Three-quarters of UN members have already or soon plan to recognise Palestinian statehood, with Australia on Monday (August 11, 2025) becoming the latest to promise it will at the UN General Assembly in September. New Zealand has also announced its plans to recognise the Palestinian state.
Editorial | State for the stateless: on France and Palestinian statehood
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s Cabinet would make a formal decision in September and present the government’s approach at the U.N. Leaders’ Week, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Monday (August 11, 2025).
Several countries, including France, Britain, and Canada, have announced in recent weeks that they will recognise a Palestinian state at September’s U.N. General Assembly.
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