The Palestinian flag has been raised for the first time at the UN

The Palestinian flag was raised for the first time on Wednesday at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

The General Assembly adopted a resolution that permits non-member observer states to fly flags alongside those of full member states.

The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, earlier addressed the assembly declaring before world leaders that he is no longer bound by the Oslo accords signed with Israel, and called on the United Nations to provide international protection for the Palestinian people.

It was Mr Abbas’ most serious warning that he might walk away from the peace agreements and dissolve the Palestinian Authority.

As long as Israel refuses to cease settlement activities and the release of the fourth group of Palestinian prisoners ... [we] declare that we cannot continue to be bound by these agreements.

Palestine was designated as a non-member observer state at the United Nations in 2012, with Palestinian statehood having been recognised by many countries.

The Vatican and Palestine and are the only two non-member UN observer states flying flags at the headquarters, alongside those of the 193 member states.

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