On 23 September, Abbas delivered to the UN Secretary-General the official application for recognition of a Palestinian state by the UN and a membership in the same organization [REF].
On Thursday, November 29, 2012, in a 138-9 vote (with 41 abstentions and 5 absences),[REF] General Assembly resolution 67/19 was adopted, upgrading Palestine to "non-member observer state" status in the United Nations [REF].