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Arab League, formally the League of Arab States:
an intergovernmental organization (IGO), a voluntary association of independent African and Middle East countries whose peoples are mainly Arabic speaking.
The stated purposes of the Arab League are to strengthen ties among the member states, coordinate their policies, and promote their common interests.

The league was founded in Cairo in 1945 by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan (originally Transjordan, Jordan, as of 1950), and Yemen.

Countries that later joined are: Algeria (1962), Bahrain (1971), Comoros (1993), Djibouti (1977), Kuwait (1961), Libya (1953), Mauritania (1973), Morocco (1958), Oman (1971), Qatar (1971), Somalia (1974), Southern Yemen (1967), Sudan (1956), Tunisia (1958), and the United Arab Emirates (1971). The Palestine Liberation Organization was admitted in 1976.
Egypt's membership was suspended in 1979 after it signed a peace treaty with Israel; the league's headquarters was moved from Cairo, Egypt, to Tunis, Tunisia.
In 1987 Arab leaders decided to renew diplomatic ties with Egypt. Egypt was readmitted to the league in 1989 and the league's headquarters was moved back to Cairo.

The current Secretary-General is the formerly Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa.He was appointed at the Arab summit in Amman, in March 2001.
In January 2003 Eritrea joined the Arab League as an observer.

  		 

The 22 Member States of the Arab League
* Founder States
  Member State Admission   Member State Admission
DZA Algeria 16-08-1962 BHR Bahrain 11-09-1971
COM Comoros 20-11-1993 DJI Djibouti 04-09-1977
EGY Egypt * 22-03-1945 IRQ Iraq * 22-03-1945
JOR Jordan * 22-03-1945 KWT Kuwait 20-07-1961
LBN Lebanon * 22-03-1945 LBY Libya 28-03-1953
MRT Mauritania 26-11-1973 MAR Morocco 01-10-1958
OMN Oman 29-09-1971 PSE Palestine 09-09-1976
QAT Qatar 11-09-1971 SAU Saudi Arabia * 22-03-1945
SOM Somalia 14-02-1974 SDN Sudan 19-01-1956
SYR Syria * 22-03-1945 TUN Tunisia 01-10-1958
ARE United Arab Emirates 06-12-1971 YEM Yemen * 05-05-1945
ERI Eritrea joined the Arab League as an observer in January 2003.


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