Palestinian docs to bear ‘Palestine’ name

Palestinian stamps, signs, and letterheads are to be changed in accordance with the new order.

The announcement comes a month after the United Nations recognition of Palestine as a non-member observer state.

On Friday, Abbas called on rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, to put an end to their five-year-long dispute and unite, calling for national unity.

Abbas said earlier that 2013 would be the year of Palestinian statehood and independence.

On November 29, 2012, the 193-member UN General Assembly voted 138-9 with 41 abstentions at the UN headquarters in New York to upgrade Palestine’s status at the UN to non-member observer state.

The United States and the Israeli regime were among those UN members that voted against the resolution.

The observer state status grants Palestinians access to UN agencies and the International Criminal Court. The upgrade also allows Palestinians to participate in debates at the UN and improves their chances of joining UN agencies.

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