[1] The position is more formally known as the "Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations;" however, both the title of Ambassador and "Permanent Observer" is used.
[1] The Permanent Observer, currently Riyad Mansour, is charged with representing the State of Palestine to the United Nations.
[1] In November 1974, the PLO was recognized as competent on all matters concerning the question of Palestine by the UN General Assembly granting them observer status as a "non-state entity" at the UN.
[4][5] On 29 November 2012, in a 138-9 vote (with 41 abstentions and 5 absences),[6] the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 67/19, upgrading the status of Palestinian delegation within the United Nations system from an "observer entity" to a "non-member observer state", which was described as recognition of the PLO's sovereignty.
On 17 December 2012, UN Chief of Protocol Yeocheol Yoon declared that "the designation of 'State of Palestine' shall be used by the Secretariat in all official United Nations documents",[9] thus recognising the title 'State of Palestine' as the state's official name for all UN purposes.