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The league of Arab States. Rijul Asri AP Comparative Government and Politics. The Arab League (LAS). Voluntary association among Arab nations Arab – person who speaks Arabic Muslim – practitioner of Islam. Major Institutions: The council. Highest body of LAS - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES
Rijul AsriAP Comparative Government and Politics
THE ARAB LEAGUE (LAS) Voluntary association among Arab
nationsArab – person who speaks ArabicMuslim – practitioner of Islam
MAJOR INSTITUTIONS: THE COUNCIL Highest body of LAS Consists of representatives from each
member stateEach state gets one vote, regardless of size
Council decisions binding only for states that voted for them Important for maintenance of sovereignty
MAJOR INSTITUTIONS: THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT Administrative and executive branches
Deals with daily functions of LAS Headed by the Secretary General
Elected by the council every 5 years
FORMER SECRETARIES
GENERAL
ABDUL RAHMAN AZZAM (1945 – 1952)
ABDUL KHALEK HASSOUNA (1952 – 1972)
MAHMOUD RIAD (1972 – 1979)
CHEDLI KLIBI (1979 – 1990)
AHMED ASMAT ABDEL-MEGUID(1991 – 2001)
AMR MOUSSA(2001 – 2011)
NABIL EL-ARABI(2011 – PRESENT)
HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE OF ARAB
STATES
CONCEPTION 8 May 1942 – Arab Unity Consultations
PhaseEgypt, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria,
Lebanon, Yemen 7 October 1944 – Alexandria Protocol
Precursor to LAS Charter
FORMATION 22 March 1945 Charter signed in Cairo
Cairo acted as headquarters until 1979Headquarters, 1979 – 1990 – Tunis, Tunisia
Original 6 members:EgyptLebanon Iraq JordanSyriaSaudi Arabia
IMPORTANT DOCUMENT: THE LAS CHARTER Most important document of
organization 20 Articles
Article 1 – Limits membership to Arab statesEnumerates/organizes purposes of LASDefines major bodies
3 AnnexesAnnex 1 – Defines Palestine as its own state
SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND POLICY 1954 –The Arab Citizen 1957 – Agreement on Economic Unity
among Member States 1960 – Agreement on the Coordination
of Oil Policy 1970 – Arab League Educational,
Cultural, and Scientific Organization
SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND POLICY 1979 – Egypt signed a peace treaty with
IsraelSuspended from LASHeadquarters moved to Tunis
1994 – Arab Charter for Human Rights 2005 – L’Institut Superieure Arabe de
Traduction (ISAT)
“ONE LANGUAGE, ONE CIVILIZATION: 22
ARAB COUNTRIES”
PURPOSES To forge/strengthen member-member
relations To guard sovereignty of members To represent interests of members To further interests of Arab World as a
wholePan-Arabism – concept of unity among the
entire Arab World
MEMBERSHIP
MEMBER STATES
ADVANTAGES OF MEMBERSHIP Council decisions are non-binding
Maintains state sovereignty Intra-organization trade
Agreement of Economic Unity among Member States
Modernization of technologyALECSO
General Social HealthALECSO
“The Arab Citizen”
DISADVANTAGES OF MEMBERSHIP Universal standards
Impinges upon state sovereignty International trade
Agreement on the Coordination of Oil Policy Power of Egypt Pan-Arabism v. Nationalism
INTERNATIONAL IMPACT
IRAN Majority ethnicity – Persian Sources of conflict:
OilReligion
Sunni, Wahhabism v. Shi’iteNuclear Policy
ISRAEL Conflicts:
1945 – LAS boycott of Jewish businesses1948 – Arab-Israeli War1967 – Six Days WarLAS boycott of Israel1979 – Camp David Accords between Egypt
and Israel Palestine – member of LAS
FIN.Questions, Comments, Concerns?
WORKS CITED http://www.museumwnf.org/league-of-a
rab-states/?page=LAS-history.php http://english.cctv.com/program/newsh
our/20091107/101314.shtml http://arab.de/arabinfo/league.htm http://unhcr.org/refworld/publisher,LAS,,
,3ae6b3ab18,0.html/ http://www.atlantic-community.org/inde
x/articles/view/Iran_and_the_Arab_States%3A_A_Delicate_Balance_of_Power
http://geography.about.com/od/middleeastmaps/a/The-Arab-League.htm
http://www.arableagueonline.org/wps/portal/las_en/home_page/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gXy8CgMJMgYwOLYFdLA08jF09_X28jIwN_E6B8JG55C3MCuoNT8_TDQXbiNwMkb4ADOBro-3nk56bqF-RGVHjqOioCAKQoUKM!/dl3/d3/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/
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