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On 29 November 2012, in a 138–9 vote (with 41 abstentions and 5 absences),
[45] the
United Nations General Assembly passed
resolution 67/19, upgrading Palestine from an "observer entity" to a "
non-member observer state" within the
United Nations system, which was described as recognition of the PLO's sovereignty.
[26][27][46][47][48] Palestine's new status is equivalent to that of the
Holy See.
[49] The UN has permitted Palestine to title its representative office to the UN as "The Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations",
[50] and Palestine has instructed its diplomats to officially represent "The State of Palestine"—no longer the Palestinian National Authority.
[48] 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",
[51] thus recognising the title 'State of Palestine' as the state's official name for all UN purposes. As of 14 September 2015, 136 (70.5%) of the 193
member states of the United Nations have
recognised the State of Palestine.
[47][52] Many of the countries that do not recognise the State of Palestine nevertheless recognise the PLO as the "representative of the
Palestinian people". The PLO's
Executive Committee is empowered by the
Palestinian National Council to perform the functions of government of the State of Palestine.
[53]
