Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations


The Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations. The position is more formally known as the "Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations;" however, both the title of Ambassador and "Permanent Observer" is used. The Permanent Observer, currently Riyad Mansour, is charged with representing the State of Palestine to the United Nations.

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, 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.
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.

Office holders

The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:
#ImageAmbassador to UNYears servedU.N. Secretary-GeneralPalestinian Leadership
1Zuhdi Labib Terzi1974 - 1982Kurt WaldheimYasser Arafat
1Zuhdi Labib Terzi1982 – 1991Javier Pérez de CuéllarYasser Arafat
2Nasser al-Qudwa1991 – 1997Boutros Boutros-GhaliYasser Arafat
2Nasser al-Qudwa1997 – 2004Kofi AnnanYasser Arafat
2Nasser al-Qudwa2004 – 2005Kofi AnnanMahmoud Abbas
3Riyad Mansour2005 – presentBan Ki-moonMahmoud Abbas