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Why did the Palestinian Authority begin using the name State of Palestine on official documents?

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Oslo Accords: Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Self-Rule — Palestinian Authority U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton (center) looking on as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) shakes hands with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Self-Rule, September 1993.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) began using the name "State of Palestine" on its official documents following a significant diplomatic shift at the United Nations in 2012.1

On November 29, 2012, the UN General Assembly voted to upgrade the status of the Palestinian mission to that of a "nonmember observer state". This upgrade allowed the PA to gain access to various international bodies and treaties. Following this international recognition, the PA adopted the name "State of Palestine" on its official documentation. This move was part of a broader, unilateral effort by Palestinian leadership to secure international recognition of statehood and build the necessary institutions for an independent state, particularly in the absence of progress in negotiated peace talks with Israel after 2008.21