State of Palestine

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Stephen Adamson

Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

Does the UK or England recognise Palestine as a state?
Could you give me a list of the states that Uk and England recognise?
Could you tell me when Uk and England last recognised Palestine as a state

Yours faithfully,

Stephen Adamson

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dear Mr Adamson,

Thank you for your FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It has been assigned a unique reference number (above) and has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.

We received your request on 05 May 2017 and will aim to respond within 20 working days, following date of receipt.

Yours sincerely

FOI and DPA Team
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Dear Stephen Adamson,

 

Our reply to your FOI request is attached.

 

Kind regards,

 

FOI-DPA Team

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

 

 

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Dear Mr Adamson,

 

Please find attached a letter relating to your recent FOI request.

 

Kind regards

 

Near East Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Stephen Adamson

Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

Thank you for the information as regards Palestine. Can you clarify for me
What year did UK recognise Israel? What other states did the UK recognise in that year?

Yours faithfully,

Stephen Adamson

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dear Mr Adamson,

 

Thank you for your further questions.

 

The following debate published in Hansard indicates that the UK recognized
Israel in 1950:

 

[1]http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commo...

 

We do not hold a comprehensive record of when individual States were
recognized by the United Kingdom.

 

Kind Regards,

 

FOI-DPA Team

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

 

 

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Stephen Adamson

Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

Thankyou for that information, can you tell me what boundaries of the Israeli state do the uK recognise and what actual is the defintion of "recognition " of a country or government

Yours faithfully,

Stephen Adamson

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dear Stephen Adamson,

Thank you for your further questions. We are treating them as a new request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It has been assigned a unique reference number (above) and has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.

We received your request on 26 June 2017 and will aim to respond within 20 working days, following date of receipt.

Yours sincerely

FOI and DPA Team
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Dear Mr Adamson

 

Please find attached our response to your recent FOI request.

 

Kind regards

 

Near East Department

 

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Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Part of my question was
".. what actual is the definition of "recognition" of a country or government"
In the answer you said .
"I am writing to advise you that we have completed a search of our paper and electronic
records. The criteria for recognising a state in international law does not require clearly
delimited boundaries of a state. "
but you did not answer what the definition is. if you could thanks

Yours faithfully,

Stephen Adamson

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dear Mr Adamson
 
Thank you for your request for an Internal Review of our response to your
FOI Request Ref XXXX-XX.  It has been passed to the relevant department
within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with and they will
respond to you with the outcome of the review.
 
We received your request on 04 August 2017 and will aim to respond within
20 working days.
 
 
Yours sincerely
 
FOI and DPA Team
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
 
 
 

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Dear Mr Adamson

 

Thank you for your email of 4 August 2017.  I can confirm that the FCO has
no recorded information setting out a specific definition of the term
“recognition”.

 

Kind regards

 

Near East Department

 

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