According to Article (11) of the Statute of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Palestinian National Council - to facilitate its work - forms the standing committees that PNC deems necessary to form. After the twenty-third session of the PNC on 30 April – 3 May 2018, the committees are now as follows:
- Economic and Financial Committee: Chairman: Dr. Muhammad Shtayyeh
Rapporteur: Musa Qadimat
- Committee of Foreign Parliamentary Affairs: Chairman: - Vacanct
Rapporteur: Ibrahim Al-Masri
- Committee of Women and Childhood Affairs: Chairwoman: Dalal Salama
Rapporteur: Sawsan Shannar
- The Popular Resistance Committee: Chairman: Mahmoud Al-Aloul
Rapporteur: Walid Assaf
- People's Organizing Committee: Chairman: Vacant
Rapporteur: Hussein Al-Abed
- Al-Quds Committee: Chairman: Abbas Zaki
Rapporteur: Jihad Abu Znaid
- Media and Thought Committee: Chairman: Vacant
Rapporteur: Nasser Abu Bakr
- Legal Committee: Chairman: Hussein Shabana
Rapporteur: Nadim Brahma
- Health Affairs Committee: Chairman: Dr. Jawad Awad (became ambassador in March 2022)
Rapporteur: Dr. Nizam Najib
- Monitoring, Accountability and Fact-Finding Committee: Chairman: Vacant
Rapporteur: Vacant
- Political Committee: Chairman: Saleh Mohammad Nasser
Rapporteur: Mowafaq Matar
- Refugee Affairs and Right of Return Committee: Chairman: Walid Al-Awad
Rapporteur: Salah Al-Yousef
- Education, Science and Culture Committee: Chairman: Vacant
Rapporteur: Vacant
Article (34) of the PNC’s bylaws: “The PNC may - by a decision of PNC - form other committees for specific purposes, and dispense with some of these committees, or merge the work of two or more committees into one committee.”