Chapter
Lenin, Trotsky, and self-determination
Woodrow Wilson and self-determination
The Palestine Arab Quest for Independence
Statehood in a British Draft Convention on Mandates
Statehood in the League of Nations Covenant
Local Reaction to Mandate Statehood
Statehood in the Allies’ San Remo Resolution
Statehood in the Palestine Mandate Instrument
Statehood in the Treaty of Lausanne
Transjordan in the Palestine Mandate
The Palestine mandate as potentially different
Palestine in proceedings about the Ottoman public debt
Palestine in the Permanent Court of International Justice
Palestine as a state in most-favored-nation treaties
7 A State Awaiting Independence
Sovereignty in search of a home
Sovereignty analysis questioned
Sovereignty in the population
Mandates as comparable to protectorates
PART TWO: STATEHOOD IN TURMOIL
Arab League on Palestine statehood
United Nations Charter and Palestine statehood
Plans for Palestine independence
Resolution 181 and Palestine statehood
Non-implementation of Resolution 181
Palestine statehood in UN Security Council discussions
Arab League efforts at establishing a Palestine government
A government for “All Palestine”
Admission of Israel to the United Nations
10 Palestine in Three Pieces
West Bank of the Jordan River
Palestine without a government of its own
Palestine nationality after 1948
PART THREE: PALESTINE IN THE WORLD COMMUNITY
11 An Organization for Palestine
Occupation of Gaza and the West Bank
Palestine in the United Nations General Assembly
Palestine in the United Nations Security Council
Acceptance by international organizations
Palestine in the United Nations Economic and Social Council
The General Assembly and the right of reply
Palestine in UN peace efforts
12 A Government for Palestine
Legal Basis of the Declaration
The Declaration acknowledged
The Declaration as a precursor to independence
Absence of negative reaction
Palestine and the World Health Organization
Ratification of Geneva conventions
More action on Palestine at the United Nations
Palestine again in the World Health Organization
14 Palestine in the Peace Process
Palestine statehood in the Declaration of Principles
Administration of territory by Palestine
Possible reassertion of statehood in 1996
Enhancement of Palestine’s UN status
Possible reassertion of statehood in 1999
Legality of a reassertion of Palestine statehood
Request for a United Nations presence
Possible reassertion of statehood in 2000
15 Palestine in the New Century
Palestine in the 2003 Road Map
Palestine in the International Court of Justice
Palestine and the UN Secretariat
Talks with Israel touching statehood
Security Council and the Government of Palestine
Palestine in the International Criminal Court
An Israeli acknowledgment
PART FOUR: THE CONTOURS OF STATEHOOD
16 Palestine Meets Montevideo
Origin of the Montevideo criteria
Palestine under the criteria
Capacity to enter into international relations
Control by governmental institutions
Relevance of the Montevideo criteria
17 Statehood under the Gun
Effect of belligerent occupation on statehood
Emergence of a state during a period of belligerent occupation
Partial cession of control
18 Recognition and Statehood
Acts giving rise to implied recognition
Recognition and admission to international organizations
A minimum number or percentage?
Former United States trust territories
Former New Zealand trust territories
Actual standard of statehood as applied to Palestine
20 Implications of Palestine Statehood
Implications for peace negotiations
Treaties and specialized UN agencies
Consequences for Palestine
Palestine statehood and the way forward
The Statehood of Palestine
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