Editing Palestine Liberation Organization (section)

====Observer status====
The United Nations General Assembly recognized the PLO as the "representative of the Palestinian people" in Resolution 3210 and Resolution 3236, and granted the PLO observer status on 22 November 1974 in Resolution 3237. On 12 January 1976, the [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]] voted 11–1 with 3 abstentions to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate without voting rights, a privilege usually restricted to UN member states. It was admitted as a full member of the [[United Nations Regional Groups|Asia group]] on 2 April 1986.<ref>{{cite web|author=Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations|title=Status of Palestine at the United Nations|url=http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/palestine/cache/offonce/pid/11550;jsessionid=DB37131DB27A165B6398469FFE4DB1FC|publisher=United Nations|access-date=9 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606092743/http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/palestine/cache/offonce/pid/11550%3Bjsessionid%3DDB37131DB27A165B6398469FFE4DB1FC|archive-date=6 June 2011}}: "On 2 April 1986, the Asian Group of the U.N. decided to accept the PLO as a full member."</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=United Nations Conference on Trade and Development|title=Government structures|url=http://www.unctad.org/templates/Page.asp?intItemID=4966&lang=1|publisher=United Nations|year=2002|access-date=5 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613180649/http://unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=4966&lang=1|archive-date=13 June 2010}}: "At present, the PLO is a full member of the Asian Group of the United Nations".</ref><ref>United Nations General Assembly [http://www.undemocracy.com/A-RES-52-250.pdf Resolution 52/250: Participation of Palestine in the work of the United Nations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522214702/http://www.undemocracy.com/A-RES-52-250.pdf|date=22 May 2011}} (1998): "Palestine enjoys full membership in the Group of Asian States".</ref>

After the [[Palestinian Declaration of Independence]] the PLO's representation was renamed Palestine.<ref name="Unispal.un.org">{{cite web|url=https://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/146E6838D505833F852560D600471E25|author=[[United Nations General Assembly|UN General Assembly]]|title=United Nations General Assembly Resolution 43/177|publisher=[[United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine|UN Information System on the Question of Palestine]]|date=9 December 1988|access-date=29 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101093630/http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/146E6838D505833F852560D600471E25|archive-date=1 November 2011}}</ref> On 7 July 1998, this status was extended to allow participation in General Assembly debates, though not in voting.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0DpqrRjbMC&q=%22July+7%2C+1998%22+palestine&pg=PA26|title=The Law and Practice of the United Nations|isbn=978-90-04-14308-1|last1=Conforti|first1=Benedetto|year=2005|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers}}</ref>