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The Arab League (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".), officially the League of Arab States (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "lang".), is a regional organization in the Arab world. The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945, initially with seven members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and North Yemen.[1] Currently, the League has 22 members.

The League's main goal is to "draw closer the relations between member states and co-ordinate collaboration between them, to safeguard their independence and sovereignty, and to consider in a general way the affairs and interests of the Arab countries".[2] The organization has received a relatively low level of cooperation throughout its history.[3]

Through institutions, notably the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) and the Economic and Social Council of its Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU), the League facilitates political, economic, cultural, scientific, and social programmes designed to promote the interests of the Arab world.[4] It has served as a forum for the member states to coordinate policy, arrange studies of and committees as to matters of common concern, settle inter-state disputes and limit conflicts such as the 1958 Lebanon crisis. The League has served as a platform for the drafting and conclusion of many landmark documents promoting economic integration. One example is the Joint Arab Economic Action Charter, which outlines the principles for economic activities in the region.

Each member state has one vote in the Council of the Arab League, and decisions are binding only for those states that have voted for them. The aims of the league in 1945 were to strengthen and coordinate the political, cultural, economic and social programs of its members and to mediate disputes among them or between them and third parties. Furthermore, the signing of an agreement on Joint Defence and Economic Cooperation on 13 April 1950 committed the signatories to coordination of military defence measures. In March 2015, the Arab League General Secretary announced the establishment of a Joint Arab Force with the aim of counteracting extremism and other threats to the Arab States. The decision was reached while Operation Decisive Storm was intensifying in Yemen. Participation in the project is voluntary, and the army intervenes only at the request of one of the member states. Existing military cooperation between Arab league states and regional civil wars and terrorist threats were the impetuses for JAF's establishment.[5]

In the early 1970s, the Economic Council put forward a proposal to create the Joint Arab Chambers of Commerce across international states. That led to the setting up of mandates to promote, encourage and facilitate bilateral trade between the Arab world and significant trading partners.

History

Following adoption of the Alexandria Protocol in 1944, the Arab League was founded on 22 March 1945.[6] The official headquarters of the League was the Boustan Palace in Cairo.[7] It aimed to be a regional organisation of Arab states with a focus to developing the economy, resolving disputes and coordinating political aims.[7] Other countries later joined the league.[8] Each country was given one vote in the council. The first major action was joint intervention to keep Palestine from being divided into two states in keeping with the decision of the United Nations General Assembly. When Transjordan agreed to this proposal, Egypt intervened to prevent this from happening.[9] It was followed by the creation of a mutual defence treaty two years later. A common market was established in 1965.[10]

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Arab League of states establishment memorial stamp. Showing flags of the 8 establishing countries: Kingdom of Egypt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Yemen, Syrian Republic, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Lebanese Republic and Palestine

The Arab League has not achieved much cooperation throughout its history. According to Michael Barnett and Etel Solingen, the design of the Arab League reflects Arab leaders' individual concerns for regime survival: "the politics of Arab nationalism and a shared identity led Arab states to embrace the rhetoric of Arab unity in order to legitimize their regimes, and to fear Arab unity in practice because it would impose greater restrictions on their sovereignty."[3] The Arab League was "specifically designed to fail at producing the kind of greater collaboration and integration that might have weakened political leaders at home."[3]

Geography

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Joining dates of member states; the Comoros (circled) joined in 1993.
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Membership

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In 1945, there were seven members,[11] but the Arab League now has 22 members, including 10 African countries:

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Suspensions

Egypt was suspended from the Arab League on 26 March 1979 due to the Egypt–Israel peace treaty, with the League's headquarters moving from Cairo to Tunis, Tunisia. In 1987, Arab League states restored diplomatic relations with Egypt, the country was readmitted to the League in May 1989 and the League's headquarters were moved back to Cairo in September 1990.[19]

Libya was suspended on 22 February 2011, following the outbreak of the first Libyan civil war.[20] The Arab League voted to restore Libya's membership on 27 August 2011 by accrediting a representative of the National Transitional Council, which was the partially recognised interim government of the country.[21]

Syria was suspended on 16 November 2011 in the aftermath of the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. On 6 March 2013, the Arab League gave Syria's seat in the Arab League to the Syrian National Coalition, the largest opposition group.[22] On 9 March 2014, secretary general Nabil Elaraby stated that Syria's seat would remain vacant until the opposition completed the formation of its institutions.[23] In 2021, the Arab League initiated a process of normalisation between the Syrian Ba'athist government and other Arab nations.[24] On 7 May 2023, at the meeting of the Council of the Arab League in Cairo, it was agreed to reinstate Syria's membership.[25]

Politics and administration

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Headquarters of the Arab League, Cairo.
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The Arab League is a political organization which tries to help integrate its members economically, and solve conflicts involving member states without asking for foreign assistance. It possesses elements of a state representative parliament while foreign affairs are often conducted under UN supervision.[26]

The Charter of the Arab League[2] endorsed the principle of an Arab nation-state while respecting the sovereignty of the individual member states. The internal regulations of the Council of the League[27] and the committees[28] were agreed in October 1951. Those of the Secretariat-General were agreed in May 1953.[29]

Since then, governance of the Arab League has been based on the duality of supra-national institutions and the sovereignty of the member states. Preservation of individual statehood derived its strengths from the natural preference of ruling elites to maintain their power and independence in decision making. Moreover, feuds among Arab rulers, and the influence of external powers that might oppose Arab unity can be seen as obstacles towards a deeper integration of the league.

Mindful of their previous announcements in support of the Arabs of Palestine the framers of the Pact were determined to include them within the League from its inauguration.[30] This was done by means of an annex that declared:[2]

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Even though Palestine was not able to control her own destiny, it was on the basis of the recognition of her independence that the Covenant of the League of Nations determined a system of government for her. Her existence and her independence among the nations can, therefore, no more be questioned de jure than the independence of any of the other Arab States. [...] Therefore, the States signatory to the Pact of the Arab League consider that in view of Palestine's special circumstances, the Council of the League should designate an Arab delegate from Palestine to participate in its work until this country enjoys actual independence

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In September 1963, the Arab League appointed Ahmad Shukeiri as Representative of Palestine at the Arab League.[31]Template:Rp At the Cairo Summit of 1964, the Arab League initiated the creation of an organisation representing the Palestinian people. The first Palestinian National Council convened in East Jerusalem on 29 May 1964. The Palestine Liberation Organization was founded during this meeting on 2 June 1964. Palestine was shortly admitted in to the Arab League, represented by the PLO. Today, State of Palestine is a full member of the Arab League.

At the Beirut Summit on 28 March 2002, the league adopted the Arab Peace Initiative,[32] a Saudi-inspired peace plan for the Arab–Israeli conflict. The initiative offered full normalisation of the relations with Israel. In exchange, Israel was required to withdraw from all occupied territories, including the Golan Heights, to recognise Palestinian independence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its capital, as well as a "just solution" for the Palestinian refugees. The Peace Initiative was again endorsed at 2007 in the Riyadh Summit. In July 2007, the Arab League sent a mission, consisting of the Jordanian and Egyptian foreign ministers, to Israel to promote the initiative. Following Venezuela's move to expel Israeli diplomats amid the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict, Kuwaiti member of parliament Waleed Al-Tabtabaie proposed moving Arab League headquarters to Caracas, Venezuela.[33] On 13 June 2010, Amr Mohammed Moussa, Secretary-General of the Arab League, visited the Gaza Strip, the first visit by an official of the Arab League since Hamas' armed takeover in 2007.

The Arab League is a member of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF), which was formed in 2004. CASCF is the Arab League's earliest participation in a cooperation forum with another country or region.[34] CASCF is the primarily multi-lateral coordination mechanism between the Arab states and China and within CASCF the Arab League represents its member states as a relatively unified force.[35] The Arab League's coordination allows Arab states to negotiate actively for collective projects involving multiple states, such as railway projects, nuclear power projects, and Dead Sea initiatives.[34]

In 2015, the Arab League voiced support for Saudi Arabian-led military intervention in Yemen against the Shia Houthis and forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was deposed in the 2011 uprising.[36]

On 15 April 2018, in response to the Turkish invasion of northern Syria aimed at ousting U.S.-backed Syrian Kurds from the enclave of Afrin, the Arab League passed a resolution calling on Turkish forces to withdraw from Afrin.[37]

In September 2019, the Arab League condemned Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to annex the eastern portion of the occupied West Bank known as the Jordan Valley.[38]

The Arab League met in Cairo on 12 October 2019 to discuss the Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria. Upon meeting, its member states voted to condemn the Turkish offensive, dubbing it both an 'invasion' and an 'aggression' against an Arab state, adding that the organization saw it as a violation of international law.[39]

On 9 September 2020, the Arab League refused to condemn the UAE's decision to normalize ties with Israel. Nevertheless, "the goal all our Arab countries seek, without exception, is to end the occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital," Aboul Gheit said.[40] In January 2024, the Arab League expressed support for South Africa's ICJ genocide case against Israel.[41]

List of summits

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2013 Arab League Summit Logo
No. Date Host country Host city
1 13–17 January 1964 File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic Cairo
2 5–11 September 1964 File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic Alexandria
3 13–17 September 1965 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Casablanca
4 29 August 1967 File:Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Sudan Khartoum
5 21–23 December 1969 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Rabat
6 26–28 November 1973 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Algiers
7 29 October 1974 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Rabat
8 25–26 October 1976 File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt Cairo
9 2–5 November 1978 Template:Country data Ba'athist Iraq Baghdad
10 20–22 November 1979 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Tunis
11 21–22 November 1980 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Amman
12 6–9 September 1982 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Fes
13 1985 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Casablanca
14 1987 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Amman
15 June 1988 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Algiers
16 1989 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Casablanca
17 1990 Template:Country data Ba'athist Iraq Baghdad
18 1996 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Cairo
19 27–28 March 2001 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Amman
20 27–28 March 2002 File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Beirut
21 1 March 2003 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh
22 22–23 May 2004 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Tunis
23 22–23 March 2005 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Algiers
24 28–30 March 2006 File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Khartoum
25 27–28 March 2007 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Riyadh
26 29–30 March 2008 Template:Country data Ba'athist Syria Damascus
27 28–30 March 2009 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Doha
28 27–28 March 2010 Template:Country data Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Sirte
29 27–29 March 2012 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Baghdad
30 21–27 March 2013 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Doha[42]
31 25–26 March 2014 File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Kuwait City[43]
32 28–29 March 2015 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Sharm El Sheikh[44]
33 20 July 2016 File:Flag of Mauritania (1959–2017).svg Mauritania Nouakchott
34 23–29 March 2017 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Amman[45]
35 15 April 2018 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Dhahran
36 31 March 2019 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Tunis[46]
37 1 November 2022 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Algiers
38 19 May 2023 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Jeddah
39 16 May 2024 File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain Manama
40 17 May 2025 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Baghdad

Emergency summits

No. Date Host country Host city
1 21–27 September 1970 File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic Cairo
2 17–28 October 1976 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Riyadh
3 7–9 September 1985 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Casablanca
4 8–12 November 1987 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Amman
5 7–9 June 1988 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Algiers
6 23–26 June 1989 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Casablanca
7 28–30 May 1990 Template:Country data Ba'athist Iraq Baghdad
8 9–10 August 1990 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Cairo
9 22–23 June 1996 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Cairo
10 21–22 October 2000 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Cairo
11 7 January 2016 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Riyadh
12 11 November 2023 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Riyadh
13 4 March 2025 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Cairo

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  • Two summits are not added to the system of Arab League summits:
    • Anshas, Egypt: 28–29 May 1946.
    • Beirut, Lebanon: 13 – 15 November 1958.
  • Summit 12 in Fes, Morocco, occurred in two stages:
    • On 25 November 1981: the 5-hour meeting ended without an agreement on document.
    • On 6–9 September 1982.

Military

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The Arab League as an organisation has no military force, similar to the UN, but at the 2007 summit, the leaders decided to reactivate their joint defence policy and establish a peacekeeping force to deploy in South Lebanon, Darfur, Iraq, and other hot spots.

At a 2015 summit in Egypt, member states agreed in principle to form a joint military force.[49]

Economic resources

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Economic achievements initiated by the League amongst member states have been less impressive than those achieved by smaller Arab organisations such as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).[50] Among them is the Arab Gas Pipeline, that will transport Egyptian and Iraqi gas to Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey. As of 2013, a significant difference in economic conditions exist between the developed oil states of Algeria, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE, and developing countries like the Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

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OAPEC Members

The Arab League also includes great fertile lands in the southern part of Sudan. It is referred to as the food basket of the Arab World, the region's instability including the independence of South Sudan has not affected its tourism industry, that is considered the fastest growing industry in the region, with Egypt, UAE, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Jordan leading the way. Another industry that is growing steadily in the Arab League is telecommunications.

Economical achievements within members have been low in the league's history, other smaller Arab Organizations have achieved more than the league has, such as the GCC, but lately several major economic projects that are promising are to be completed, the Arab Gas Pipeline is to end by 2010, Connecting Egyptian and Iraqi Gas to Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, and then to Turkey thus Europe, a free trade Agreement (GAFTA) is to be completed by 1 January 2008, making 95% of all Arab products tax free of customs.

Transport

The Arab League is divided into five parts when it comes to transport, with the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East being entirely connected by air, sea, roads and railways. Another part of the League is the Nile Valley, made up of Egypt and Sudan. These two member states have started to improve the River Nile's navigation system to improve accessibility and thus foster trading. A new railway system is also set to connect the southern Egyptian city of Abu Simbel with the northern Sudanese city of Wadi Halfa and then to Khartoum and Port Sudan. The third division of the League is the Maghreb, where a 3,000 km stretch of railway runs from the southern cities of Morocco to Tripoli in Western Libya. The fourth division of the League is the Horn of Africa, whose member states include Djibouti and Somalia. These two Arab League states are separated by only ten nautical miles from the Arabian Peninsula by the Bab el Mandeb and this is quickly changing as Tarik bin Laden, the brother of Osama bin Laden, has initiated the construction of the ambitious Bridge of the Horns project, which ultimately aims to connect the Horn of Africa with the Arabian Peninsula via a massive bridge. The project is intended to facilitate and accelerate the already centuries-old trade and commerce between the two regions. The last division of the League is the isolated archipelago of the Comoros located off the coast of East Africa, which is not physically connected to any other Arab state, but still trades with other Arab League members.

Literacy

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In collecting literacy data, many countries estimate the number of literate people based on self-reported data. Some use educational attainment data as a proxy, but measures of school attendance or grade completion may differ. Because definitions and data collection methods vary across countries, literacy estimates should be used with caution. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2010. The Persian Gulf region has had an oil boom, enabling more schools and universities to be set up.

Rank Country Literacy rate
1 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 97.3[51]
2 Template:Country data Palestine 96.5[51]
3 File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 96.3[51]
4 File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 95.7[51]
5 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 95.4[51]
6 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 94.4[51]
7 File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 93.9[51]
8 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 93.8[51]
9 File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 91.1[51]
10 File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya 91[51]
11 File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria 86.4[51]
12 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 85.7[51]
13 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 81.8[51]
14 File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros 81.8[51]
15 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 80.2[51]
16 File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 75.9[51]
17 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 73.8[51]
18 File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 70.1[51]
19 File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 70.0[52]
20 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 68.5[51]
21 File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 52.1[51]
22 File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia 44–72[53]

Demographics

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Rank Country Population Density (/km2) Density (sq mi) Notes
1 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 109,450,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
2 File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 50,418,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
3 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 47,251,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
4 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 45,521,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
5 File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 41,774,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
6 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 37,712,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
7 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 36,006,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
8 File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria 21,393,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2010[55]
9 File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia 16,963,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
10 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 12,432,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
11 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 11,442,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
12 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 11,083,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
13 File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya 6,982,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
14 File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 5,502,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
15 Template:Country data Palestine 5,477,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2023[55]
16 File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 5,354,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2024[55]
17 File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 5,112,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
18 File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 4,629,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
19 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 3,109,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
20 File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 1,657,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
21 File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 1,056,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
22 File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros 910,000 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]
Total File:Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab League 481,233,000 36.5 Script error: No such module "convert". 2025[55]

Religion

The majority of the Arab League's citizens adhere to Islam, with Christianity being the second largest religion. At least 15 million Christians combined live in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan and Syria. In addition, there are smaller but significant numbers of Druze, Yazidis, Shabaks and Mandaeans. Numbers for nonreligious Arabs are generally not available, but research by the Pew Forum suggests around 1% of people in the MENA region are "unaffiliated".[56]

Languages

The official language of the Arab League is Literary Arabic, based on Classical Arabic. However, several Arab League member states have other co-official or national languages, such as Somali, Afar, Comorian, French, English, Berber and Kurdish. In most countries, there is a dominant non-codified spoken Arabic dialect.

Culture

Sports

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See also

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