Dear Members,
The Club's denominator increased, it turns out, on 29 November 2012, when Palestine became a permanent non-member observer state. Founding members will recall, in debates surrounding the Club's by-laws in the late Spring of 2002, that the Holy See, the sole permanent non-member observer state, was included in our Club denominator per by-law Article 2, settling our original denominator at 192 Countries. In September and October of that year, Switzerland and Timor-Leste became permanent member states, bringing the total to 194, where it has stood until now. The Country Club's denominator is now set at 195 countries.
Members who have visited Palestine as of 29 November 2012 should announce a visit to the Secretary in due course. The List of Countries Visited has been revised to include this change.
An excerpt from Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers
The Club's denominator increased, it turns out, on 29 November 2012, when Palestine became a permanent non-member observer state. Founding members will recall, in debates surrounding the Club's by-laws in the late Spring of 2002, that the Holy See, the sole permanent non-member observer state, was included in our Club denominator per by-law Article 2, settling our original denominator at 192 Countries. In September and October of that year, Switzerland and Timor-Leste became permanent member states, bringing the total to 194, where it has stood until now. The Country Club's denominator is now set at 195 countries.
Members who have visited Palestine as of 29 November 2012 should announce a visit to the Secretary in due course. The List of Countries Visited has been revised to include this change.
An excerpt from Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers
"There are two permanent non-member observer states at the United Nations: the Holy See and Palestine. The Holy See uncontroversially obtained its non-member observer state status in 1964 and Palestine was so designated in 2012, following an application for full membership in 2011 which failed to secure Security Council approval. Both are described as "Non-member States having received a standing invitation to participate as observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly and maintaining permanent observer missions at Headquarters". The Holy See's status as a non-member state permanent observer in the United Nations has been questioned, as not having the attributes of a state.
The change of Palestinian observer status in 2012 from "non-member observer entity" to "non-member observer state" was regarded as an "upgrade" of their status. Many called the change "symbolic" but which was regarded as providing new leverage to the Palestinians in their dealings with Israel. As a result, in the change in status, the United Nations Secretariat recognized Palestine's right to become a party to treaties for which the UN Secretary-General is the depositary.
The seating in the General Assembly Hall is arranged with non-member observer states being seated immediately after UN member states, and before other observers. On 10 September 2015, the General Assembly resolved to approve the raising at the UN of the flags of non-member observer states alongside those of the 193 UN member states."
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