Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations

The Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations, formally known as the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, is the leader of the delegation charged with representing the State of Palestine at the United Nations. Despite the formal title, both "Ambassador" and "Permanent Observer" are used.Website of the State of Palestine's Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations The incumbent Permanent Observer is Riyad Mansour.

History In November 1974, the PLO was recognized as competent on all matters concerning the question of Palestine by the UN General Assembly granting them observer status as a "non-state entity" at the UN. After the 1988 Declaration of Independence, the UN General Assembly officially "acknowledged" the proclamation and decided to use the designation "Palestine" instead of "Palestine Liberation Organization" in the UN.

On 29 November 2012, in a 138-9 vote (with 41 abstentions and 5 absences), the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 67/19, upgrading the status of Palestinian delegation within the United Nations system from an "observer entity" to a "non-member observer state", which was described as recognition of the PLO's sovereignty. and

The UN has permitted the State of Palestine to title its representative office to the UN as "The Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations", and Palestine has instructed its diplomats to officially represent "The State of Palestine"—no longer the Palestinian National Authority.

On 17 December 2012, UN Chief of Protocol Yeocheol Yoon declared that "the designation of 'State of Palestine' shall be used by the Secretariat in all official United Nations documents", thus recognising the title 'State of Palestine' as the state's official name for all UN purposes. () of the member states of the United Nations have recognised the State of Palestine.Christmas Message from H.E. President Mahmoud Abbas , Christmas 2012: "133 countries that took the courageous step of recognizing the State of Palestine on the 1967 borders."

Office holders The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office: Image Ambassador to UN Years served U.N. Secretary-General Palestinian Leadership 1 Zuhdi Labib Terzi 1974–1982 Kurt Waldheim Yasser Arafat 1982–1991 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar 2 Nasser al-Qudwa 1991–1997 Boutros Boutros-Ghali 1997–2004 Kofi Annan 2004–2005 Mahmoud Abbas3Riyad Mansour 2005–2017 Ban Ki-moon 2017–present António Guterres

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations

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