Palestinian National Authority

found: Palestine weekly review, June 1995:mailer (al-Sulṭah al-Waṭanīyah al-Filasṭīnīyah, Palestinian National Authority)

found: Info. from the PLO Office, Washington, D.C., 01-17-96(official name of the governing body for the interim Palestinian government is: al-Sulṭah al-Waṭanīyah al-Filasṭīnīyah; the English form is: Palestinian National Authority; the entity is responsible for the governmental jurisdiction over the West Bank and Gaza Strip as agreed to in the Declaration of Principles, 9-13-93 and subsequent agreements; this excludes Israeli settlements)

found: Info. from Dept. of State, 2/2/96(no pending action within the State Department to change the name of the West Bank; unaware of any effort by the Palestinian Authority to get the U.S. government to recognize a new name)

found: Molkner, K. A critical analysis of the Palestinian Law ... 1995:p. 1 (Palestinian National Authority (PNA))

found: Survey of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 1995:t.p. (Palestinian National Authourity [sic])

[DESCRIPTIVE USAGE: Provisional heading for the newly-formed government on the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Do not use as a qualifier to local place names (they are to remain unqualified--LCRI 23.4E) or as a qualifier to corporate bodies until the U.S. government provides an approved name for the newly-formed government--ta30, 2/5/96]
[SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not used with free-floating subdivisions used under place names nor as a geographic subdivision under topics. Works about the places governed by this body are entered under the subject headings West Bank and/or Gaza Strip.]