International Organization
Intergovernmental Organisations
Arab League
al-Jami’a al-’Arabiyah
Official Name: League of Arab States.
Established: By treaty signed March 22, 1945, in Cairo, Egypt.
Purpose: To strengthen relations among member states by coordinating policies in political, cultural, economic, social, and related affairs; to mediate disputes between members or between members and third parties.
Headquarters: Cairo, Egypt. (In 1979 the league transferred its headquarters from Cairo to Tunis, Tunisia, because of Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel. In early 1990 members agreed unanimously to return the headquarters to Cairo, with the relocation formally completed January 1, 1991.)
Principal Organs: Council of the League of Arab States (all members), Economic and Social Council (all adherents to the 1950 Collective Security Treaty), Joint Defense Council (all adherents to the 1950 Collective Security Treaty), Permanent Committees (all members), Arab Summit Conferences, ...
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