The phrase "a declaration of statehood" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the formal announcement of a new state or the recognition of a political entity as a sovereign state.
Example: "The region's leaders issued a declaration of statehood, seeking international recognition for their independence."
Alternatives: "a proclamation of statehood" or "an announcement of statehood".
A Palestinian leadership assembly decided to postpone a declaration of statehood and recommit to the Middle East peace effort.
The Palestinian Central Council voted last weekend to defer making a declaration of statehood today in order to give the peace effort another couple of months.
He also emphasized the United States' effort to block a declaration of statehood at the United Nations by the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and intervening to protect the Israeli ambassador when a violent mob stormed the embassy in Cairo.
Bowing to international pressure, a Palestinian leadership assembly decided tonight, as expected, to postpone a declaration of statehood and recommit to the Middle East peace effort despite deeply deadlocked negotiations.
"The Israelis are proceeding on the theory that Arafat is on the path of riding the tiger toward a declaration of statehood on Nov. 15," a Western diplomat said.
The EU statement, designed to compensate the Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, for delaying a declaration of statehood beyond May 4 - the day the five-year Oslo 'land for peace' accords expire - was denounced by Mr Netanyahu even before it had been approved.
Certain countries sympathetic to the Palestinians, however, might not agree to a declaration of their statehood.
The Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, for his part, travelled to Berlin to make the case for a declaration of Palestinian statehood, only to hear from Chancellor Angela Merkel that "unilateral steps" were not helpful.
In an interview earlier this week with Patrick Tyler and Neil MacFarquhar of The Times, Mr. Mubarak said he would offer Mr. Bush a detailed plan built around American support for a declaration of Palestinian statehood early next year, with negotiations to follow on unresolved issues like borders, Jerusalem and refugees.
"A declaration of Palestinian statehood before an Israeli withdrawal consolidates the occupation and the present status quo," said Yasser Abed Rabbo, the PA's information minister.Palestinians and some Israelis also fear that this status quo is being further solidified by the planned building of a "separation fence" around the West Bank.
"It is not in Arafat's interest -- and it for sure is not in Egypt's interest or Jordan's or America's -- to have a unilateral declaration of statehood without a broader framework agreement," said an Egyptian official involved in the peace effort.
