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- The Palestinians have joined two UN agencies and the global convention to halt the spread of chemical weapons.
- Palestinians had joined the Geneva-based UN trade organization UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) Vienna-based industrial development agency UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) and the chemical weapons convention or Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
- At the United Nations, the Palestinians have the status of a non-member observer state that allows them to seek membership of agencies and become a party to international treaties.
- The move will raise the Palestinian profile in international diplomacy and comes amid a rift with the administration of President Donald Trump over its decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
- The OPCW, UNCTAD, and UNIDO rely on voluntary contributions from UN member-states to fund its activities as well as its regular budget.
- The OPCW announced in The Hague earlier that the state of Palestine will become the 193rd state to join the chemical weapons convention.
- Only four countries — Israel, Egypt, North Korea and South Sudan — have yet to ratify the chemical weapons convention, which aims to eliminate an entire category of weapons of mass destruction.
- In 2012, the United Nations upgraded the Palestinians to a non-member observer state.
- Interpol, the International Criminal Court, UNESCO, and now the OPCW all refer to the Palestinian territories as a state.
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