between and agreed to by the two parties. ... One of the states must be a [[Jewish state]] and recognised as such, while the Palestinian state is to be a [[Demilitarized zone|non-militarised]] one".<ref>{{Cite news|author=CBC News|title=Canada rejects Palestinian statehood bid at UN|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/07/11/canada-palestine-state.html|date=11 July 2011|newspaper=The Canadian Press|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || |- | 9 || {{flag|Colombia}} || In March 2011, following a succession of recognition statements from South American governments, President [[Juan Manuel Santos]] stated unequivocally that Colombia will not recognise Palestine as a state as a "matter of principle" until an agreement is reached with Israel. He emphasised that the only path to peace in the Middle East was through direct negotiations. Colombia strengthened its ties with Israel in 2008, and Israel is now its primary supplier of weaponry.{{Citation needed|date=August 2013}} || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite web|author=Government of Colombia |title=Autoridad Nacional Palestina|publisher= Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores|url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/regions/africa/north |accessdate=2011-09-23}} "Se establecieron relaciones diplomáticas el 3 de octubre de 1988. La Misión Especial de Palestina en Colombia fue establecida en 1996. La Embajada de Colombia en El Cairo es concurrente ante la Autoridad Palestina, y la Sección Consular de la Embajada en Tel Aviv atiende asuntos de carácter consular."</ref> || UNSC (Jan 2011–Dec 2012) |- | 10 || {{flag|Croatia}} || Croatia formalised relations with the PNA in March 2011. Prime Minister [[Jadranka Kosor]] said that her government supports the co-existence of two states, Israel and Palestine.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Government of Croatia|title=Croatia to formalise relations with Palestinians|url=http://www.vlada.hr/en/naslovnica/novosti_i_najave/2011/ozujak/hrvatska_formalizira_odnose_s_palestincima |publisher=News and Announcements|date=31 March 2011|accessdate=2011-08-29}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 11 || {{flag|Denmark}} || Denmark is a strong supporter of the Palestinian state-building agenda, advocating EU support to the Palestinian Authority's two-year deadline for the establishment of the necessary foundations for a viable state; a plan which expired in August 2011.<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Denmark|title=Danish FM Espersen meets President Abbas in Copenhagen|url=http://www.ambdamaskus.um.dk/en/menu/TheEmbassy/News/DanishFMEspersenMeetsPresidentAbbasICopenhagen.htm?printmode=True |date=10 March 2011|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> During the campaign for the 2011 [[Danish parliamentary election, 2011|elections]], the opposition party argued that Denmark should recognise the State of Palestine. Foreign Minister [[Lene Espersen]], however, warned that such a unilateral decision could have "more negative than beneficial" consequences, and stressed the need co-ordinate policy with the EU.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=Denmark to recognize Palestine if Social Democrats win polls, report says|url=http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArchiveDetails.aspx?ID=272645|date=19 May 2011 |newspaper=NOW Lebanon|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU; [[Denmark–Palestine relations]] |- | 12 || {{flag|Eritrea}} || President [[Isaias Afewerki]] has stated that his government does not recognise Palestine.<ref name="erekat"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Ethiopia|title=Democracy in Eritrea? Three generations away says President Isaias|url=http://www.mfa.gov.et/Press_Section/Week_Horn_Africa_October_15_2010.htm |work=A Week in the Horn|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|date=15 October 2010|accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref> In October 2010, he stated, "Israel needs a government, we must respect this. The Palestinians also need to have a dignified life, but it can not be the West Bank or Gaza. A two-state solution will not work. It's just to fool people. Israelis and Palestinians living in the same nation will never happen for many reasons. One option that may work is a [[Three-state solution|Transjordan]]. Israel may be left in peace and the Palestinian and Jordanian peoples are brought together and can create their own nation".<ref>{{Cite news|author=Boström, Daniel|title='Jag har aldrig ägnat mig åt den frågan'|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/dawitisaak/article7933904.ab |newspaper=Aftonbladet |language=Swedish |date=11 October 2010|accessdate=2011-08-15}} Translation at [http://hrc-eritrea.org/?p=131 Human Rights Concern Eritrea], accessed 2011-08-15.</ref> In his address to the UN General Assembly in 2011, Afewerki stated that "Eritrea reaffirms its long-standing support to the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and an independent, sovereign state. It also upholds the right of Israel to live in peace and security within internationally recognized boundaries."<ref>{{cite web|title=President Isaias Afwerki’s Speech at the 66th UN General Assembly|url=http://www.tesfanews.net/archives/3979|date=2011-09-24|accessdate=2012-11-29 |publisher=TesfaNews}}</ref> On 29 November 2012, Eritrea voted in favour of a resolution to make Palestine non-member observer state at the UN. || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="palmofa"/> || |- | 13 || {{flag|Estonia}} || During a meeting with Riyad al-Malki in June 2010, Foreign Minister [[Urmas Paet]] confirmed that Estonia supports the right to self-determination for the Palestinian people as well as a two-state solution.<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Estonia |title=Foreign Minister Paet: Estonia Supports Right to Self-Determination for Palestine|url=http://www.vm.ee/?q=en/node/9638|date=17 June 2010|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-08-07}}</ref> Officials stated that the government would not adopt a position regarding the United Nations bid until the final wording of the resolution was published.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Kahar, Andres|title=Estonia Remains Wait-and-See on 'Palestinian Question'|url=http://news.err.ee/politics/62414719-e29b-41a7-8240-b671af7306ef |date=8 September 2011|newspaper=Eesti Rahvusringhääling|accessdate=2011-09-08}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="Estonia">{{cite web|author=Government of Estonia|title=Diplomatic relations|url=http://www.vm.ee/?q=en/node/9975|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2010-11-20}}</ref> || EU |- | 14 || {{flag|Fiji}} || Fijian policy on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict is largely based on United Nations resolutions.<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Fiji|title=Hansard for Friday, 24 May 2002|url=http://www.parliament.gov.fj/hansard/viewhansard.aspx?hansardID=607&viewtype=full |publisher=House of Representatives|date=24 May 2002|accessdate=2011-08-29}}</ref> In 2011, it was reported that Fiji's vote on Palestine's membership at the United Nations may have been the subject of classified communications passed between the Fijian and Vanuatuan governments.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Wayne Madsen Report|title=Israel using "super-power" clout to scare up UN votes against Palestine independence|url=http://www.newsfollowup.com/Palestine.htm|date=28 June 2011|publisher=NewsFollowUp.com|accessdate=2011-08-29}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 15 || {{flag|Finland}} || In December 2010, foreign affairs minister [[Alexander Stubb]], on the prospect of recognising a Palestinian state, said: "I would not like to go there yet. I think the most important thing is to keep the peace process going."<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Agence France-Presse|title=EU stops short of outright recognition of Palestinian state|url=http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/israel-palestinians.7m2/|date=13 December 2010|newspaper=EUbusiness|accessdate=2011-08-29}}</ref> In April 2011, Stubb confirmed his country's support for the PNA's political and economic program. Palestinian planning minister [[Ali Jarbawi]] released a statement lauding Finland's efforts in the European Union to gain recognition for a Palestinian state in September.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Finnish FM confirms support to PA|url=http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=383218 |date=29 April 2011|publisher=Ma'an News Agency|accessdate=2011-08-29}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 16 || {{flag|France}} || According to President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], "France supports the solution of two nation states living side-by-side in peace and security, within safe and recognised borders."<ref name="naharnet">{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Netanyahu: Sarkozy Says Palestinians Must OK Israel as Jewish|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/6152-netanyahu-sarkozy-says-palestinians-must-ok-israel-as-jewish |date=5 May 2011|newspaper=Naharnet|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> In May 2011, Sarkozy said that if peace talks with Israel had not resumed by September, he would recognise the State of Palestine as part of its bid at the United Nations.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=France to Israel: Peace talks soon or we support Palestinian state|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=france-peace-talks-soon-or-palestinian-state-2011-05-06 |date=6 May 2011|newspaper=Hurriyet Daily News|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> This echoed statements made in March by Nabil Shaath, who claimed to have received a promise from France that it would recognise in September a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Mu Xuequan |title=France to recognize Palestinian state in September|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-03/06/c_13763075.htm |date=5 March 2011|newspaper=Xinhua|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> According to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, however, Sarkozy had said that France's support would require the Palestinians to recognise Israel as the state of the Jewish people.<ref name="naharnet"/> This was confirmed in July, when Foreign Minister [[Alain Juppé]] stated that any solution to the conflict would require the recognition of "the nation-state of Israel for the Jewish people, and the nation-state of Palestine for the Palestinian people."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Keinon, Herb|title=J'lem greets French edict on Israel as Jewish state|url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=231285|date=27 July 2011|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> This broke with the European Union's traditional position, which adamantly opposes any mention of Israel as a Jewish state.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Gordon, Evelyn|title=Sarkozy Breaks a European Taboo on Jewish State|url=http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/07/28/sarkozy-breaks-a-european-taboo-on-jewish-state/ |date=28 July 2011|newspaper=Commentary|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> Sarkozy later went full-circle on this policy, reportedly saying that the idea of a Jewish state was "silly".<ref>{{Cite news|author=Queenann, Gavriel|title=Sarkozy: Jewish State a 'Silly' Idea|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/148556|date=6 October 2011 |newspaper=Arutz Sheva|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> In August, Sarkozy stressed the importance of a united EU position on the September initiative, and proposed a compromise where the State of Palestine would be given observer status instead of full membership. The proposal, which was to prevent a split among members of the EU, included a promise from Paris and other members that they would vote for the resolution.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Mohammed Mar'i|title=PA rejects Sarkozy’s offer of Vatican style state|url=http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article496660.ece|date=2 September 2011|newspaper=Arab News|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref><ref name="rianov">{{Cite news |author=Staff writers|title=France offers compromise over Palestine's UN bid|url=http://en.rian.ru/world/20110919/166955969.html|date=19 September 2011 |newspaper=RIA Novosti|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU, UNSC (permanent) |- | 17 || {{flag|Germany}} || In April 2011, Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] labelled the Palestinian bid for recognition a "unilateral step",<ref>{{Cite news|author=Marx, Bettina; Scheschkewitz, Daniel|title=Palestinian independence plans unlikely to succeed|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15267617,00.html|date=26 July 2011|newspaper=Deutsche Welle|accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref> and stated unequivocally that Germany will not recognise a Palestinian state without its prior acceptance by Israel. "Unilateral recognitions therefore definitely do not contribute to achieving this aim ... This is our stance now and it will be our stance in September. There needs to be mutual recognition, otherwise it is not a two-state solution".<ref>{{Cite news|author=Connor, Richard|title=Merkel will not recognize unilaterally-declared Palestinian state|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14974756,00.html|date=7 April 2011 |newspaper=Deutsche Welle|accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref> She also reaffirmed her government's commitment to see an agreement reached as soon as possible. "We want a two-state solution. We want to recognise a Palestinian state. Let us ensure that negotiations begin. It is urgent".<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=Merkel plays down French rift over Palestine|url=http://www.thelocal.de/politics/20110506-34837.html|date=6 May 2011 |newspaper=The Local|accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref> {{show |Further details | The [[German Democratic Republic]] recognised the State of Palestine on 18 November 1988,<ref name="unesco"/> but it later [[German unification|unified]] with the [[Federal Republic of Germany]] and the current government does not recognise it.}} | style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU, UNSC (Jan 2011–Dec 2012) |- | 18 || {{flag|Greece}} || President [[Karolos Papoulias]] has stated that Greece ultimately supports the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Karaviti, F.|title=Papoulias visit to Palestinian Authority|url=http://www.hri.org/news/greek/ana/2011/11-07-13.ana.html |date=13 July 2011|issue=3836|newspaper=Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English |publisher=Hellenic Resources Network|accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref> Under previous governments, Greece garnered a reputation as a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Government of Israel|chapter=Introduction|title=Greece's Relations with Israel, 1961–1967|chapter-url=http://www.archives.gov.il/archivegov_eng/publications/electronicpirsum/greece/introduction1.htm |publisher=Israel State Archives|series=Documents on the Foreign Policy of Israel|accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref> Within the wider Arab–Israeli conflict, [[Andreas Papandreou]] maintained a stronger stand against Israel than any other government in the European Community. Diplomatic relations were founded with the PLO in 1981, while relations with Israel were maintained only at the consular level until Greece's formal recognition of Israel in 1990 under [[Konstantinos Mitsotakis|Mitsotakis]].<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Kaminaris, S.C. |title=Greece and the Middle East |url=http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/1999/issue2/jv3n2a4.html |journal=Middle East Review of International Affairs |volume=3 |issue=2 |date=June 1999 |publisher=Rubin, Barry; Global Research in International Affairs |accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref> Since the formation of current foreign policy under [[George Papandreou]], Greece has seen a rapid improvement in relations with Israel,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marcus |first=Jonathan |title=Israel woos Greece after rift with Turkey |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11556442 |newspaper=BBC News |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=16 October 2010 |accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref> leading the media to mark the conclusion of Greece's pro-Palestinian era.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Athanasiadis |first=Iason |title=A Mediterranean Battlefield |url=http://www.majalla.com/en/geopolitics/article247806.ece?service=print |newspaper=Al Majalla |date=31 January 2011 |accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref> This was most notably showcased by the Greek government's support for Israel's [[Blockade of the Gaza Strip|blockade]] of the Gaza Strip, when it stopped the sailing of the [[Freedom Flotilla II]] in July 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cronin |first=David |title=How Greece abandoned Palestine |url=http://electronicintifada.net/content/how-greece-abandoned-palestine/10171 |newspaper=The Electronic Intifada |date=13 July 2011 |accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 19 || {{flag|Ireland}} || In January 2011, Ireland accorded the Palestinian delegation in [[Dublin]] to diplomatic status.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Jones, Ryan|title=Europe starts process of recognizing Palestine |url=http://www.israeltoday.co.il/tabid/178/nid/22629/Default.aspx |date=26 January 2011|newspaper=Israel Today|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> The foreign ministry in Israel responded that it was "not surprised" due to the Irish government's "biased policy regarding the conflict over the years".<ref>{{Cite news|author=Medzini, Ronen|title=Ireland becomes first EU member to take such measure; Israel says move detrimental to peace process|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4018950,00.html|date=25 January 2011|newspaper=Ynet News|publisher=Yedioth Internet|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> The upgrade was subsequently echoed in seven other EU countries.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=Italy upgrades Palestinian delegation to mission|url=http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/israel-palestinians.9zp|date=16 May 2011|newspaper=EUbusiness|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> In March, Foreign Affairs Minister [[Eamon Gilmore]] claimed that Ireland would "lead the charge" in recognising Palestinian statehood, but that it would not come until the PNA was in full and sole control over the its territories. "The timing of such a declaration will be an important decision ... I very much hope to be able to extend recognition of a full, functional Palestinian state during my time in office."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Gilmore ‘hopes to recognise full Palestinian state’|url=http://jrnl.ie/108152|date=22 March 2011|newspaper=TheJournal.ie|publisher=Distilled Media Ltd|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> In regards to the proposed resolution from the United Nations, Gilmore's department reported at the beginning of September that Ireland had yet to formally adopt a position on the matter, saying the government's precise position depended on the wording of the official proposal.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Ireland undecided on Palestinian bid for full UN membership|url=http://jrnl.ie/217434|date=4 September 2011|newspaper=TheJournal.ie|publisher=Distilled Media Ltd|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 20 || {{flag|Israel}} || <div style="text-align:center;">''[[#Israeli position|See above]]''</div> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || |- | 21 || {{flag|Italy}} || Prime Minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]] said in May 2011 that Italy would not recognise a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood. At an event in Rome celebrating Israel's independence, Berlusconi pledged his country's support for Israel. "Italy has always stood by Israel, even within the framework of the EU when it opposed decisions that were unbalanced and unjust towards Israel."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Berlusconi: Italy won't recognize Palestinian state|url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=220191&R=R1 |date=12 May 2011|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref> In June, he reiterated: "We do not believe that a unilateral solution can help peace, neither on the Palestinian side nor on the Israeli side. I believe peace can only be reached with a common initiative through negotiations."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Israel hails Italy's opposition to Palestinian state bid|url=http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=396359|date=13 June 2011|publisher=Ma'an News Agency|accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref> His position was shared by parliamentarians, who drafted a letter to the United Nations stating, "A premature, unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood would not only undermine rather than resolve the Israeli–Palestinian peace process, but would constitute a standing affront to the integrity of the United Nations, international agreements, and international law."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Benari, Elad|title=Italian MPs Write Letter Against Unilateral PA Move|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/146549#.TnSa8mHts1E|date=10 August 2011|newspaper=Arutz Sheva|accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 22 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || Like other members of the Caribbean Community, Jamaica supports a two-state solution.<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Jamaica|title=Jamaica's Position on Gaza Conflict and Zimbabwe Outlined|url=http://www.jis.gov.jm/news/archive/18040-foreign_affairs-jamaica-s-position-on-gaza-conflict-and-zimbabwe-outlined |date=15 January 2009|publisher=Jamaica Information Service|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> In 2010, Prime Minister [[Bruce Golding]] expressed hope for "a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East that guarantees the security of Israel and the unquestioned recognition of a Palestinian state."<ref>{{cite web|author=Golding, Bruce|title=Statement by the Honourable Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica in the general debate at the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly|url=http://www.opm.gov.jm/news_and_public_affairs/speeches/pm_golding_addresses_un_general_assembly_2010 |date=27 September 2010|publisher=Government of Jamaica, Office of the Prime Minister|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 23 || {{flag|Japan}} || Japan supports a two-state solution to the conflict,<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Japan|title=Meeting between Foreign Minister Matsumoto and Jordanian Minister of Planning and Cooperation Hassan|url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2011/6/0609_05.html|date=9 June 2011|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> and is firmly committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad inaugurated the JAIP|url=http://www.jaipark.com/in.php?id=6|date=28 November 2010|publisher=Jericho Agro-Industrial Park|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> Responding to Israeli settlement activities in 2010, the Japanese government stated that it would not recognise any act that prejudges the final status of Jerusalem and the territories in the pre-1967 borders.<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Japan|title=Statement ... on the decision of the Government of Israel regarding the construction of housing units at settlements in West Bank including East Jerusalem|url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2010/3/0311_01.html|date=11 March 2010|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> Likewise, in January 2011, it declared that it would not recognise the annexation of East Jerusalem by Israel.<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Japan|title=Statement by Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the demolition of the Shepherd’s Hotel in East Jerusalem|url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2011/1/0111_04.html|date=11 January 2011|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || |- | 24 || {{flag|Kiribati}} || During the summit of the [[Pacific Islands Forum]] in early September 2011, the foreign minister of Kiribati reportedly expressed support for the Palestinian position.<ref name="pif1">{{Cite news|author=Palestinian National Authority|title=المالكي يلتقي عددا من وزراء الخارجية على هامش منتدى الباسيفك|url=http://www.mofa.pna.ps/ar/index.php?p=main&id=1244|date=6 September 2011|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-09-09|language=Arabic}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 25 || {{sort|Korea, South|{{flag|South Korea}}}} || The government of South Korea does not recognise the State of Palestine.<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of the Republic of Korea|title=Palestine|url=http://www.mofat.go.kr/english/regions/meafrica/20070824/1_1363.jsp |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || |- | 26 || {{flag|Latvia}} || Latvia supports a two-state solution to the conflict and provides development assistance to the Palestinian National Authority.<ref>{{cite web|author=Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union|title=Foreign Minister acknowledges Latvia's readiness to engage in co-operation projects with PNA|url=http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/brussels/news/embassy-news/news/?pg=10850|date=24 September 2008|publisher=Government of Lithuania|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Lithuania|title=Latvia offers training in environmental management for Palestinian National Authority staff|url=http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/news/press-releases/2010/november/5-11/|date=5 November 2010|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 27 || {{flag|Liechtenstein}} || Liechtenstein relies on Switzerland to carry out most of its foreign affairs.<ref name="watson">{{Cite book|author=Watson, G.R.|title=The Oslo Accords:international law and the Israeli-Palestinian peace agreements|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=298|isbn=978-0-19-829891-5}}</ref> In January 2011, it co-sponsored a draft resolution guaranteeing the Palestinian people's right to self-determination,<ref name="majoor"/> and stated that this right must be exercised with a view to achieving a viable and fully sovereign Palestinian state.<ref>{{cite web|author=United Nations General Assembly|title=Summary record of the 50th meeting|url=http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/11C4F8C8DBF8EF8885257870006CDB52|date=20 January 2011|publisher=Chief of the Official Records|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 28 || {{flag|Lithuania}} || Like the rest of the European Union, Lithuania supports a two-state solution including an independent Palestinian state.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Pavilenene, Danuta|title=Lithuania and Israel discussed steps towards boosting investment, trade and tourism between countries|url=http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/good_for_business/?doc=40509 |date=5 May 2011|newspaper=The Baltic Course|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> Regarding the Palestinian push for United Nations membership, Foreign Minister [[Audronius Ažubalis]] stressed the importance of maintaining a unanimous and well-balanced EU position which encouraged both parties to resume peace talks.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Government of Lithuania, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |title=Lithuanian Foreign Minister Emphasizes Eastern {{sic|nolink=y|Partneship}}, Situation in Ukraine and Belarus|url=http://democraticbelarus.eu/node/13417|date=6 September 2011|publisher=European Commission, Office for Democratic Belarus|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 29 || {{flag|Luxembourg}} || In an interview with Foreign Minister [[Jean Asselborn]] in March 2011, ''The Jerusalem Post'' stated that Luxembourg was considered among the "least friendly" countries to Israel in the EU.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Jean Asselborn au sujet du conflit israélo-palestinien|url=http://www.gouvernement.lu/salle_presse/interviews/2011/03-mars/01-asselborn/index.html |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|publisher=Government of Luxembourg, Information and Press Service|date=1 March 2011|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> Asselborn himself has been described as openly pro-Palestinian.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Rettman, Andrew|title=Ashton's secret diplomacy upsets EU states|url=http://euobserver.com/24/32535|date=23 June 2011|newspaper=EUobserver.com|accessdate=2011-09-05}}</ref> In response to divisions within the EU regarding the Palestinians' September bid for UN membership, Asselborn reportedly urged the PNA to accept an upgrade in its observer status and not ask for membership. He insisted, "We cannot let the Palestinians leave New York at the end of the month with nothing",<ref name="assel">{{Cite news|author=Armellini, Alvise|title=Interview: EU can't let Palestinians leave UN assembly "with nothing"|url=|date=3 September 2011|newspaper=Monsters and Critics|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> He referred to the positions of four members in particular that stood as an obstacle to the achievement of a common position,<ref name="pif1"/> but that he "cannot agree to say no" to the Palestinian endeavour.<ref name="maan1">{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Aide: Abbas to reveal political strategy ahead of UN bid|url=http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=417450|publisher=Ma'an News Agency|date=3 September 2011|accessdate=4 July 2013}}</ref> He noted that securing the support of all EU nations would have been a great moral advantage for Palestine.<ref name="assel"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 30 || {{nowrap|{{sort|Macedonia|{{flag|Macedonia|name=Republic of Macedonia}}}}}} || According to Foreign Minister [[Nikola Poposki]], stated, the Macedonian position will be built in accordance with the views of the European Union and its strategic partners.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=FM Poposki meets his EU colleagues in Poland|url=http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/19036/45/|date=3 September 2011|publisher=Macedonia International News Agency|accessdate=2011-09-12}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 31 || {{flag|Mexico}} || Mexico maintains a policy of supporting a two-state solution.<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Mexico|title=Encuentro de la Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, con el Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de la Autoridad Nacional Palestina, Riad Malki|url=http://www.sre.gob.mx/csocial/contenido/comunicados/2009/feb/cp_046.html |date=23 February 2009|publisher=Secretary of External Relations|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> Palestinian and Israeli officials expected Mexico to follow South American countries in recognising the State of Palestine in early 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Maliki: Mexico to recognize Palestinian State|url=http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=202780|date=9 January 2011 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Medzini, Ronen|title=Ben-Eliezer: US may recognize Palestinian state|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4004405,00.html|date=26 December 2010|newspaper=Ynet News|publisher=Yedioth Internet|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> Its position on the matter is seen as influential in Latin America, and therefore critical to both proponents and opponents.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Medzini, Ronen|title=Israel fights recognition of Palestinian state|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4002381,00.html|date=21 December 2010|newspaper=Ynet News|publisher=Yedioth Internet|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> Opposition parties have urged the government to recognise a Palestinian state as part of the September initiative, putting down its hesitance to U.S. pressure.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=PRD pide a México reconocer a Palestina como Estado|url=http://www.aztecanoticias.com.mx/notas/mexico/71483/prd-pide-a-mexico-reconocer-a-palestina-como-estado |date=12 September 2011|newspaper=Azteca Noticias|publisher=Azteca Internet|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || |- | 32 || {{sort|Micronesia|{{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}}} || The FSM is a consistent supporter of Israel, especially in international resolutions,<ref name="micro">{{Cite book|author=Usa Ibp Usa|title=Micronesia Country Study Guide|publisher=International Business Publications|year=2009|page=38|isbn=978-1-4387-3268-8}}</ref> though this is due in part to its association with the United States.<ref name="watson"/> During the summit of the [[Pacific Islands Forum]] in September 2011, the leader of the Micronesian delegation reportedly stated his country's solidarity with the Palestinian people's suffering and support for their right to self-determination. Regarding the PNA's endeavour to gain admission to the United Nations, however, the official stated that the [[Compact of Free Association|agreements]] signed with the U.S. prevented the FSM from voting according to its government's wishes in cases where they conflicted with those of the U.S.<ref name="pif1"/> In reference to Israel's continued development assistance to Micronesians, another diplomat noted, "We need Israeli expertise, so I don't see a change in our policy anytime soon."<ref name="micro"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 33 || {{flag|Moldova}} || Moldova maintains a policy of neutrality in international affairs. It has expressed full support for the Quartet [[Road map for peace|principles]] for the settlement of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict,<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Moldova|title=Israel removes the fee for visas for moldovan citizens traveling to this country|url=http://www.mfa.gov.md/consular-news/487584/|date=20 June 2011|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> which call for an independent Palestinian state. || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref>{{ro icon}} {{cite web|author=Government of Moldova|title=Bilateral cooperation: Palestine|url=http://www.mfa.gov.md/politica-externa/ps/|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-01-01}}</ref> || |- | 34 || {{flag|Myanmar}} || Myanmar is one of only two members of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] that has not recognised the State of Palestine, alongside Singapore.<ref name="recognitionByThailand"/><ref>{{Cite news|author=Abdul Khalik; Desy Nurhayati |title=Palestine gets NAM support for liberty, UN membership|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/05/28/palestine-gets-nam-support-liberty-un-membership.html |date=28 May 2011|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> Former foreign affairs minister [[Win Aung]] stated in 2000 that Myanmar supports a two-state solution within internationally recognised borders.<ref>{{cite web|author=U Win Aung|title=Statement by His Excellency U Win Aung Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chairmen of the Delegation of the Union of Myanmar|url=http://www.un.org/ga/webcast/statements/myanmarE.htm|date=20 September 2000|publisher=United Nations|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 35 || {{flag|Nauru}} || During the [[Pacific Islands Forum]] in early September 2011, Foreign Affairs Minister [[Kieren Keke]] confirmed his nation's solidarity with the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination.<ref name="pif2">{{Cite news|author=Palestinian National Authority|title=المالكي يواصل مشاوراته مع وزراء خارجية دول الباسيفيك |url=http://www.mofa.pna.ps/ar/index.php?p=main&id=1246|date=9 September 2011|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-09-09|language=Arabic}}</ref> The PNA's foreign ministry published a statement prior to the summit claiming that most Pacific island nations would vote against a United Nations resolution regarding the Palestinian state.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Foreign Minister to Attend Pacific Island Forum|url=http://www.wafa.ps/english/index.php?action=detail&id=17202|date=4 September 2011|publisher=Palestine News & Information Agency|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 36 || {{flag|Netherlands}} || In June 2011, Foreign Minister [[Uri Rosenthal]] stated that the request to admit Palestine at the United Nations would "not be supported by the Netherlands". He called instead for a resumption of negotiations: "We will continue to stress for a restart to direct negotiations."<ref name="hstimes">{{Cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=Dutch deny support for Palestinian statehood|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Dutch-deny-support-for-Palestinian-statehood/Article1-715917.aspx |date=1 July 2011|newspaper=Hindustan Times|publisher=HT Media Limited|accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref> He insisted that a peace deal must be based "on an agreement between all parties",<ref name="yahoo"/> and that the Netherlands was opposed to anything done without the consent of both parties.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Recognition of a Palestinian state: the EU is trying to remain united|url=http://www.pisqa.com/09/recognition-of-a-palestinian-state-the-eu-is-trying-to-remain-united/ |date=2 September 2011|newspaper=PISQA|accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref> Abbas highlighted the importance of the Dutch role in the peace process, precisely because it maintained close ties with Israel: "It doesn't disturb us at all. They play a very important role and the Palestinian people are very appreciative of their help."<ref name="hstimes"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 37 || {{flag|New Zealand}} || New Zealand support a two-state solution to the peace process.<ref name="nz">{{Cite news|author=Trevett, Claire|title=Palestinians ask NZ to back bid for UN membership|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10750446 |date=9 September 2011|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> It also maintains a policy of not expressing explicit recognition of new states, preferring to imply recognition through actions rather than formal declarations. For Palestine, this would mean upgrading its accredited delegation to a diplomatic status.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Young, Jane|title=New Zealand needs to vote for Palestine|url=http://pundit.co.nz/content/new-zealand-needs-to-vote-for-palestine|date=17 July 2011|newspaper=Pundit|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref> In early September, Foreign Minister [[Murray McCully]] said that the government would not make a decision until the wording of the resolution was released. "We've got a reputation for being fair minded and even handed on this matter and all we can do is wait to see the words.<ref name="nz"/> He also told Riyad al-Malki that he had refused to give any pledges Israel to oppose to vote.<ref name="pif1"/> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<ref name="pacdel"/> || |- | 38 || {{flag|Norway}} || Norway upgraded the Palestinian mission in [[Oslo]] to an embassy in December 2010, and Foreign Minister [[Jonas Gahr Støre]] called for the creation of a Palestinian state within the following year.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Stigset,Marianne|title=Norway Calls for Palestinian State, Gives Diplomatic Mission Embassy Rank|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-15/norway-calls-for-palestinian-state-gives-diplomatic-mission-embassy-rank.html |newspaper=Bloomberg |date=15 December 2010|accessdate=2010-12-15}}</ref> In January 2011, Støre stated that, should negotiations with Israel fail to make progress by September, his country would recognise Palestine within the United Nations framework.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Norway to recognise Palestine if peace talks fail|url=http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2011/01/20/norway-to-recognise-palestine-if-peace-talks-fail/ |date=20 January 2011|newspaper=Ice News|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Ravid, Barak|title=Norway may recognize Palestinian state if peace process remains stalled|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/norway-may-recognize-palestinian-state-if-peace-process-remains-stalled-1.346788 |date=3 March 2011|newspaper=Haaretz|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> Following a meeting with Abbas in July 2011, Støre claimed that it was "perfectly legitimate" for the Palestinians to seek a vote on recognition of statehood.<ref>{{Cite news|author=NewsGuy|title=Norway To Back Palestinian State|url=http://www.therightperspective.org/2011/07/23/norway-to-back-palestinian-state/|newspaper=The Right Perspective|date=23 July 2011|publisher=Goodman, Peter|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> "The fundamental Norwegian view is that a people have the right to use UN institutions to clarify questions about the legitimacy of their status in the world. We are opposed to denying this to the Palestinians". The minister withheld full commitment until the request was officially announced,<ref>{{Cite news|author=Corfield, Gareth|title=Støre cautiously endorses Palestinian UN recognition bid|url=http://theforeigner.no/pages/news/stre-cautiously-endorses-palestinian-un-recognition-bid/ |newspaper=The Foreigner|date=19 July 2011|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Ynet News|title=Norway youths discussed Palestine prior to attack|url=http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=144133|newspaper=San Francisco Sentinel |date=23 July 2011|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> after which, on 18 September, he confirmed that Norway would lend its support: "Norway will support this and is prepared to recognise a Palestinian state."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Norway FM: We will recognize Palestinian state|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/norway-fm-we-will-recognize-palestinian-state-1.385141 |date=18 September 2011|newspaper=Haaretz|accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || |- | 39 || {{flag|Panama}} || Panama has not indicated its position regarding a vote on statehood,<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Symbolic Recognition of Palestinian State by Latin American Countries|url=http://www.adl.org/main_International_Affairs/Recognition-of-Palestinian-State.htm |date=24 January 2011|publisher=Anti-Defamation League|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> and is reported to be undecided on the matter.<ref name="caribsytd"/> President [[Ricardo Martinelli]] has a record of supporting Israel in UN resolutions,<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Palestinian National Authority Condemns Martinelli Comments|url=http://www.thepanamadigest.com/2010/03/palestinian-national-authority-condemns-martinelli-comments/ |date=5 March 2011|newspaper=The Panama Digest|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> and has reportedly resisted pressure from other Latin American governments to recognise Palestine.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Kampeas, Ron|title=Price for Israel support: Come to Panama and enjoy the food and Wi-Fi|url=http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2011/04/28/3087236/price-for-israel-support-come-to-panama-and-enjoy-the-food-and-wi-fi |date=28 April 2011|newspaper=JTA Online|publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> The [[Central American Integration System]] (SICA) was expected to adopt a joint position on the issue at its summit on 18 August,<ref>{{cite web|author=Government of Honduras|title=Presidente Lobo Sosa pide de nuevo a empresarios tocarse el corazón|url=http://www.presidenceducameroun.com/news/?lang=en&mode=newsdetails&id=1285 |publisher=Office of the President|language=Spanish|date=2 August 2011|accessdate=2011-03-10}}</ref> but Panama insisted that discussion should retain a regional focus and the matter was not included on the final agenda.<ref name="sica">{{Cite news|author=Medzini, Ronen|title=Central America 'battles' over PA's UN bid|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4112571,00.html |date=22 August 2011|newspaper=Ynet News|publisher=Yedioth Internet|accessdate=2011-08-27}}</ref> In early September, Foreign Minister Roberto Henriquez said that the government's decision would not be made public until its vote is cast, but added, "It is very important that the birth of this country and its recognition in the international forum is previously accompanied by a full peace agreement with its neighbour, Israel."<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=Panamá condiciona reconocimiento de Palestina|url=http://www.telemetro.com/noticias/2011/09/08/80967/panama-condiciona-reconocimiento-palestina |date=8 September 2011|newspaper=Telemetro|publisher=Corporación Medcom Panamá, S.A|language=Spanish|accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 40 || {{flag|Portugal}} || In February 2011, several parliamentary factions proposed resolutions calling on the government to recognise the State of Palestine.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Silva, Bárbara|title=Parlamento avança para reconhecer Estado palestiniano|url=http://economico.sapo.pt/noticias/nprint/110670.html|date=9 February 2011|newspaper=Económico|accessdate=2011-08-29}}</ref> However, these were dismissed by the two majority parties, which insisted on a prior settlement acceptable to both Palestinians and Israelis.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Lusa|title=PS e PSD rejeitam proposta para reconhecer-se o Estado da Palestina|url=http://www.publico.pt/Mundo/ps-e-psd-rejeitam-proposta-para-reconhecerse-o-estado-da-palestina_1479482 |date=9 February 2011|newspaper=Público|publisher=Público Comunicação Social S.A|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2011-08-29}}</ref> Foreign Minister [[Paulo Portas]] stated that Portugal supports the initiative to recognise Palestine, but that it must not forget the security of Israel: "We will do everything for Palestine, which deserves to have its state, and do nothing against Israel, which deserves to have its security."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Lusa|title=Portugal e a UE farão "tudo pela Palestina e nada contra Israel", diz Paulo Portas|url=http://www.publico.pt/Pol%C3%ADtica/portugal-e-a-ue-farao-tudo-pela-palestina-e-nada-contra-israel-diz-paulo-portas_1510295 |date=2 September 2011|newspaper=Público|publisher=Público Comunicação Social S.A|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU, UNSC (Jan 2011–Dec 2012) |- | 41 || {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} || Saint Kitts and Nevis is a member of the [[Caribbean Community]], which strives to establish a co-ordinated foreign policy between its member states.<ref name="caricom"/> In May 2011, the organisation's Foreign Council jointly reiterated its support for a two-state solution along internationally recognised borders. The council was chaired by Kittian Foreign Minister [[Sam Condor]].<ref name="caricom"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 42 || {{flag|Samoa}} || Prime Minister [[Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi|Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi]] has expressed support for a two-state solution to the conflict.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Malielegaoi, Tuila'epa Sailele|title=Statement by Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa at the general debate of the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly|url=http://www.un.org/en/ga/65/meetings/generaldebate/Portals/1/statements/634211849807968750WS_en.pdf |date=27 September 2010|publisher=Permanent Mission of Samoa to the United Nations|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 43 || {{flag|Singapore}} || Singapore has not yet recognised the State of Palestine and has not announced a position regarding a resolution.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Abdul Khalik; Desy Nurhayati|title=Palestine gets NAM support for liberty, UN membership|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/05/28/palestine-gets-nam-support-liberty-un-membership.html |date=28 May 2011|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|publisher=PT Bina Media Tenggara|accessdate=2011-08-30}}</ref> The island state has a strong relationship with Israel.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Leifer, Michael|title=Singapore's foreign policy: coping with vulnerability|page=91|url=http://books.google.com.my/books?id=-AKpC0I0VC0C&source=gbs_navlinks_s |year=2000 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-23352-1}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 44 || {{flag|Slovenia}} || In a letter addressed to [[Ban Ki-moon]] dated April 2011, President [[Danilo Türk]] claimed that "the moment to solve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, on the basis of two independent states, Israel and Palestine, living alongside each other peacefully, is now".<ref>{{Cite news|author=Türk, Danilo; Government of Slovenia|title=Letter of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Danilo Türk, to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon|url=http://www2.gov.si/up-rs/uprs-eng.nsf/dokumentiweb/1099819B25B84B54C125787A004C8ADE?OpenDocument|date=12 April 2011|publisher=Office of the President|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> In June, Foreign Minister [[Samuel Žbogar]] stated that his government was ready to "start making [the] first steps towards recognising Palestine", but stressed that the issue of recognition as a state has to be separated from its membership in the UN. He also noted that "Slovenia is not waiting for a joint position of the EU, because there will not be one."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Government of Slovenia|title=Foreign Minister Zbogar Discusses Recognition of Palestine in New York|url=http://www.ukom.gov.si/en/media_room/newsletter_slovenia_news/news/article/391/2754/f9a6ec672b/?tx_ttnews%5Bnewsletter%5D=112 |date=14 June 2011|publisher=Government Communication Office|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 45 || {{flag|Solomon Islands}} || Foreign Minister [[Peter Shannel Agovaka]] met Riyad al-Malki in early September at the summit of the [[Pacific Islands Forum]] in Wellington. Agovaka reportedly confirmed his government's support for the self-determination of Palestinians and for the efforts of Palestine at the United Nations. He said that the possibility of recognising the State of Palestine would be considered in the next meeting of cabinet.<ref name="pif1"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 46 || {{flag|Spain}} || On 1 July 2011, the Spanish parliament passed a resolution urging its government to recognise the State of Palestine on the 1967 borders.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Staff writers|title=Spain might recognize Palestinian state|url=http://www.presstv.ir/detail/187259.html|date=2 July 2011|newspaper=Press TV|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> Prior to this, Nabil Shaath had claimed in May that Spain intended to recognise the Palestinian state before September.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Khaled Abu Toameh|title=Spain will recognize Palestinian state on 1967 lines|url=http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=222873&R=R3|date=30 May 2011 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> In late July, Foreign Minister [[Trinidad Jiménez]] said that Spain supports the bid, but that it would not determine its position until the proposal is made official.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=Spain tells Abbas it backs efforts for Palestinian state|url=http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=406767|date=19 July 2011 |publisher=Ma'an News Agency|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> In an interview with ''El País'' in August, Jiménez confirmed Spain's support: "We are working with the idea that there is a majority in the EU that will support moving forward with the recognition of Palestine." She added that it was the right time to do this, since it would give Palestinians much needed hope about their future state.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Israel fumes over foreign minister's Palestine position |url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/english/Israel/fumes/over/foreign/minister/s/Palestine/position/elpepueng/20110822elpeng_9/Ten |date=22 August 2011|newspaper=El País|accessdate=2011-08-30}} [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Ha/llegado/hora/dar/paso/reconocimiento/Estado/palestino/elpepiesp/20110821elpepinac_1/Tes Original transcript] {{es icon}}.</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 47 || {{flag|Sweden}} || Sweden is widely considered in Jerusalem as being among the most pro-Palestinian states in the EU.<ref name="sweden">{{Cite news|author=Keinon, Herb|title=Swedish FM: We won’t unilaterally recognize PA state|url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=210555|date=3 March 2011|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> The union's 2009 declarations, which call for a two-state solution and refute any unilateral changes to the pre-1967 borders, were drafted and pushed through by Sweden.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Ravid, Barak|title=Livni to Sweden: Ditch EU plan on dividing Jerusalem|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/livni-to-sweden-ditch-eu-plan-on-dividing-jerusalem-1.3077 |newspaper=Haaretz |date=1 December 2009|accessdate=2011-08-02}}</ref> However, the government has maintained that a Palestinian state cannot be recognised until the Palestinians gain control over their own territory. According to Prime Minister [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]], "That is international law's most basic requirement to recognise a state."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Swedish parties split on Palestinian recognition|url=http://www.thelocal.se/35904/20110901/|date=1 September 2011|newspaper=The Local|accessdate=2011-10-23}}</ref> Foreign Minister [[Carl Bildt]] has said the most fundamental [[Declarative theory of statehood|definition]] of a state is that it controls its own territory, and that Palestinians won't control their own territory unless there is a settlement with Israel. "I would hope that we would be in a position to recognise a Palestinian state but there has to be one first".<ref name="bildt">{{Cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=Too early to recognize Palestinian state: Bildt|url=http://www.thelocal.se/23308/20091117/|date=17 November 2009|newspaper=The Local|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> "A state has to be founded on an end of occupation, and an end of occupation is based upon an agreement with Israel".<ref name="sweden"/> Major opposition parties have urged the government to declare recognition in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=460824|title=Swedish politician urges country to recognize Palestine|date=17 February 2012|publisher=Ma'an News Agency}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Mats Öhlén|title=Divided government pressured on Palestine|url=http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8420|date=15 February 2012|newspaper=Stockholm News}}</ref> Sweden upgraded its Palestinian delegation in Stockholm in early September.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Palestinians hopeful of Swedish UN vote|url=http://www.thelocal.se/36160/20110915/|date=15 September 2011|newspaper=The Local|accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Bildt makes shock Palestinian envoy move|url=http://www.thelocal.se/36032/20110908/|date=8 September 2011|newspaper=The Local|accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU |- | 48 || {{flag|Switzerland}} || || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || |- | 49 || {{flag|Tonga}} || In September 2011, following the summit of the Pacific Islands Forum in Wellington, the PNA's foreign ministry noted that it had made significant strides in its efforts to attain recognition from Tonga.<ref name="pif2"/> || style="text-align:center;"| No || |- | 50 || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || In September 2011, Britain said it would recognise Palestine as a state, but only with non-member observer status, rather than full membership, at the United Nations.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Staff writers |title=UK only backs 'Observer' status for Palestine |url=http://www.presstv.ir/detail/199915.html |publisher=PressTV |date=18 September 2011 |accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || EU, UNSC (permanent); [[Palestine–United Kingdom relations]] |- | 51 || {{flag|United States}} || President [[Barack Obama]] declared U.S. opposition to the bid in his speech to the General Assembly, saying that "genuine peace can only be realised between Israelis and Palestinians themselves" and that "[u]ltimately, it is Israelis and Palestinians - not us - who must reach an agreement on the issues that divide them".<ref>{{Cite news|author=Helene Cooper|title=Obama Says Palestinians Are using Wrong Forum|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/world/obama-united-nations-speech.html|date=21 September 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref> Obama has told Abbas that the U.S. would veto any United Nations Security Council move to recognise Palestinian statehood.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Alex Spillius|title=Barack Obama tells Mahmoud Abbas US will veto Palestinian statehood bid|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/8780859/Barack-Obama-tells-Mahmoud-Abbas-US-will-veto-Palestinian-statehood-bid.html |date=22 September 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref><!-- http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/did-the-palestinian-authority-think-through-its-un-gambit/2011/03/29/gIQAd2xhiJ_blog.html http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=237199 http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=231249 --> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes || UNSC (permanent); [[Palestine–United States relations]] |} ;Not members of the UN {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! # !! Name !! class="unsortable" | Official position !! [[Foreign relations of Palestine|Relations]]<br>{{#tag:ref||group="note"|name="relcol"}} !! Relevant memberships |- | — || {{nowrap|{{flag|European Union}}}} || In July 2009, EU foreign policy chief [[Javier Solana]] called for the United Nations to recognise the Palestinian state by a set deadline even if a settlement had not been reached: "The mediator has to set the timetable. If the parties are not able to stick to it, then a solution backed by the international community should ... be put on the table. After a fixed deadline, a UN Security Council resolution ... would accept the Palestinian state as a full member of the UN, and set a calendar for implementation."<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=Israel rejects EU call for Palestinian state deadline|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=israel-rejects-eu-call-for-palestinian-state-deadline-2009-07-13 |date=13 July 2009|newspaper=Hurriyet Daily News|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> In December, the [[Council of the European Union]] endorsed a set of conclusions on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which forms the basis of present EU policy.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sadaka|title=The EU and Israel|url=http://www.sadaka.ie/Articles/Briefings/BRIEFING-EU_and_Israel.pdf|page=1 |accessdate=2011-08-30}}</ref> It reasserted the objective of a two-state solution, and stressed that the union "will not recognise any changes to the pre-1967 borders including with regard to Jerusalem, other than those agreed by the parties." It recalled that the EU "has never recognised the annexation of East Jerusalem" and that the State of Palestine must have its capital in Jerusalem.<ref>{{Citation|author=Council of the European Union|chapter=17218/09 (Presse 371)|title=Press release, 2985th Council meeting on Foreign Affairs|chapter-url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/111833.pdf |publisher=Press Office|accessdate=2011-08-02}}</ref> In December 2010, the Council reiterated these conclusions and announced its readiness, when appropriate, to recognise a Palestinian state, but encouraged a return to negotiations.<ref>{{Citation|author=Council of the European Union|chapter=17835/10 (Presse 346)|title=Press release, 3058th Council meeting on Foreign Affairs|chapter-url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/118456.pdf |publisher=Press Office|accessdate=2011-08-02}}</ref> The EU is the single largest donor of foreign aid to the Palestinians.<ref name="bildt"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Irish Aid|title=Minister Kitt pledges additional assistance for Palestinians at Paris Donor Conference|url=http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/latest_news.asp?article=1163|publisher=Government of Ireland|date=17 December 2007|accessdate=2011-08-02}}</ref> Following a meeting of the union's foreign ministers on 2 September, [[Catherine Ashton]] stated that the EU position would depend on the wording of the Palestinian proposal.<ref name="ashton"/> After the PNA confirmed that it would request full membership, an EU counter initiative was put forward which would see Palestine's status upgrade to that of an observer state. The proposal would include a promise from all members that they would vote for the resolution; in exchange the PNA must drop its plan to request full membership.<ref name="rianov"/> Israel condemned the proposal, and Ashton, under pressure from Netanyahu and the U.S., raised a proposal of her own which did not include recognition of a state. Her proposal was rejected by several member states, which said she acted without authority and that under these terms members were bound to split their votes.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Ravid, Barak|title=Netanyahu: Israel will agree to upgrade of Palestinian status, not statehood|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/netanyahu-israel-will-agree-to-upgrade-of-palestinian-status-not-statehood-1.384716 |date=16 September|newspaper=Haaretz|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> On 29 September, the European Parliament passed a resolution stating that it "Supports and calls on member states to be united in addressing the legitimate demand of the Palestinians to be represented as a state at the United Nations."<ref>{{cite web|author=Parliament of the European Union|title=European Parliament resolution of 29 September 2011 on the situation in Palestine|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/201110/20111003ATT28146/20111003ATT28146EN.pdf |date=29 September 2011|publisher=European Union|accessdate=2011-10-13}}</ref> {{show |Member states (8 / 28) Candidates (4 / 5) | Members: Austria • Belgium • [[Bulgaria]]&nbsp;{{smallsup|†}} • [[Croatia]] • [[Cyprus]]&nbsp;{{smallsup|†}} • [[Czech Republic]]&nbsp;{{smallsup|†}} • Denmark • [[Estonia]] • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Hungary&nbsp;{{smallsup|†}} • [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] • Italy • [[Latvia]] • [[Lithuania]] • [[Luxembourg]] • [[Malta]]&nbsp;{{smallsup|†}} • Netherlands • Poland&nbsp;{{smallsup|†}} • Portugal • [[Romania]]&nbsp;{{smallsup|†}} • [[Slovakia]]&nbsp;{{smallsup|†}} • [[Slovenia]] • Spain • Sweden • United Kingdom <br />Candidates: [[Iceland]]&nbsp;{{smallsup|†}} • [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] • [[Montenegro]]&nbsp;{{smallsup|†}} • [[Serbia]]&nbsp;{{smallsup|†}} • Turkey&nbsp;{{smallsup|†}} :<small>&nbsp;{{smallsup|†}} – Have recognised the State of Palestine.</small> }} | style="text-align:center;"| Yes || [[Palestine–European Union relations]] |- | 52 || {{flag|Holy See}} || [[Pope Benedict XVI]] called for the creation of a Palestinian state during his visit to the Holy Land in 2009. He met with Abbas again in June 2011, as part of the Palestinian effort to gain recognition as a state from the United Nations. An official statement released by the Vatican after the meeting read, "Particular stress was laid on the urgent need to find a just and lasting solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, one capable of ensuring respect for the rights of all and, therefore, the attainment of the Palestinian people's legitimate aspirations for an independent State. It was thus reiterated that soon the State of Israel and the Palestinian State must live in security, at peace with their neighbours and within internationally recognised borders".<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=Pope agrees on 'urgent need' for Palestinian state|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/13563/World/Region/Pope-agrees-on-urgent-need-for-Palestinian-state.aspx |date=3 June 2011|newspaper=Ahram Online|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<br><ref>{{cite web|author=Holy See|title=Bilateral relations of the Holy See|url=http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/documents/rc_seg-st_20010123_holy-see-relations_en.html |publisher=Secretariat of State|accessdate=2010-11-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Pope Benedict meets Palestinian president|url=http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=18351 |date=5 June 2011|publisher=Independent Catholic News|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref> || [[Holy See–Palestine relations]]; [[Holy See and the Arab–Israeli peace process]] |- | — || {{flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}} || || style="text-align:center;"| Yes<br><ref>{{cite web|title=THE GRAND MASTER OF THE ORDER OF MALTA GREETS THE ACCREDITED DIPLOMATIC CORPS|url=http://www.orderofmalta.int/news/57915/the-grand-master-of-the-order-of-malta-receives-the-accredited-diplomatic-corps/?lang=en |publisher=Sovereign Order of Malta - official site|date=2012-01-11|accessdate=2012-01-31}} "Last September, we have opened relations with the Palestinian Authorities".</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bilateral relations|url=http://www.orderofmalta.int/diplomatic-relations/862/sovereign-order-of-malta-bilateral-relations/?lang=en# |publisher=Sovereign Order of Malta - official site|accessdate=2012-01-31}} "The Order of Malta has relations at Ambassador level with: Palestinian Authority".</ref> || |} <!-- Entries, who don't recognize the State of Palestine, who don't have diplomatic relations with it, PLO or PNA, and who were removed from the lists above, because some editors considered the descriptions of their position to be too vague and thus not useful. Revision that includes these descriptions: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine&oldid=488283396 04:31, 20 April 2012 by Tabletop]. * {{flag|Barbados}} * {{flag|Marshall Islands}} * {{flag|Monaco}} * {{flag|Palau}} * {{flag|Saint Lucia}} * {{flag|San Marino}} * {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} * {{flag|Tuvalu}} * {{flag|Cook Islands}} * {{flag|Niue}} Entries, for whom there aren't any sources found describing their position: * {{flag|Abkhazia}} * {{flag|Kosovo}} * {{flag|Nagorno-Karabakh Republic}} * {{flag|Northern Cyprus}} * {{flag|Somaliland}} * {{flag|South Ossetia}} * {{flag|China, Republic of}} * {{flag|Transnistria}} --> ;Notes {{Reflist|group="note"}} ==See also== {{portal|Palestine}} * [[List of states with limited recognition]] * [[Palestinian nationalism]] * [[Proposals for a Palestinian state]] * [[International recognition of Israel]] ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== * [http://www.mofa.gov.ps/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs], Palestinian National Authority * [http://www.nad-plo.org/etemplate.php?id=5 Negotiations Affairs Department], Palestine Liberation Organization * [http://www.avaaz.org/en/independence_for_palestine_9/ Avaaz.org petition] * [http://www.palestinestate194.com/index.php/en/ Palestine State 194 campaign] * [http://www.onevoice.ps/ OneVoice Palestine] {{International recognition of states with limited recognition}} {{Foreign relations of Palestine}} {{Palestine topics}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2011}} {{DEFAULTSORT:International Recognition Of The State Of Palestine}} [[Category:Palestine Liberation Organization]] [[Category:Palestinian nationalism]] [[Category:Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority]] [[Category:Diplomatic recognition|Palestine]] [[Category:Palestinian politics]] [[Category:State of Palestine]]'