1988 in the Palestinian territories

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Events in the year 1988 in Palestine.

Incumbents

Events

The State of Palestine was declared during the First Intifada, which was raging since 9 December 1987 in Palestine.

November

Declaration of independence and international recognition:

December

  • 1 December – Chad recognizes the State of Palestine.[2]
  • 2 December – Laos recognizes the State of Palestine.[2]
  • 3 December – Sierra Leone and Uganda recognizes the State of Palestine.[2]
  • 5 December – The Republic of the Congo recognizes the State of Palestine.[2]
  • 6 December – Angola recognizes the State of Palestine.[2]
  • 7 December – Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.[4][5]
  • 8 December – Mozambique recognizes the State of Palestine.[2]
  • 9 December –
  • 10 December – São Tomé and Príncipe recognizes the State of Palestine.[2]
  • 12 December – Gabon recognizes the State of Palestine.[2]
  • 13 December –
  • 14 December –
  • 15 December – The UN General Assembly approves UNGA Resolution 43/177, acknowledging the Palestinian Declaration of Independence and replacing the designating "Palestine" rather than "PLO" in the United Nations system. 72 countries recognized the State of Palestine by time of the passage of UNGA Resolution 43/177 which is now counted as 75 countries due to the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 1992 dissolution of Czechoslovakia.[14]
  • 18 December – The Democratic Republic of the Congo recognizes the State of Palestine.[2]
  • 19 December – Botswana and Nepal recognizes the State of Palestine.[2]
  • 22 December – Burundi recognizes the State of Palestine.[2]
  • 23 December – The Central African Republic recognizes the State of Palestine.[2]
  • 24 December – PLO leaders met at Yasser Arafat's home outside Baghdad, Iraq, to discuss forming a government for a Palestinian state.[15]
  • 25 December – Bhutan recognizes the State of Palestine. 78 countries recognized the State of Palestine by the end of December and the year which is now counted as 81 countries due to the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 1992 dissolution of Czechoslovakia.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ibrahim, Youssef M. (November 15, 1988). "P.L.O. Proclaims Palestine to Be an Independent State; Hints at Recognizing Israel". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014.
  2. ^ 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 "Identical letters dated 2 April 2024 from the Permanent Representatives of Mauritania, Saudi Arabia and Uganda to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council". United Nations. April 9, 2024. Archived from the original on May 5, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  3. ^ Healy, Melissa (November 27, 1988). "U.S. Rejects Arafat Bid to Visit U.N. : Declares He Is Tied to Terrorism in Denying Visa". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022.
  4. ^ Goshko, John M. (December 7, 1988). "Arafat PLO Accepts Israeli State". The Washington Post.
  5. ^ "PLO Accepts Israel's Right to Exist, Opposes Terrorism, Arafat Says". Los Angeles Times. December 7, 1988. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021.
  6. ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 43 Resolution 160. Observer status of national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity and/or by the League of Arab States A/RES/43/160 1988-12-09. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  7. ^ Joel Brinkley (December 10, 1988). "Israel Launches Big Land Attack On a Palestinian Base in Lebanon". The New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  8. ^ Cody, Edward (December 13, 1988). "PLO-Israeli Talks Asked By Arafat". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 8, 2024.
  9. ^ Arafat, Yasser (December 13, 1988). "Document: Yasser Arafat's speech to the UN General Assembly, 13 December 1988". al-bab.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021.
  10. ^ Arafat, Yasser (December 13, 1988). "Yasser Arafat's 1988 UN Speech". genevemonde.ch. Archived from the original on July 16, 2024.
  11. ^ Arafat, Yasser (December 13, 2022). "Yasir Arafat's Speech Before the General Assembly, 1988". Institute for Palestine Studies. Archived from the original on October 1, 2022.
  12. ^ Arafat, Yasser (December 13, 1988). "Yasir Arafat's Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly". Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question. Archived from the original on June 16, 2022.
  13. ^ "Yasser Arafat, Speech at UN General Assembly: Geneva, General Assembly". Le Monde diplomatique. December 13, 1988. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  14. ^ "UNGA Resolution 43/177". Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question. December 15, 1988. Archived from the original on July 3, 2022.
  15. ^ "PLO leaders discuss government". Nation/World. The Tuscaloosa News. December 25, 1988. p. 3A. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Google News.