{"id":9326,"date":"2018-07-19T13:11:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T13:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohelet.org.il\/article\/new-policy-paper-palestinian-membership-in-un-agencies-mandatory-defunding-under-us-law\/"},"modified":"2024-11-10T08:44:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T08:44:38","slug":"new-policy-paper-palestinian-membership-in-un-agencies-mandatory-defunding-under-us-law","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/en\/article\/new-policy-paper-palestinian-membership-in-un-agencies-mandatory-defunding-under-us-law\/","title":{"rendered":"New policy paper: Palestinian Membership in UN Agencies: Mandatory Defunding Under US Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/KPF085_eBook-39_291118_F.pdf\"><button>Download the full text<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Executive summary<\/strong><\/span>\n\nU.S. law prohibits funding UN \u201caffiliated organizations\u201d that accept the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a member\u00a0state. In the past two years, the PA has been accepted into four such organizations, two of them in the past months.\u00a0Yet thus far, none of these organizations have had their funding stopped.\n\nThis is part of the PA\u2019s strategy of seeking a fait accompli of statehood through perceived recognition, rather\u00a0than as the result of negotiations with Israel. Such international recognition only hardens Palestinian positions and\u00a0encourages the Palestinians to make maximalist and unrealistic demands in the peace process, while politicizing\u00a0the technical agencies involved.\n\nThis briefing paper shows how all the relevant bodies, that accepted the PA as a member state, qualify\u00a0as UN \u201caf filiated organizations\u201d within the meaning of existing law. Indeed, these agencies are already\u00a0treated as UN af filiates for purposes of other statutes. This briefing paper describes the U.S. statutory\u00a0framework and the nature of the various organizations\u2019 linkages to the UN. It concludes by discussing\u00a0the anticipated counterarguments focused on the good works performed by the organizations.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/KPF085_eBook-39_291118_F.pdf\"><button>Download the full text<\/button><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. law prohibits funding UN \u201caffiliated organizations\u201d that accept the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a member state. In the past two years, the PA has been accepted into four such organizations, two of them in the past months. 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