ABSTRACT
The examination in Chapter 4 concentrates on the case of an admission to an international organization, Palestine’s admission to UNESCO, where Palestine is accepted as a State for a limited purpose and limited to the specific scope of the organization. This chapter presents three hypotheses with respect to the UNESCO admission clause. This chapter argues that the determination of a “Member State” is a determination of a State for a limited purpose, precisely for the purpose of the organization in question. In support of this hypothesis, Chapter 4 provides an interpretation of the UNESCO admission clause in the light of the object and purpose of UNESCO’s Constitution and examines the practice followed by UNESCO in admitting Member States that are not Member States to the UN. This chapter endeavors to show that examination of the case of Palestine’s admission to UNESCO in 2011 is also consistent with the advocated hypothesis, while also highlighting the consequences of Palestine’s admission to UNESCO.
