Changes: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Palestine)

Revision as of 00:50, 29 October 2018

The State Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Arabic: أمانة الدولة للشؤون الخارجية amānat ad-dawlah lish-shu’ūn al-khārjīyah) is one of the most important secretariats (ministries) of the Cabinet of Palestine. It is responsible for representing Palestine abroad via the nation's network of foreign missions (embassies), which are staffed and maintained by the secretariat. It was established on 5 July 1979 in an executive decree drafted by President Rifaf Khan and signed by Prime Minister Kamal Nasser and the Palestine Arab Congress, naming the secretariat the official successor to the Ministry of the Exterior of the First Palestinian Republic. The secretariat is led by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, who is appointed by the Prime Minister of Palestine.

The State Secretariat of Foreign Affairs is headquartered in the Bab el-Zahara borough of East Jerusalem. Anwar al-Aita is the current Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and Rami Hamdallah is the current Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations, the second highest ranking office in the secretariat.

Foreign missions (Foreign Relations Directorate)

Embassies are staffed by an ambassador, who is appointed by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Many ambassadors oversee other consulates in different cities of the same country, which are subordinate to the embassy. In addition to regular diplomatic staff, all embassies and most consulates host a bureaucrat and sometimes one or two liaison officers from the State Secretariat of Internal Affairs, ostensibly to assist with visa and immigration requests.

Countries hosting a Palestinian embassy (and possibly additional location/s known as consulates) overseen by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs include:

Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Australia (and 2 consulates)
Austria
Barbados
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Brazil (and 2 consulates)
Cambodia
Canada (and 3 consulates)
People's Republic of China (and 2 consulates)
Colombia
Croatia
Cuba
Republic of Cyprus
Denmark
Egypt
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Iceland
India (and 2 consulates)
Indonesia (and 1 consulate)
Iran (and 1 consulate)
Iraq (and 1 consulate)
Republic of Ireland
Jamaica
Japan (and 1 consulate)
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Morocco
Myanmar
Netherlands
Nigeria
North Korea
Norway
Oman
Pakistan (and 1 consulate)
Paraguay
Philippines
Portugal
Qatar
Rangya
Russia (and 2 consulates)
Saudi Arabia (and 1 consulate)
Serbia
Somalia
South Africa (and 2 consulates)
Spain (and 1 consulate)
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland (and 1 consulate)
Syria (and 1 consulate)
Tunisia
Turkey (and 1 consulate)
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates (and 1 consulate)
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan
Vietnam (and 1 consulate)
Yemen (and 1 consulate)

Other services (Foreign Services Directorate)

National Passport Office: Issues passports and related travel documents to citizens and permanent residents, handles reports of lost or stolen documents.
National Extraordinary Relief Agency: Provides emergency assistance to Palestinian nationals in crisis abroad.
Foreign Aid and Development Office: Responsible for realising and overseeing the Palestinian government's commitments to foreign relief and development programs.
Foreign Revenue Office: Responsible for investigating illegal concealment of taxable income by Palestinian nationals abroad, including via audits with or without foreign government cooperation.
Foreign Legal Office: Provides legal representation and appropriate assistance to Palestinian nationals in legal trouble abroad.
Global Security Office: Responsible for liaising between national security agencies and friendly foreign governments, in order to jointly improve national security policy and diplomatic cooperation.
International Trade Office: Responsible for overseeing the national foreign trade sector, including enforcing tariff and nationalisation laws.
National Foreign Strategy Office: Responsible for working with Palestinian foreign missions to develop a more coherent national foreign policy.

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 }}The '''State Secretariat of Foreign Affairs''' ([[Arabic]]: أمانة الدولة للشؤون الخارجية ''amānat ad-dawlah lish-shu’ūn al-khārjīyah'') is one of the most important [[State Secretary (Palestine)|secretariats]] (ministries) of the [[Cabinet of Palestine]]. It is responsible for representing Palestine abroad via the nation's network of foreign missions (embassies), which are staffed and maintained by the secretariat. It was established on 5 July 1979 in an executive decree drafted by President [[Rifaf Khan]] and signed by Prime Minister [[Kamal Nasser]] and the [[Palestine Arab Congress]], naming the secretariat the official successor to the [[Ministry of the Exterior (Palestine)|Ministry of the Exterior]] of the [[First Palestinian Republic]]. The secretariat is led by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, who is appointed by the [[Prime Minister of Palestine]].
-The State Secretariat of Foreign Affairs is headquartered in the [[American Colony]] borough of [[East Jerusalem]]. [[Anwar al-Aita]] is the current Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and [[Rami Hamdallah]] is the current [[Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations]], the second highest ranking office in the secretariat.
+The State Secretariat of Foreign Affairs is headquartered in the [[Bab el-Zahara]] borough of [[East Jerusalem]]. [[Anwar al-Aita]] is the current Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and [[Rami Hamdallah]] is the current [[Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations]], the second highest ranking office in the secretariat.
 ==Foreign missions (Foreign Relations Directorate)==