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India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democrac India’s support for the Palestinian cause is an integral part of the nation’s foreign policy. In 1974, India became the first Non-Arab State to recognize Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. In 1988, India became one of the first countries to recognize the Palestinian State. In 1996, India opened its Representative Office in Gaza, which was later shifted to Ramallah in 2003.

India has always played a proactive role in garnering support for the Palestinian cause in multilateral fora. India has consistently supported, co-sponsored, and voted in favour of UN General Assembly Resolutions on issues regarding securing the right to self-determination of Palestinians (Res.79/163, 2024), peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (A/Res/79/82, 2024) and Palestinian refugees’ properties and their revenue (A/Res/78/75, 2023). In April 2024, India voted in favour of the Human Rights Council Resolution on the Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. India has actively participated and contributed constructively to the regional and global meetings on Palestine and Gaza since October 2023, including the NAM Ministerial meeting in January 2024, the Cairo Ministerial Conference to enhance the Humanitarian response in Gaza in February 2024 and the High Level Conference in Amman on Urgent Humanitarian response in Gaza
In 2011, India voted in favour of Palestine becoming a full member of UNESCO. The NAM Ministerial Committee on Palestine was established under India’s Presidency during the VII NAM Summit in New Delhi in 1983. During its terms as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, India continued to voice its support for a negotiated solution resulting in a sovereign, independent, viable and united State of Palestine, within secure and recognized borders, at peace beside Israel as endorsed in the relevant UNSC and UNGA Resolutions.
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