ns A/66/371–S/2011/592
General Assembly
Security Council
Distr.: General
23 September 2011
Original: English
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General Assembly Security Council
Sixty-sixth session Sixty-sixth year
Agenda item 116
Admission of new Members to the United Nations
Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the
United Nations
Note by the Secretary-General
In accordance with rule 135 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly
and rule 59 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council, the
Secretary-General has the honour to circulate herewith the attached application of
Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations, contained in a letter
received on 23 September 2011 from its President (see annex I). He also has the
honour to circulate a further letter, dated 23 September 2011, received from him at
the same time (see annex II).
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Annex I
Letter received on 23 September 2011 from the President of
Palestine to the Secretary-General
Application of the State of Palestine for admission to membership
in the United Nations
I have the profound honour, on behalf of the Palestinian people, to submit this
application of the State of Palestine for admission to membership in the United
Nations.
This application for membership is being submitted based on the Palestinian
people’s natural, legal and historic rights and based on United Nations General
Assembly resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947 as well as the Declaration of
Independence of the State of Palestine of 15 November 1988 and the
acknowledgement by the General Assembly of this Declaration in resolution 43/177
of 15 December 1988.
In this connection, the State of Palestine affirms its commitment to the
achievement of a just, lasting and comprehensive resolution of the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict based on the vision of two-States living side by side in peace
and security, as endorsed by the United Nations Security Council and General
Assembly and the international community as a whole and based on international
law and all relevant United Nations resolutions.
For the purpose of this application for admission, a declaration made pursuant
to rule 58 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council and rule 134
of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly is appended to this letter (see
enclosure).
I should be grateful if you would transmit this letter of application and the
declaration to the Presidents of the Security Council and the General Assembly as
soon as possible.
(Signed) Mahmoud Abbas
President of the State of Palestine
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Palestine Liberation Organization
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Enclosure
Declaration
In connection with the application of the State of Palestine for admission to
membership in the United Nations, I have the honour, in my capacity as the
President of the State of Palestine and as the Chairman of the Executive Committee
of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole legitimate representative of the
Palestinian people, to solemnly declare that the State of Palestine is a peace-loving
nation and that it accepts the obligations contained in the Charter of the United
Nations and solemnly undertakes to fulfill them.
(Signed) Mahmoud Abbas
President of the State of Palestine
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Palestine Liberation Organization
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Annex II
Letter dated 23 September 2011 from the President of Palestine to
the Secretary-General
After decades of displacement, dispossession and the foreign military
occupation of my people and with the successful culmination of our State-building
program, which has been endorsed by the international community, including the
Quartet of the Middle East Peace Process, it is with great pride and honour that I
have submitted to you an application for the admission of the State of Palestine to
full membership in the United Nations.
On 15 November 1988, the Palestine National Council (PNC) declared the
Statehood of Palestine in exercise of the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to
self-determination. The Declaration of Independence of the State of Palestine was
acknowledged by the United Nations General Assembly in resolution 43/177 of
15 December 1988. The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and
independence and the vision of a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict have been firmly established by General Assembly in numerous resolutions,
including, inter alia, resolutions 181 (II) (1947), 3236 (XXIX) (1974), 2649 (XXV)
(1970), 2672 (XXV) (1970), 65/16 (2010) and 65/202 (2010) as well as by United
Nations Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 1397 (2002) and
by the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion of 9 July 2004 (on the Legal
Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory).
Furthermore, the vast majority of the international community has stood in support
of our inalienable rights as a people, including to statehood, by according bilateral
recognition to the State of Palestine on the basis of the 4 June 1967 borders, with
East Jerusalem as its capital, and the number of such recognitions continues to rise
with each passing day.
Palestine’s application for membership is made consistent with the rights of
the Palestine refugees in accordance with international law and the relevant United
Nations resolutions, including General Assembly resolution 194 (III) (1948), and
with the status of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the sole legitimate
representative of the Palestinian people.
The Palestinian leadership reaffirms the historic commitment of the Palestine
Liberation Organization of 9 September 1993. Further, the Palestinian leadership
stands committed to resume negotiations on all final status issues — Jerusalem, the
Palestine refugees, settlements, borders, security and water — on the basis of the
internationally endorsed terms of reference, including the relevant United Nations
resolutions, the Madrid principles, including the principle of land for peace, the
Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet Roadmap, which specifically requires a freeze
of all Israeli settlement activities.
At this juncture, we appeal to the United Nations to recall the instructions
contained in General Assembly resolution 181 (II) (1947) and that “sympathetic
consideration” be given to application of the State of Palestine for admission to the
United Nations.
Accordingly, I have had the honour to present to Your Excellency the
application of the State of Palestine to be a full member of the United Nations as
well as a declaration made pursuant to rule 58 of the provisional rules of procedure
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of the Security Council and rule 134 of the rules of procedure of the General
Assembly. I respectfully request that this letter be conveyed to the Security Council
and the General Assembly without delay.
(Signed) Mahmoud Abbas
President of the State of Palestine
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Palestine Liberation Organization
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