SOC263H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lateran Treaty
Document Summary
He general assembly may invite non-member entities to participate in the work of the united nations without formal membership, and has done so on numerous occasions. Such participants are described as observers, some of which may be further classified as non-member state observers. The grant of observer status is made by the. General assembly only, and not subject to a security council veto. In some circumstances a state may elect to become an observer rather than full member. For example, to preserve its neutrality while participating in its work, switzerland chose to remain a permanent non-member state observer from 1948 until it became a member in 2002. As of 2015, there are two permanent non-member observer states at the united nations: the holy. 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[7] which failed to secure security council approval.
