BASIC FACTS

The State of Palestine is located in the West Bank, bordered by Israel and Jordan, as well as in the Gaza Strip, bordered by Israel and Egypt. In 1988 the Palestinian Liberation Organization proclaimed the establishment of the State of Palestine, recognized as a non-member observer state in the UN.

Capital: Jerusalem, Ramallah (administrative)

There are no nuclear power plants or research reactors in the State of Palestine.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• • • Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 1976
    • Acceded to the 1925 Geneva Protocol in 2018
    • Acceded to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 2017
    • Acceded to the Arms Trade Treaty in 2017
    • Acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 2018
    • Acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 2018
    • Acceded to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in 2015
    • Acceded to the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2015
    • Acceded to the Convention on Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD) in 2017
    • Acceded to the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2017
    • Acceded to the Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 2015
    • Signed Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2017
      • Ratified in 2018

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