Arab League

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Arab organization international organization political organization regional intergovernmental organization

The Arab League is a regional organization of Arab countries in and around North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and the Middle East that aims to promote political, economic, cultural, and security cooperation among its member states.

Observed surface forms (16)

Surface form Occurrences
League of Arab States 24
Arab League member states 7
Council of the Arab League 3
Council of the League of Arab States 3
Arab Group 1
Arab League (via Libya) 1
Arab League (via State of Palestine) 1
Arab League Military Committee 1
Arab League military structure 1
Arab League states 1

Statements (102)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arab organization ⓘ
international organization ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
regional intergovernmental organization ⓘ
abbreviation LAS ⓘ
aim coordination of policies among Arab states ⓘ
cultural cooperation among member states ⓘ
economic cooperation among member states ⓘ
political cooperation among member states ⓘ
safeguarding independence and sovereignty of member states ⓘ
security cooperation among member states ⓘ
alternativeWebsite http://www.lasportal.org ⓘ
ArabPeaceInitiativeAdoptionYear 2002 ⓘ
areaOfMemberStatesApprox over 13 million square kilometers ⓘ
charterName Charter of the Arab League ⓘ
charterSignedDate 1945-03-22 ⓘ
cooperatesWith African Union ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ
surface form: Organization of Islamic Cooperation
currencyUnitInEconomicReports US dollar ⓘ
currentSecretaryGeneral Ahmed Aboul Gheit ⓘ
currentSecretaryGeneralStart 2016 ⓘ
decisionRule unanimity for major issues ⓘ
emblemDescription white chain and laurel wreath surrounding Arabic name of the League ⓘ
firstSecretaryGeneral Abdul Rahman Azzam ⓘ
firstSecretaryGeneralStart 1945 ⓘ
flagDescription green flag with white Arabic script and laurel wreath emblem ⓘ
foundedBy Arab states ⓘ
foundingCountry Egypt ⓘ
foundingDate 1945-03-22 ⓘ
foundingMember Egypt ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
surface form: Transjordan
foundingMembersCount 6 ⓘ
foundingPlace Cairo ⓘ
hasMember Algeria ⓘ
Bahrain ⓘ
Comoros ⓘ
Djibouti ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
State of Palestine ⓘ
surface form: Palestine

Qatar ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
hasOrgan Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization ⓘ
Arab League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Arab League Military Committee

Arab League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Council of the Arab League

Economic and Social Council of the Arab League ⓘ
Secretary-General of the Arab League ⓘ
surface form: General Secretariat of the Arab League
hasSpecializedAgency Arab Civil Aviation Commission ⓘ
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development ⓘ
Arab Labor Organization ⓘ
Arab League Broadcasting Union ⓘ
Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization ⓘ
Arab Monetary Fund ⓘ
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development ⓘ
Arab League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Council of Arab Ministers of Health

Council of Arab Ministers of Information ⓘ
Council of Arab Ministers of Interior ⓘ
Council of Arab Ministers of Justice ⓘ
Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs ⓘ
hasSummit Arab League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Arab League summit
headquartersCountry Egypt ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cairo ⓘ
mainDecisionMakingBody Economic and Social Council of the Arab League ⓘ
surface form: Council of the Arab League
memberStatesCount 22 ⓘ
notableAgreement Joint Defence and Economic Co-operation Treaty of 1950 ⓘ
notableInitiative Arab Peace Initiative ⓘ
observerStatusIn United Nations ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
officialName Arab League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: League of Arab States
populationOfMemberStatesApprox over 400 million ⓘ
primaryEthnolinguisticGroup Arabs ⓘ
readmissionOfSyria 2023 ⓘ
regionServed Horn of Africa ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
secretaryGeneralTitle Secretary-General of the Arab League ⓘ
shortName Arab League self-link ⓘ
suspendedMember Syria ⓘ
suspensionOfSyriaStart 2011 ⓘ
temporaryHeadquartersFrom 1979 ⓘ
temporaryHeadquartersLocation Tunis ⓘ
temporaryHeadquartersTo 1990 ⓘ
website https://www.leagueofarabstates.net ⓘ
workingLanguage Arabic ⓘ

Referenced by (117)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Arab League member states
this entity surface form: Arab states
Abdul Rahman Azzam → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Algeria → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab League system
Bahrain → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Comoros → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Djibouti → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Egypt → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Egyptian Armed Forces → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab League military structure
Egyptian government → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Government of Iraq → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Arab States
Iraq → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Jordan → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Kuwait → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Libyan government → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab League (via Libya)
Mauritania → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Morocco → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Oman → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Palestinian territories → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab League (via State of Palestine)
Qatar → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Saudi Arabia → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Somalia → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
State of Palestine → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Syria → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Tunisia → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
United Arab Emirates → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Yemen → memberOf → Arab League ⓘ
Arabs → memberStatesOrganization → Arab League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab League member states
Arabic → officialLanguageOf → Arab League ⓘ
Arab League → officialName → Arab League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Arab States
Hezbollah → opposedBy → Arab League ⓘ
creationOfStateOfIsrael → opposedBy → Arab League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab League states
this entity surface form: League of Arab States
this entity surface form: League of Arab States
this entity surface form: Council of the League of Arab States
this entity surface form: Council of the League of Arab States
this entity surface form: League of Arab States
this entity surface form: League of Arab States
this entity surface form: League of Arab States
this entity surface form: League of Arab States