Arab League facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
League of Arab States
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Administrative center | Cairoa |
Official languages | |
Membership | |
Leaders | |
• Arab League Secretariat
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Nabil el-Araby |
• Arab Parliament
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Ali Al-Daqbaashi |
• Council Presidency
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Lebanon |
Legislature | Arab Parliament |
Establishment | |
• Alexandria Protocol
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22 March 1945 |
Area | |
• Total area
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13,333,296 km2 (5,148,014 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 2012 estimate
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400,652,486 |
• Density
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24.33/km2 (63.0/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
• Total
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$4.766 trillion |
• Per capita
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$11895 |
Currency |
21 currencies
(ISO 4217 in brackets)
(DZB) Algerian dinar (BHD) Bahraini dinar (KMF) Comorian franc (DJF) Djiboutian franc (EGP) Egyptian pound (IQD) Iraqi dinar (JOD) Jordanian dinar (KWD) Kuwaiti dinar (LBP) Lebanese pound (LYD) Libyan dinar (MRO) Mauritanian ouguiya (MAD) Moroccan dirham (OMR) Omani rial (QAR) Qatari riyal (SAR) Saudi riyal (SOS) Somali shilling (SDD) Sudanese pound (SYP) Syrian pound (TND) Tunisian dinar (AED) UAE dirham (YER) Yemeni rial |
Time zone | UTC+0 to +4 |
The Arab League is an organization made up of countries in the Arab world in Northern Africa and Southwest Asia. Most, though not all of these countries use Arabic as their official language. The purpose is to find ways for the countries to have unity and to work together to solve their problems.
Mission
The organization uses the Arabic Language in its summits and all official papers, although it has never been stated by the League that Arabic is the Official Language. The Arab League was founded following the Protocol of Alexandria signed in 1945 by seven Arab States: Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Trans-Jordan (Jordan). Today the League has 22 members. All countries having Arabic as an official language are among the members of the League, except for Israel, Eritrea and Chad which are not members.
Members
The countries in the Arab League are:
- Egypt - March 22, 1945 (Founder) (suspended, 1979-1989)
- Iraq - March 22, 1945 (Founder)
- Jordan - March 22, 1945 (Founder) (entered when still using the name "Transjordan")
- Lebanon - March 22, 1945 (Founder)
- Saudi Arabia - March 22, 1945 (Founder)
- Syria - March 22, 1945 (Founder)
- Yemen - May 5, 1945 (Founder)
- Libya - March 28, 1953
- Sudan - January 19, 1956
- Morocco - October 1, 1958
- Tunisia - October 1, 1958
- Kuwait - July 20, 1961
- Algeria - August 16, 1962
- United Arab Emirates - June 12, 1971
- Bahrain - September 11, 1971
- Qatar - September 11, 1971
- Oman - September 29, 1971
- Mauritania - November 26, 1973
- Somalia - February 14, 1974
- Palestine - succeeding to the position held by the Palestine Liberation Organization since September 9, 1976
- Djibouti - April 9, 1977
- Comoros - November 20, 1993
List of Secretaries-General
Secretary-General | Birth–Death | Took office | Left office | Nationality | Photo | |
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1 | Abdul Rahman Azzam | 1893–1976 | 22 March 1945 | September 1952 | Egypt | |
2 | Abdul Khalek Hassouna | 1898–1992 | September 1952 | 1 June 1972 | Egypt | |
3 | Mahmoud Riad | 1917–1992 | 1 June 1972 | March 1979 | Egypt | |
4 | Chedli Klibi | 1925–2020 | March 1979 | September 1990 | Tunisia | |
5 | Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid | 1924–2013 | 15 May 1991 | 15 May 2001 | Egypt | |
6 | Amr Moussa | 1936–present | 15 May 2001 | 1 July 2011 | Egypt | |
7 | Nabil Elaraby | 1935–present | 1 July 2011 | 3 July 2016 | Egypt | |
8 | Ahmed Aboul Gheit | 1942–present | 3 July 2016 | ' | Egypt |
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See also
In Spanish: Liga Árabe para niños