List of Arab organizations

Below is a list of Arab organizations by area of interest.

Cultural organizations

• Arab States Broadcasting Union
• Arab Chess Federation

Economic organizations

• Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization
• Arab Monetary Fund
• Arab Organization for Industrialization
• Council of Arab Economic Unity
• Greater Arab Free Trade Area – a treaty made by several Arab countries to make an Arab Common Market. The treaty was signed in 1997.
• Gulf Cooperation Council – a minor Arab organization, concerned with economic cooperation, It includes all Arab Persian Gulf states except Iraq. Yemen and Iraq are both possible members of the organization.
• Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Educational organizations

• Arab Open University
• Association of Arab Universities
• Association of Arab and European Universities
• Fawakih

Political organizations

• Arab League – an organization that includes 22 members and 2 observers, and concentrates mainly on Political issues rather than Economical and Social ones.
• Arab Maghreb Union – a minor Arab organization that includes, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia. The organization was affected greatly in its sufficiency by the ongoing conflict in Western Sahara.

Scientific organizations

• Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)

Sports organizations

• Pan Arab Games
• Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA)

See also

• List of Arab companies