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The Arab League or League of Arab States (Arabic: جامعة الدول العربية), is an organization of Arab states (compare Arab world). The League's charter states that the League shall co-ordinate economic affairs, including commercial relations; communications; cultural affairs; nationality, passports, and visas; social affairs; and health affairs. The Charter of the Arab League also forbids member states from resorting to force against each other.

The Egyptian capital Cairo hosts the permanent headquarters of the League.

Seven states formed the Arab League on March 22, 1945, defining its main goals as to:

Serve the common good of all Arab countries, ensure better conditions for all Arab countries, guarantee the future of all Arab countries and fulfill the hopes and expectations of all Arab countries.
In recent years, some have questioned the efficacy of the Arab League's ability to fulfill its mission and ensure better conditions for Arab countries as political repression and poverty are still rampant throughout the Arab world; some, even within the Arab world, have called for it to be disbanded.[link][link]

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Membership

Member states of the Arab League (Western Sahara, which is not depicted as a member, is a territory disputed between Morocco and the Polisario Front's Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic government; it is explicitly recognized by the Arab league as a part of Morocco.)
Member states of the Arab League (Western Sahara, which is not depicted as a member, is a territory disputed between Morocco and the Polisario Front's Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic government; it is explicitly recognized by the Arab league as a part of Morocco.)

The current members of the Arab League (and the date of their admission):

Palestinian Territories -  succeeding to the position held by the Palestine Liberation Organization since September 9, 1976
  • - April 9, 1977
  • - November 20, 1993
    • In January 2003, Eritrea joined the Arab League as an observer.

    Comparisons with other organizations

    The Arab League resembles the Organization of American States, the Council of Europe, or the African Union, in that it has primarily political aims; one can regard each of these organizations as a regional version of the United Nations. However, its membership is based on culture rather than geographical location (which is the basis for membership of the other organizations cited above). In this respect the Arab League may bring to mind organizations such as the Latin Union or the Nordic Council.

    The Arab League differs notably from some other regional organizations such as the European Union, in that it has not achieved any significant degree of regional integration and the organization itself has no direct relations with the citizens of its member states.

    All Arab League members are also members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. In turn, the memberships of the smaller GCC and Arab Maghreb Union organizations are subsets of that of the Arab League.

    Administration

     Secretaries-General of the Arab League
    Name Nationality Appointed Left Office
    Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam Egypt 1945 1952
    Abdul Khlek Hassouna Egypt 1952 1972
    Mahmoud Riad Egypt 1972 1979
    Chedli Klibi Tunisia 1979 1990
    Dr. Ahmad Esmat Abd al Meguid Egypt 1991 2001
    Amr Moussa Egypt 2001 present

    Timeline

    Arab League Summits

    1. Cairo, Egypt: 13-17 Jan. 1964.
    2. Alexandria, Egypt: 5-11 Sep. 1964.
    3. Al-Daralbidia (Casablanca), Morocco : 13-17 Sep. 1965.
    4. Al-Kortom (Khartoum), Sudan: 29 Aug. 1967.
    5. Al-Rabat, Morocco: 21-23 Dec. 1969.
    6. Cairo, Egypt (first emergency summit): 21-27 Sep. 1970
    7. Algiers, Algeria: 26-28 Nov. 1973.
    8. Al-Rabat, Morocco: 29 Oct. 1974.
    9. Al-Reiad (Riyadh), Saudi Arabia (2nd emergency summit): 17-28 Oct. 1976.
    10. Cairo, Egypt: 25-26 Oct. 1976.
    11. Baghdad, Iraq: 2-5 Nov. 1978.
    12. Tunis, Tunisia: 20-22 Nov. 1979.
    13. Amman, Jordan: 21-22 Nov. 1980.
    14. Fes, Morocco: 6-9 Sep. 1982.
    15. Al-Daralbidia (Casablanca), Morocco (3rd emergency summit): 7-9 Sep. 1985
    16. Amman, Jordan (4th emergency summit): 8-12 Nov. 1987.
    17. Algiers, Algeria (5th emergency summit): 7-9 Jun. 1988.
    18. Al-Daralbidia (Casablanca), Morocco (6th emergency summit): 23-26 Jun. 1989.
    19. Baghdad, Iraq (7th emergency summit): 28-30 Mar. 1990.
    20. Cairo, Egypt (8th emergency summit): 9-10 Aug. 1990
    21. Cairo, Egypt (9th emergency summit): 22-23 Jun. 1996.
    22. Cairo, Egypt (10th emergency summit): 21-22 Oct. 2000.
    23. Amman, Jordan: 27-28 Mar. 2001.
    24. Beirut, Lebanon: 27-28 Mar. 2002.
    25. Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt: 1 Mar. 2003.
    26. Tunis, Tunisia: 22-23 May. 2004.
    27. Algiers, Algeria: 22-23 Mar. 2005.
    28. Khartoum, Sudan: 28-30 Mar. 2006.
    29. In 2007 the summit will be held in Cairo, Egypt.

    Organization

    See also

    Footnotes

    1. Libya announced its withdrawal on October 24, 2002; this would have been effective one year later; however Libya cancelled (January 16, 2003), reaffirmed (April 3, 2003), and again cancelled (May 25, 2003) the decision to withdraw.

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