Where can I find statements made by the State of Palestine during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly?

FAQs about the General Debate provide comprehensive historic information (1946-2021) and are not updated after the 76th session of the General Assembly. For the latest General Debate statements, see the continually updated research tools linked below.

Representatives of the State of Palestine have delivered statements at the following meetings during the General Debate of the General Assembly:

76th sess. [2021, 24 Sept.]: A/76/PV.12*: President Mahmoud Abbas

75th sess. [2020, 25 Sept.]: A/75/PV.10*: President Mahmoud Abbas

74th sess. [2019, 26 Sept.]: A/74/PV.7*: President Mahmoud Abbas

73rd sess. [2018, 27 Sept.]: A/73/PV.10*: President Mahmoud Abbas

72nd sess. [2017, 20 Sept.]: A/72/PV.8*: President Mahmoud Abbas

71st sess. [2016, 22 Sept.]: A/71/PV.14*: President Mahmoud Abbas
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70th sess. [2015, 30 Sept.]: A/70/PV.19*: President Mahmoud Abbas

​69th sess. [2014, 26 Sept.]: A/69/PV.12*: President Mahmoud Abbas

68th sess. [2013, 26 Sept.]: A/68/PV.12*: President Mahmoud Abbas

67th sess. [2012, 27 Sept.]: A/67/PV.12*: President Mahmoud Abbas

66th sess. [2011, 23 Sept.]: A/66/PV.19*: President Mahmoud Abbas

65th sess. [2010, 25 Sept.]: A/65/PV.16*: President Mahmoud Abbas

2010, 22 Sept.: A/65/PV.8: Ali Jarbawi (High-level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals)

64th sess. [2009, 25 Sept.]: A/64/PV.7*: President Mahmoud Abbas

63rd sess. [2008, 26 Sept.]: A/63/PV.11*: President Mahmoud Abbas

62nd sess. [2007, 28 Sept.]: A/62/PV.10*: President Mahmoud Abbas

61st sess. [2006, 21 Sept.]: A/61/PV.15 *: President Mahmoud Abbas

60th sess. [2005]: A/60/PV.20: Nasser Al-Kidwa

2005, 16 Sept.: A/60/PV.7: Nasser Al-Kidwa

59th sess. [2004]: A/59/PV.13: Farouk Kaddoumi

58th sess. [2003]: A/58/PV.15: Farouk Kaddoumi (A/58/PV.12: Feda Abdelhady-Nasser)

57th sess. [2004]: A/57/PV.13: Farouk Kaddoumi

56th sess. [2001, 11 Nov.]: A/56/PV.46*: President Yasser Arafat

55th sess. [2000]: A/55/PV.22: Nasser Al-Kidwa (A/55/PV.21: Somaia Barghouti)

2000, 6 Sept.: A/55/PV.3*: President Yasser Arafat (United Nations Millennium Summit)

54th sess. [1999, 23 Sept.]: A/54/PV.10*: President Yasser Arafat

53rd sess. [1998, 28 Sept.]: A/53/PV.18*: President Yasser Arafat

The right of Palestine to participate in the General Debate was granted by A/RES/52/250 of 7 July 1998.

1995, 22 Oct.: A/50/PV.35*: President Yasser Arafat (Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations)

1990, 25 May: S/PV.2923*: President Yasser Arafat [spoke in Geneva]

1988, 13 Dec.: A/43/PV.78*: PresidentYasser Arafat [spoke in Geneva]

1974, 13 Nov.: A/PV.2282*: President Yasser Arafat