Country Profile: Palestine

BASIC FACTS

Palestine is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 1976 

The State of Palestine is a country locatedin the southern Levant region of the Middle East. It encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip within the historic Palestine region, which now includes the entirety of modern-day Israel, Palestine, and parts of Jordan, though this has been disputed.

Capital: East Jerusalem, though government administration is currently based in Ramallah

Palestine does not possess any nuclear power plants, research reactors, or other nuclear facilities. 


TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

      • IAEA (2023)(Observer) 
      • TPNW (2021) 
      • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (2016)
      • Paris Agreement (2016)
      • The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2015) 
      • Convention on Cluster Munitions (2015) 
      • CAT Treaty (2014) 
      • CEDAW (2014) 
      • Convention on the Political Rights of Women (2014) 
      • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2014) 
      • ICCPR (2014) 
      • ICESCR (2014) 
      • Geneva Convention (1989) 

REGIONAL GROUPS

      • Member of the G-77
      • Member of the Arab League
      • Member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

      • Chairmanship of the G-77 in 2019


LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratifications of Treaties & Memberships in Organizations Related to Disarmament

Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations New York

https://www.palestine-australia.com/about-palestine/country-profile/ 

Arnold and Hugh Martin Jones, “Palestine | History, People, & Religion,” in Encyclopædia Britannica, 2019