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The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) was established in 1994 by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as a result of the Oslo Accords and the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement. The Israeli government transferred certain powers and responsibilities of self-government to the PNA, which are in effect in parts of the West Bank, and used to be effective in the Gaza Strip before its takeover by Hamas. In 1988 the PLO declared the State of Palestine, being quite widely recognised by states, although often in equivocal terms. In February 1989 at the United Nations Security Council, the PLO representative publicly acknowledged recognition from 94 states. Since then, other states have publicly extended recognition, and the PLO and PNA now maintain an extensive network of diplomatic relations.

In 1974, United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3236 recognised the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, national independence, and sovereignty in Palestine. It also recognised the Palestine Liberation Organization as the representative of the Palestinian people to the United Nations. States maintain official relations with it and the Palestinian National Authority established through the Oslo Accords of 1994. Some, but not all, of these recognise the State of Palestine, which was proclaimed by the PLO on 15 November 1988.

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

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

Bilateral relations

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

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

Background

Francis Boyle, legal advisor to the PLO, assisted the organisation in drafting the 1988 Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Palestine. At that time, the United States was using its Foreign Assistance Act and other measures to discourage other countries and international organisations from extending recognition.

Shortly after its 1988 declaration, the State of Palestine was recognised by many other developing states in Africa and Asia, by most former communist states, and by most members of the Arab League (AL) and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Both of these organisations later published statements of recognition of, support for, and solidarity with Palestine, which was accepted as a member state in both forums.

At the end of 1989, the New York Times reported that 89 United Nations member states had recognised the newly proclaimed state. According to one author, however, by 1988, more than 100 countries had recognised the State of Palestine. In February 1989 at the United Nations Security Council, the PLO representative acknowledged that 94 states had recognised the new Palestinian state. Since then, a number of other states have publicly extended recognition. Boyle reported in 1990 that the number was over 114 states. In 2005, Anat Kurz reported that 117 United Nations member states had formally recognised Palestine as a sovereign state. In February 2009, Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki was able to submit to the ICC written statements from 67 of these countries. He was also able to show the existence of bilateral agreements with states in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.

In September 2010, Boyle reported that about 130 countries had recognised the State of Palestine. By the end of December, following successive statements of recognition from Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador, a number of news services reported the number as over 130. In the same month, however, after the statements of recognition from Brazil and Argentina, John Quigley reported the number as 105, and with the subsequent declaration by Bolivia, lawyer John V. Whitbeck claimed it to be 106 states.

As of 7 January 2011, Chile is the most recent nation to formally recognise the State of Palestine.

Chronological table of recognition and relations

At least 157 states, in addition to the European Union, currently have some form of diplomatic relations with the PLO and PNA, or recognise the State of Palestine:

• 110 to 118 states recognise the State of Palestine;
  • of these, 95 to 100 have established diplomatic relations with the PLO;
• 48 to 39 states, as well as the European Union, which don't recognise the State of Palestine, conduct official relations with the PLO and the PNA.

#	Name	State of Palestine recognition since	PLO/PNA relations since	Mission of PLO or State of Palestine	Mission to PNA or State of Palestine	Notes
Recognising the State of Palestine declared in 1988:
1	Algeria	1988-11-15	yes	Embassy (Algiers)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)	AL, OIC
2	Bahrain	1988-11-15	yes	Embassy (Manama)		AL, OIC
3	Indonesia	1988-11-15	yes	Embassy (Jakarta)	Embassy, non-resident (Amman)	OIC
4	Iraq	1988-11-15	yes	Embassy (Baghdad)	Embassy, non-resident (Damascus)	AL, OIC
5	Kuwait	1988-11-15	yes	Embassy (Kuwait)		AL, OIC
6	Libya	1988-11-15	yes	Embassy (Tripoli)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)	AL, OIC
7	Malaysia	1988-11-15	yes	Embassy (Kuala Lumpur)		OIC
8	Mauritania	1988-11-15	yes	Embassy (Nouakchott)		AL, OIC
9	Morocco	1988-11-15	yes	Embassy (Rabat)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Gaza)	AL, OIC
10	Somalia	1988-11-15	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Djibouti)		AL, OIC
11	Tunisia	1988-11-15	yes	Embassy (Tunis)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Gaza)	AL, OIC
11	Turkey	1988-11-15	yes	Embassy (Ankara)	Consulate-General (Jerusalem)	OIC; Palestine–Turkey relations
12	Yemen	1988-11-15	yes	Embassy (Sana'a)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)	AL, OIC
13	Afghanistan	1988-11-16	yes		Embassy, non-resident (Damascus)	OIC
14	Bangladesh	1988-11-16	yes	Embassy (Dhaka)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)	OIC
15	Cuba	1988-11-16	yes	Embassy (Havanna)	Embassy, non-resident (Tunis)
16	Jordan	1988-11-16	yes	Embassy (Amman)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Ramallah, Gaza)	AL, OIC
17	Madagascar	1988-11-16
19	Malta	1988-11-16	yes	Embassy (Valletta)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Ramallah)	EU
20	Nicaragua	1988-11-16	yes	Embassy (Managua)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)
21	Pakistan	1988-11-16	yes	Embassy (Islamabad)	Embassy, non-resident (Damascus)	OIC; Pakistan–Palestine relations
22	Qatar	1988-11-16	yes	Embassy (Doha)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Gaza)	AL, OIC
23	Saudi Arabia	1988-11-16	yes	Embassy (Riyadh)		AL, OIC
24	United Arab Emirates	1988-11-16	yes	Embassy (Abu Dhabi)		AL, OIC; Palestine – United Arab Emirates relations
25	Serbia	1988-11-16	1989	Embassy (Belgrade)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)
26	Zambia	1988-11-16	yes	Embassy (Lusaka)
27	Albania	1988-11-17	yes	Embassy (Tirana)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)	OIC
28	Brunei	1988-11-17	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Kuala Lumpur)		OIC
29	Djibouti	1988-11-17	yes	Embassy (Djibouti)		AL, OIC
30	Mauritius	1988-11-17	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Dar es Salaam)
31	Sudan	1988-11-17	yes	Embassy (Khartoum)		AL, OIC
32	Cyprus	1988-11-18	yes	Embassy (Nicosia)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Ramallah)	EU
33	Czech Republic	1988-11-18	yes	Embassy (Prague)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Ramallah)	EU
34	Slovakia	1988-11-18	yes	Embassy (Bratislava)	Embassy, non-resident (Damascus) Office, non-resident (Tel Aviv)	EU
35	Egypt	1988-11-18	yes	Embassy (Cairo)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Ramallah, Gaza)	AL, OIC
36	India	1988-11-18	1974	Embassy (New Delhi)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Ramallah)	AL observer; India–Palestine relations
37	Nigeria	1988-11-18	yes	Embassy (Abuja)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)	OIC
38	Seychelles	1988-11-18	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Dar es Salaam)
39	Sri Lanka	1988-11-18	yes	Embassy (Colombo)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Ramallah)
40	Belarus	1988-11-19	yes	Embassy (Minsk)	Embassy, non-resident (Damascus)
41	Guinea	1988-11-19	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Dakar)		OIC
42	Namibia	1988-11-19	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Pretoria)
43	Ukraine	1988-11-19	yes	Embassy (Kiev)
44	Russia	1988-11-19	yes	Embassy (Moscow)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Ramallah)	OIC observer; Palestine–Russia relations
45	Vietnam	1988-11-19	1968	Embassy (Hanoi)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)
46	China, People's Republic of	1988-11-20	yes	Embassy (Beijing)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Ramallah)	Palestine – People's Republic of China relations
47	Burkina Faso	1988-11-21	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Bamako)		OIC
48	Comoros	1988-11-21	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Djibouti)		AL, OIC
49	Guinea-Bissau	1988-11-21	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Dakar)		OIC
50	Mali	1988-11-21	yes	Embassy (Bamako)		OIC
51	Cambodia	1988-11-21	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Hanoi)
52	Mongolia	1988-11-22	1979-04-25		Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)
53	Senegal	1988-11-22	yes	Embassy (Dakar)		OIC
54	Hungary	1988-11-23	yes	Embassy (Budapest)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Ramallah)	EU
55	Cape Verde	1988-11-24
56	Korea, North	1988-11-24	yes	Embassy (Pyongyang)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)	North Korea-Palestine relations
57	Niger	1988-11-24	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Bamako)		OIC
58	Romania	1988-11-24	yes	Embassy (Bucharest)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Ramallah)	EU; Romania–Palestine relations
59	Tanzania	1988-11-24	yes	Embassy (Dar es Salaam)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)
60	Bulgaria	1988-11-25	yes	Embassy (Sofia)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Ramallah)	EU
61	Maldives	1988-11-28	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Colombo)		OIC
62	Ghana	1988-11-29	yes	Embassy (Accra)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)
63	Togo	1988-11-29				OIC
64	Zimbabwe	1988-11-29	yes	Embassy (Harare)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)
65	Chad	1988-12-01	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Bamako)		OIC
66	Laos	1988-12-02	1989-05-15	Embassy, non-resident (Hanoi)
67	Sierra Leone	1988-12-03				OIC
68	Uganda	1988-12-03	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Harare)		OIC
69	Congo, Republic of the	1988-12-05	yes	Embassy (Brazaville)
70	Angola	1988-12-06	yes	Embassy (Luanda)
71	Mozambique	1988-12-08	yes	Embassy (Maputo)		OIC
72	São Tomé and Príncipe	1988-12-10
73	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1988-12-10
74	Gabon	1988-12-12	yes	Embassy (Libreville)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)	OIC
75	Oman	1988-12-13	yes	Embassy (Muscat)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Gaza)	AL, OIC
76	Poland	1988-12-14	yes	Embassy (Warsaw)	Office (Ramallah)	EU
77	Botswana	1988-12-19
78	Nepal	1988-12-19
79	Burundi	1988-12-22
80	Central African Republic	1988-12-23				OIC observer
81	Bhutan	1988-12-25
82	Rwanda	1989-01-02
83	Ethiopia	1989-02-04	yes	Embassy (Addis Ababa)
84	Iran	1989-02-04	yes	Embassy (Tehran)	Embassy, non-resident (Damascus)	OIC; Iran–Palestine relations
85	Benin	1989 or before	yes		Embassy, non-resident (Jeddah)	OIC
86	Equatorial Guinea	1989 or before
87	Gambia	1989 or before	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Dakar)		OIC
88	Kenya	1989 or before	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Harare)
89	Lebanon	1989 or before	yes	Representation (Beirut)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)	AL, OIC
90	Philippines	1989	1989-09	Embassy, non-resident (Kuala Lumpur)	Embassy, non-resident (Amman)
91	Kazakhstan	1992 or before	1992-04-06	Embassy (Astana)	Embassy, non-resident (Tel Aviv)	OIC
92	Azerbaijan	1992 or before	1992-04-15	Embassy, non-resident (Tashkent)		OIC
93	Georgia	1992 or before	1992-04-25
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1992-05-27	1992-10-30	Embassy (Sarajevo)	Embassy, non-resident (Cairo)	OIC observer
95	Uzbekistan	1994 or before	1994-09-25	Embassy (Tashkent)		OIC
96	South Africa	1995 or before	1995-02-15	Embassy (Pretoria)	Office (Ramallah, Gaza)
97	Paraguay	2005 or before	2005-03-25	Embassy, non-resident (Brasília)
98	Montenegro	2006-07-24	2006-08-01	Embassy, non-resident (Belgrade)
99	Costa Rica	2008-02-05	2008-02-05	Embassy, non-resident (New York)
100	Côte d'Ivoire	2008 or before	yes	Embassy (Abidjan)		OIC
101	Tajikistan	2009 or before	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Tashkent)		OIC
102	Venezuela	2009-04-27	yes	Mission (Caracas)	Embassy, non-resident Office (Ramallah)	AL observer; Venezuela–Palestine relations
103	Dominican Republic	2009-07-14	2009-07-15	Embassy, non-resident (New York)
104	Kyrgyzstan	2010 or before	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Tashkent)		OIC
105	Brazil	2010-12-01	yes	Special delegation (Brasília)	Office (Ramallah)	AL observer; Brazil–Palestine relations
106	Argentina	2010-12-04	yes	General delegation (Buenos Aires)
107	Bolivia	2010-12-22
108	Ecuador	2010-12-24	2008 or before	Delegation, non-resident (Lima)	—
109	Chile	2011-01-07	1990-03	Embassy (Santiago)	Representative office (Ramallah)
110	Guyana	2011-01-13	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Havana)		OIC
Conflicting or inconclusive sources regarding the recognition of the State of Palestine declared in 1988:
111	Cameroon	1989 or before	yes			OIC
112	Syria	1989 or before	2006 or before	Mission (Damascus)	Embassy, non-resident (Amman)	AL, OIC
113	Swaziland	2001 or before
114	Vanuatu	2001 or before	2010 or before	Embassy, non-resident (Canberra)
115	Suriname	2003 or before				OIC
116	Turkmenistan	2003 or before				OIC
117	Lesotho	2010 or before
118	Uruguay	2010-11-13	2010-04-20	—	—
Not recognising the State of Palestine declared in 1988, but conducting official relations with the PLO and PNA:
119	Finland	—	1982	General delegation (Helsinki)	Office (Ramallah)	EU
120	Colombia	—	1988-10-03	Special mission (Bogota)	Delegation, non-resident (Cairo)
121	Israel	—	1993-08-20	Department, non-resident (Gaza)
122	Moldova	—	1994-06-07
123	Holy See	—	1994-10-25	General delegation (Rome)	Apostolic delegation (Jerusalem)	Holy See–Palestine relations
—	European Union	—	1994 or before	General delegation (Brussels)	Office (Ramallah)	EU
124	Estonia	—	2004 or before	General delegation, non-resident (Helsinki)	—	EU
125	Peru	—	2008 or before	Special delegation (Lima)	—
126	Eritrea	2010 or before	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Djibouti)		AL observer
127	Australia	—	yes	General delegation (Canberra)	Office (Ramallah)
128	Austria	—	yes	Representation (Vienna)	Office (Ramallah)	EU
129	Belgium	—	yes	General delegation (Brussels)	Consulate-General (Jerusalem)	EU
130	Belize	—	yes	Special delegation, non-resident (Mexico City)	—
131	Canada	—	yes	General delegation (Ottawa)	Office (Ramallah)
132	Croatia	—	yes	—	—
133	Denmark	—	yes	General delegation (Copenhagen)	Office (Ramallah)	EU; Denmark–Palestine relations
134	France	—	yes	Mission (Paris)	Consulate-General (Jerusalem)	EU
135	Germany	—	yes	General delegation (Berlin)	Office (Ramallah)	EU
136	Greece	—	yes	Representation (Athens)	Consulate-General (Jerusalem)	EU
137	Iceland	—	yes	General delegation, non-resident (Oslo)
138	Ireland	—	yes	General delegation (Dublin)	Office (Ramallah)	EU
139	Italy	—	yes	General delegation (Rome)	Consulate-General (Jerusalem)	EU
140	Japan	—	yes	General delegation (Tokyo)	Office (Ramallah)
141	Latvia	—	yes	General delegation, non-resident (Helsinki)	—	EU
142	Lithuania	—	yes	General delegation, non-resident (Helsinki)	—	EU
143	Luxembourg	—	yes	General delegation, non-resident (Brussels)	—	EU
144	Mexico	—	yes	Special delegation (Mexico City)	Office (Ramallah)
145	Netherlands	—	yes	General delegation (The Hague)	Office (Ramallah)	EU
146	New Zealand	—	yes	General delegation, non-resident (Canberra)	—
147	Norway	—	yes	General delegation (Oslo)	Office (Ramallah)
148	Papua New Guinea	—	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Canberra)	—
149	Portugal	—	yes	General delegation (Lisbon)	Office (Ramallah)	EU
150	Slovenia	—	yes	General delegation, non-resident (Rome)	Office (Ramallah)	EU
151	Korea, South	—	yes	—	Office (Ramallah)
152	Spain	—	yes	General delegation (Madrid)	Consulate-General (Jerusalem)	EU
153	Sweden	—	yes	General delegation (Stockholm)	Consulate-General (Jerusalem)	EU
154	Switzerland	—	yes	General delegation (Bern)	Office (Ramallah)
155	East Timor	—	yes	Embassy, non-resident (Canberra)	—
156	United Kingdom	—	yes	General delegation (London)	Consulate-General (Jerusalem)	EU; Palestine – United Kingdom relations
157	United States	—	yes	General delegation (Washington, D.C.)	Consulate-General (Jerusalem)

There is no infomation available pertaining to the positions of:

• Andorra, Armenia, Liechtenstein, Republic of Macedonia, Monaco, San Marino
• Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand (OIC observer)
• Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu
• Liberia, Malawi
• Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
• Sovereign Military Order of Malta
• Abkhazia, Kosovo, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (OIC observer), Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Republic of China (Taiwan), Transnistria

Relations with international organisations

The Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority are represented in various international organizations as member, associate or observer. Because of inconclusiveness in sources in some cases it is impossible to distinguish whether the participation is executed by the PNA, the PLO as representative of the State of Palestine or by the PLO as a non-state entity.

Additionally the Palestinian National Authority participates in trade liberalization:

• has customs union with Israel
• has free trade agreements with the EU, EFTA and others.
• is covered by the free trade agreement between the United States and Israel
• participates in the Greater Arab Free Trade Area of the Council of Arab Economic Unity
• is in negotiations for free trade agreement with Mercosur

The Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority jointly are accepted as party to the following international agreements about transport in the Arab Mashreq: Road, Rail, Maritime.

Arab League

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

Organisation of the Islamic Conference

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

United Nations representation

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

The Palestine Liberation Organization gained observer status at the United Nations General Assembly in 1974 through General Assembly Resolution 3237. In the UNGA's regional groupings, the PLO gained full membership in the Group of Asian states on 2 April 1986. Acknowledging the proclamation of the State of Palestine, the UN re-designated this observer to be referred to as "Palestine" in 1988 (General Assembly Resolution 43/177) and affirmed "the need to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their sovereignty over their territory occupied since 1967". In July 1998, the General Assembly adopted a new Resolution (52/250) conferring upon Palestine additional rights and privileges, including the right to participate in the general debate held at the start of each session of the General Assembly, the right of reply, the right to co-sponsor resolutions and the right to raise points of order on Palestinian and Middle East issues. By this resolution, "seating for Palestine shall be arranged immediately after non-member States and before the other observers." This Resolution was adopted by a vote of 124 in favour, 4 against (Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, United States) and 10 abstentions.

Applications

Geneva Conventions

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

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

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

World Health Organization (WHO)

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

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

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

Participation in international sports federations

Aftermath of Hamas' victory

After the victory of the Change and Reform list (led by Hamas) in the 2006 elections, many governments, including the United States, as well as the European Union, cut ties with the organs of the PLC, but not those connected to the PNA President, Mahmoud Abbas. The boycott led to the withholding of foreign aid, upon which much of the Palestinian economy is dependent, promised to the PNA. The European Union set up a mechanism to transfer some aid to PNA employees, many of whom had gone unpaid for months, that bypassed the government. After Abbas' sacking of Prime Minister Ismail Haniya as a response by Hamas' takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007, the boycott was lifted.

References

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