International recognition of the State of Palestine

Countries that have recognized the State of Palestine

Type of external relations of Palestine:
• dark green - diplomatic relationship
• light green - diplomatic recognition
• blue - other official relationship

UN resolution on the recognition of Palestine as an observer state :

approval Rejection

abstention Absent

Of the 193 member states of the United Nations , 138 (72%) have recognized the State of Palestine as an independent state . Their total population is more than 5.5 billion people, which is roughly 80% of the world's population. Since November 29, 2012 ( UN Resolution 67/19 ), the State of Palestine has the status of an observer state at the United Nations . This upgrading of Palestine's status under international law gave the Palestinians access to the International Criminal Court and other UN agencies. The State of Palestine has also been a full member of UNESCO since 2011 . An application by the PLO for the state of Palestine to join the WHO failed in 1989 after the USA announced that it would stop funding if Palestine was accepted.

recognition

By UN member states

The following list includes all 138 member states of the United Nations, which recognize the state of Palestine, declared by the PLO on November 15, 1988 in Algiers, as an independent state.

	country	date	region	Recognition of Israel	source
1	Algeria	Nov 15, 1988	North africa	No
2	Bahrain	Nov 15, 1988	Asia	No
3	Iraq	Nov 15, 1988	Asia	No
4th	Kuwait	Nov 15, 1988	Asia	No
5	Libya	Nov 15, 1988	North africa	No
6th	Malaysia	Nov 15, 1988	Asia	No
7th	Mauritania	Nov 15, 1988	Africa	Yes
8th	Morocco	Nov 15, 1988	North africa	Yes
9	Somalia	Nov 15, 1988	Africa	No
10	Tunisia	Nov 15, 1988	North africa	Yes
11	Turkey	Nov 15, 1988	Eurasia	Yes
12	Yemen	Nov 15, 1988	Asia	No
13	Afghanistan	Nov 16, 1988	Asia	No
14th	Bangladesh	Nov 16, 1988	Asia	No
15th	Cuba	Nov 16, 1988	Caribbean	No
16	Jordan	Nov 16, 1988	Asia	Yes
17th	Madagascar	Nov 16, 1988	Africa	Yes
18th	Malta	Nov 16, 1988	Europe	Yes
19th	Nicaragua	Nov 16, 1988	Central America	Yes
20th	Pakistan	Nov 16, 1988	Asia	No
21st	Qatar	Nov 16, 1988	Asia	Yes
22nd	Saudi Arabia	Nov 16, 1988	Asia	No
23	United Arab Emirates	Nov 16, 1988	Asia	No
24	Serbia	Nov 16, 1988	Europe	Yes
25th	Zambia	Nov 16, 1988	Africa	Yes
26th	Indonesia	Nov 16, 1988	Asia	No
27	Albania	Nov 17, 1988	Europe	Yes
28	Brunei	Nov 17, 1988	Asia	Yes
29	Djibouti	Nov 17, 1988	Africa	Yes
30th	Mauritius	Nov 17, 1988	Africa	Yes
31	Sudan	Nov 17, 1988	Africa	No
32	Cyprus	Nov 18, 1988	Eurasia	Yes
33	Czech Republic	Nov 18, 1988	Europe	Yes
34	Slovakia	Nov 18, 1988	Europe	Yes
35	Egypt	Nov 18, 1988	North africa	Yes
36	India	Nov 18, 1988	Asia	Yes
37	Nigeria	Nov 18, 1988	Africa	Yes
38	Seychelles	Nov 18, 1988	Africa	Yes
39	Sri Lanka	Nov 18, 1988	Asia	Yes
40	Russia	Nov 18, 1988	Eurasia	Yes
41	Gambia	Nov 18, 1988	Africa	Yes
42	Belarus	Nov 19, 1988	Europe	Yes
43	Guinea	Nov 19, 1988	Africa	Yes
44	Namibia	Nov 19, 1988	Africa	Yes
45	Ukraine	Nov 19, 1988	Europe	Yes
46	Vietnam	Nov 19, 1988	Asia	Yes
47	People's Republic of China	Nov 20, 1988	Asia	Yes
48	Burkina Faso	Nov 21, 1988	Africa	Yes
49	Comoros	Nov 21, 1988	Africa	Yes
50	Guinea-Bissau	Nov 21, 1988	Africa	Yes
51	Mali	Nov 21, 1988	Africa	Yes
52	Cambodia	Nov 21, 1988	Asia	Yes
53	Mongolia	Nov 22, 1988	Asia	Yes
54	Senegal	Nov 22, 1988	Africa	Yes
55	Hungary	Nov 23, 1988	Europe	Yes
56	Cape Verde	Nov 24, 1988	Africa	Yes
57	North Korea	Nov 24, 1988	Asia	No
58	Niger	Nov 24, 1988	Africa	Yes
59	Romania	Nov 24, 1988	Europe	Yes
60	Tanzania	Nov 24, 1988	Africa	Yes
61	Bulgaria	Nov 25, 1988	Europe	Yes
62	Maldives	Nov 28, 1988	Asia	Yes
63	Ghana	Nov 29, 1988	Africa	Yes
64	Togo	Nov 29, 1988	Africa	Yes
65	Zimbabwe	Nov 29, 1988	Africa	Yes
66	Chad	Dec. 1, 1988	Africa	No
67	Laos	Dec 2, 1988	Asia	Yes
68	Sierra Leone	Dec 3, 1988	Africa	Yes
69	Uganda	Dec 3, 1988	Africa	Yes
70	Republic of the Congo	Dec 5, 1988	Africa	Yes
71	Angola	Dec 6, 1988	Africa	Yes
72	Mozambique	Dec 8, 1988	Africa	Yes
73	Sao Tome and Principe	Dec 10, 1988	Africa	Yes
74	Democratic Republic of Congo	Dec 10, 1988	Africa	Yes
75	Gabon	Dec 12, 1988	Africa	Yes
76	Oman	Dec 13, 1988	Asia	Yes
77	Poland	Dec 14, 1988	Europe	Yes
78	Botswana	December 19, 1988	Africa	Yes
79	Nepal	Nov 19, 1988	Asia	Yes
80	Burundi	Dec 22, 1988	Africa	Yes
81	Central African Republic	Dec 23, 1988	Africa	Yes
82	Bhutan	Dec 25, 1988	Asia	Yes
83	Rwanda	Jan. 2, 1989	Africa	Yes
84	Ethiopia	Feb. 4, 1989	Africa	Yes
85	Iran	Feb. 4, 1989	Asia	No
86	Benin	1989	Africa	Yes
87	Equatorial Guinea	1989	Africa	Yes
88	Kenya	1989	Africa	Yes
89	Vanuatu	Aug 21, 1989	Oceania	Yes
90	Philippines	Sep 1989	Asia	Yes
91	Swaziland	1991	Africa	Yes
92	Kazakhstan	Apr 6, 1992	Eurasia	Yes
93	Azerbaijan	Apr 15, 1992	Caucasus	Yes
94	Georgia	Apr 25, 1992	Caucasus	Yes
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	May 27, 1992	Europe	Yes
96	Tajikistan	Apr 2, 1994	Asia	Yes
97	Uzbekistan	25 Sep 1994	Asia	Yes
98	South Africa	Feb 15, 1995	Africa	Yes
99	Kyrgyzstan	Nov 1995	Asia	Yes
100	Malawi	Oct 23, 1998	Africa	Yes
101	East Timor	March 1, 2004	Asia	Yes
102	Papua New Guinea	Oct. 4, 2004	Oceania	Yes
103	Turkmenistan	2004	Asia	Yes
104	Paraguay	March 25, 2005	South America	Yes
105	Montenegro	July 24, 2006	Europe	Yes
106	Costa Rica	Feb 5, 2008	Central America	Yes
107	Lebanon	Nov 30, 2008	Asia	No
108	Ivory Coast	2008	Africa	Yes
109	Venezuela	Apr 27, 2009	South America	Yes
110	Dominican Republic	July 14, 2009	Caribbean	Yes
111	Brazil	Dec 1, 2010	South America	Yes
112	Argentina	Dec 6, 2010	South America	Yes
113	Bolivia	Dec 22, 2010	South America	Yes
114	Ecuador	Dec 24, 2010	South America	Yes
115	Chile	Jan. 7, 2011	South America	Yes
116	Guyana	Jan. 13, 2011	South America	Yes
117	Peru	Jan. 24, 2011	South America	Yes
118	Suriname	Feb. 1, 2011	South America	Yes
119	Uruguay	March 15, 2011	South America	Yes
120	Lesotho	June 6, 2011	Africa	Yes
121	South Sudan	July 14, 2011	Africa	Yes
122	Syria	July 18, 2011	Asia	No
123	Liberia	July 2011	Africa	Yes
124	El Salvador	25 Aug 2011	Central America	Yes
125	Honduras	26 Aug 2011	Central America	Yes
126	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	29 Aug 2011	Caribbean	Yes
127	Belize	Sep 9 2011	Central America	Yes
128	Dominica	Sep 14 2011	Caribbean	Yes
129	Antigua and Barbuda	22 Sep 2011	Caribbean	Yes
130	Iceland	Dec 15, 2011	Europe	Yes
131	Thailand	Jan. 18, 2012	Asia	Yes
132	Guatemala	Apr 9, 2013	Central America	Yes
133	Grenada	2012 / Sep. 27 2013	Caribbean	Yes
134	Haiti	27 Sep 2013	Caribbean	Yes
135	Sweden	Oct 30, 2014	Europe	Yes
136	St. Lucia	Sep 14 2015	Caribbean	Yes
137	Colombia	8 Aug 2018	South America	Yes
138	St. Kitts and Nevis	July 2019	Caribbean	Yes

By UN non-member states

The Holy See , which has observer status at the United Nations, has been using the term "State of Palestine" in documents since January 2013 and has continued its diplomatic relations with the State of Palestine instead of the PLO since the State Church Treaty was signed in January 2016. To Israel diplomatic relations be maintained for the 1994th  

The Western Sahara , which is not a member of the United Nations and by the majority of UN member states not recognized , will recognize the State of Palestine on also.  

By former states

The state of Palestine was recognized by several states that no longer existed or were renamed (including North Yemen and South Yemen , Yugoslavia , the Soviet Union , Czechoslovakia , Zaire ); in some cases the corresponding successor states also recognize the state of Palestine (for example Serbia and Russia , but not Croatia and the Baltic states ). The German Democratic Republic also announced its recognition on November 18, 1988.        

Non-recognition

By UN member states

The following 55 member states of the United Nations have not recognized Palestine as a state:

Countries that have not yet recognized Palestine as a state

•  Andorra
•  Armenia
•  Australia
•  Bahamas
•  Barbados
•  Belgium
•  Denmark ¹
•  Germany
•  Eritrea
•  Estonia
•  Fiji
•  Finland
•  France ¹
•  Greece
•  Ireland
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Jamaica
•  Japan
•  Cameroon
•  Canada
•  Kiribati
•  Croatia
•  Latvia
•  Liechtenstein
•  Lithuania
•  Luxembourg
•  Marshall Islands
•  Mexico
•  Micronesia
•  Moldova
•  Monaco
•  Myanmar
•  Nauru
•  New Zealand
•  Netherlands ¹
•  North Macedonia
•  Norway
•  Austria
•  Palau
•  Panama
•  Portugal
•  Solomon Islands
•  Samoa
•  San Marino
•  Switzerland
•  Singapore
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  South Korea
•  Tonga
•  Trinidad and Tobago
•  Tuvalu
•  United States ¹
•  United Kingdom ¹

¹ Also applies to the outer areas of these states.

By UN non-member states

Non-UN members who have not yet recognized Palestine as a state

•  Cook Islands
•  Kosovo
•  Niue
•  Taiwan

Recognition recommendations by parliaments

In the United Kingdom , Spain , France , Ireland and Portugal , parliaments issued recommendations for recognition in 2014, but the respective governments have not yet followed them. In December 2014, the EU Parliament declared that it supported recognition by member states “in connection with continued peace negotiations”.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "United Nations make Palestine an observer state." Federal Agency for Civic Education , November 30, 2012; accessed on November 11, 2016.
2. ↑ "Which countries recognize Palestine already?" The Guardian, September 20, 2011, accessed on November 11, 2016.
3. ↑ Quigley, John (2009) "The Palestine Declaration to the International Criminal Court: The Statehood Issue" ( Memento of July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 11, 2016.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci} request for the admission of the state of Palestine to UNESCO as a member state. (PDF; 2.4 MB) Annex II - Countries that have recognized the state of Palestine. In: UNESCO Archive 131 EX / 43. UNESCO, May 23, 1989, accessed February 17, 2012 (English translation of the French original of May 21, 1989).  
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj} Reconnaissance de l'Etat de Palestine. (No longer available online.) MEDEA, archived from the original on March 16, 2014 ; accessed on April 6, 2014 (French): “1. Les 94 pays suivants ont reconnu l'Etat de Palestine après sa proclamation par la réunion du Conseil National Palestinien (CNP) d'Alger de November 1988: "  
6. ↑ Palestine. Brief Bilateral Relationship History. (No longer available online.) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Indonesia, archived from original on May 25, 2011 ; Retrieved on February 17, 2012 (English): "Indonesia officially welcomed Palestinian declaration of independence by the Palestinian National Congress (PNC) in Alger, Algeria, November 15, 1988, followed by Indonesia's formal recognition towards the recently established State of Palestine the very next day, on November 16, 1988. "  
7. ↑ ^{a b} Soviets give cautious nod to Palestinian state. In: The News and Courier (Google News Archive Search). The Evening Post / The News and Courier, November 19, 1988, accessed February 17, 2012 (English, digitized newspaper).  
8. ↑ Vanuatu's Recognation of Palestine ( Wikimedia Commons )
9. ↑ Lilian Budianto: Palestine issue still low on ASEAN agenda. The Jakarta Post, August 12, 2010, accessed on February 17, 2012 (English): “Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei have no diplomatic ties with Israel and the three countries recognized a Palestinian state since its first unilateral declaration of independence in 1988. Vietnam , the Philippines, Cambodia and Laos have also recognized a Palestinian state, but maintain diplomatic ties with Israel. "  
10. ↑ Amb. Julius D. Torres presents credentials to Palestinian president. Embassy of the Philippines in Amman (Jordan), December 6, 2009, accessed on February 17, 2012 (English): “Philippine Ambassador to Jordan Julius D. Torres presented his letter of credence as non-resident Ambassador to Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on 6 December 2009. "  
11. ^ Cooperation of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the State of Palestine. (No longer available online.) In: Relations with countries of Asia and Africa. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, July 21, 2009, archived from the original July 22, 2011 ; Retrieved on February 17, 2012 (English): "Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the State of Palestine were established on April 6, 1992."  
12. ^ Politics. 4. Diplomatic Relations. (No longer available online.) Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, archived from the original July 6, 2011 ; Retrieved on February 23, 2012 (English): "The Republic of Azerbaijan has diplomatic relations with the following countries: […] 34. Palestine 04/15/92"  
13. ↑ You cannot be only a consumer of security but also a provider. (No longer available online.) In: Interview of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Gela Bezhuashvili to the newspaper "Egyptian Gazette". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, archived from the original on July 21, 2011 ; Retrieved on February 23, 2012 (English): "He added that Georgia recognized the Palestinian state in 1992 and has official ties with it."  
14. ↑ Datumi priznanja i uspostave diplomatskih odnosa. Lista zemalja koje su priznale Bosnu i Hercegovinu i datumi uspostavljanja diplomatskih odnosa. (No longer available online.) Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova BiH, February 4, 2010, archived from the original on July 6, 2011 ; Retrieved on February 23, 2012 (Bosnian, English version ): “Palestine May 27, 1992. 10/30/92. "  
15. ↑ ДИПЛОМАТИЯ ТАДЖИКИСТАНА. (PDF; 286 kB) 63 ГОСУДАРСТВА УСТАНОВИЛИ С РЕСПУБЛИКОЙ ТАДЖИКИСТАН ДИПЛОМАТИЧЕСКИЕ ОТНОШЕНИЯ. (No longer available online.) Министерства иностранных дел Республики Таджикистан, April 1994, p. 25 , archived from the original on August 21, 2011 ; Retrieved March 8, 2012 (Russian, The list shows that Tajikistan had diplomatic relations with Palestine on April 2, 1994).  
16. ^ List of States with which the Republic of Uzbekistan established diplomatic relations. (No longer available online.) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, archived from the original on October 31, 2010 ; accessed on March 8, 2012 (English): “81. State of Palestine 09/25/1994 "  
17. ^ Palestine (The State of). Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of South Africa, 2003, accessed on March 8, 2012 (en-ZA): "The establishment of full diplomatic relations with the State of Palestine was announced on February 15, 1995."  
18. ^ Diplomatic Representatives. (No longer available online.) Information Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, archived from the original on May 16, 2008 ; accessed on March 8, 2012 (English).  
19. ^ Diplomatic relations between Palestine and Malawi. (No longer available online.) In: Arabic News.com. October 23, 1998, archived from the original on October 9, 1999 ; Retrieved on March 8, 2012 (English): "The republic of Malawi and the Palestinian government have exchanged diplomatic relations, following years of hesitation by the government of Malawi, which is linked to firm relations of friendship with the Israeli government."  
20. ↑ Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the State of Palestine and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ( scan of the document )
21. ↑ PNG establishes formal diplomatic relations with Palestine ( scan of the document )
22. ↑ Niyazov Offers Condolences To Leadership And People Of Palestine Over Demise Of Yasser Arafat. In: Turkmenistan.ru. November 11, 2004, accessed May 1, 2012 .  
23. ↑ Reconocimiento Del Estado De Palestina Como Libre E Independiente Dentro De Las Fronteras Existentes En 1967. (No longer available online.) Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, January 28, 2011, archived from the original on March 14, 2012 ; Retrieved June 12, 2012 (Spanish).  
24. ^ Dates of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations. (No longer available online.) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro, 2008, archived from the original on April 17, 2010 ; accessed on July 9, 2012 (English): “State: Palestine, State of Palestine; Date of Recognition: July 24, 2006 .; Date of Establishment of Diplomatic Relations: 08/01/2006 "  
25. ^ Miguel Diaz: Costa Rica y Palestina acordaron hoy el establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas. ( MS Word ) (No longer available online.) Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto de Costa Rica, February 5, 2008, archived from the original on April 21, 2011 ; Retrieved May 27, 2012 (Spanish).  
26. ^ Marc Perelman: Costa Rica Opens Official Ties With 'State of Palestine'. February 27, 2008, accessed May 27, 2012 .  
27. ↑ AFP : Lebanon offers formal recognition to state of Palestine. In: The Daily Star. November 29, 2008, accessed May 27, 2012 .  
28. ↑ Venezuela y Palestina establecen relaciones diplomáticas. (No longer available online.) Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Comunicación y la Información, April 27, 2009, archived from the original on July 16, 2011 ; Retrieved on July 9, 2012 (Spanish): “La República Bolivariana de Venezuela y el Estado de Palestina establecieron relaciones diplomáticas oficialmente este lunes 27 de abril mediante la firma de un Comunicado Conjunto en el cual manifiestan su deseo de iniciarad y desarrollar relistaciones de lunes y cooperación entre ambos Estados en los campos político, económico, cultural, técnico, turístico y los demás que decidan de común acuerdo ... "  
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