United Nations General Assembly observers

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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) may grant observer status to non-member states and international organizations, to enable them to participate in the work of the UNGA. The General Assembly determines the privileges it will grant to each observer, beyond those laid down in a 1986 Conference on treaties between states and international organizations. As of 2026, two non-member states (the Holy See and the State of Palestine) have been granted this status, as have many international organizations and other entities. The European Union (EU) was in 2011 granted the right to speak in debates, to submit proposals and amendments, the right of reply, to raise points of order and to circulate documents, making it the only international organization to hold these enhanced rights, which has been likened to the rights of full membership, short of the right to vote.

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