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  Arab Charter on Human Rights
On the Arab level; the atmosphere of war, was suitable for the growth of a national movement, that advocated resistance and liberation, which in turn lead to the independence of a growing number of Arab countries, while at the same time, generated the need to establish a kind of balance between the political powers.
League of Arab States is an umbrella organization for seventeen specialized agencies, dealing with functions such as maritime transport, civil aviation, economic and social development, educational, cultural, and scientific affairs, monetary policy, broadcasting, and telecommunications.
On the Arab level, LAS mediation was attempted in a number of crises, such as the Lebanese civil war of 1958, and Jordanian-Palestinian crises of 1970, and conflicts between North and South Yemen, and the early stage of the 1975-1989 Lebanese Civil War, and the Iraq-Kuwait crises.
www.diplomacy.edu /ArabCharter/league_hist.asp   (1378 words)

  
 The Charter of the Arab League of Nations - 1945   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The League has as its purpose the strengthening of the relations between the member-states, the coordination of their policies in order to achieve co-operation between them and to safeguard their independence and sovereignty; and a general concern with the affairs and interests of the Arab countries.
States of the League which desire to establish closer co-operation and stronger bonds than are provided for by this Charter may conclude agreements to that end.
The states signatory to this Pact have agreed to appoint His Excellency Abdul-Rabman 'Azzam Bey, to be Secretary General of the League of Arab States.
www.middleeastnews.com /arabLeagueCharter.html   (1806 words)

  
 Arab League - MSN Encarta
Arab League, informal name of the League of Arab States, a voluntary association of independent countries whose peoples are mainly Arabic speaking.
Its stated purposes are to strengthen ties among the member states, coordinate their policies, and promote their common interests.
The league appoints, by two-thirds majority, a secretary general, who is in charge of the administration and financial offices, called the secretariat general.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558355/Arab_League.html   (431 words)

  
 League of Arab States
The Arab League is involved in political, economic, cultural, and social programs designed to promote the interests of member states.
The Arab League has served as a forum for member states to coordinate their policy positions and deliberate on matters of common concern, settling some Arab disputes and limiting conflicts such as the Lebanese civil wars of 1958.
The Arab League has served as a platform for the drafting and conclusion of almost all landmark documents promoting economic integration among member states, such as the creation of the Joint Arab Economic Action Charter, which set out the principles for economic activities of the league.
members.aol.com /arabinfo7/league.htm   (482 words)

  
 The Avalon Project : Pact of the League of Arab States, March 22, 1945
The purpose of the League is to draw closer the relations between member States and co-ordinate their political activities with the aim of realizing a close collaboration between them, to safeguard their independence and sovereignty, and to consider in a general way the affairs and interests of the Arab countries.
The Secretary-General shall be appointed by the Council upon the vote of two-thirds of the States of the League.
The States signatory to the present Pact have agreed to appoint Abd Al Rahman Azzam Bey Secretary-General of the League of Arab States.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/mideast/arableag.htm   (2008 words)

  
 Arab Inter-parliamentary Union
The Constituent Conference of the Arab IPU was held in Damascus from 19 to 21 June 1974.
The Shoura Council - The state of Qatar.
Since its foundation in 1974, the Arab IPU was keen to effectively participate in the activities of the IPU, especially after acquiring the status of an observer at the IPU’s 61st Conference held in Tokyo in 1974.
www.arab-ipu.org /english   (1851 words)

  
 Arab League
The full name of the organization is League of Arab States, and it aims at strengthening each country as well as all Arab countries together.
The original goals of the league were to gain independence for Arab states, as well as to stop Jewish immigration to Palestine, and hinder the establishment of a Jewish state.
The headquarters of the Arab League are in Cairo, Egypt.
lexicorient.com /e.o/arab_league.htm   (615 words)

  
 Arab League. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
A representative of Palestinian Arabs, although he did not sign the charter because he represented no recognized government, was given full status and a vote in the Arab League.
The constitution of the league provides for coordination among the signatory nations on education, finance, law, trade, and foreign policy, and it forbids the use of force to settle disputes among members.
The league early announced opposition to the formation of a Jewish state in Palestine and demanded that Palestine as a whole be made independent, with the majority of its population Arab.
www.bartleby.com /65/ar/ArabLeag.html   (577 words)

  
 Arab League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this respect the Arab League may bring to mind organizations such as the Latin Union or the Nordic Council.
All Arab League members are also members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.
In turn, the memberships of the smaller GCC and Arab Maghreb Union organizations are subsets of that of the Arab League.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/League_of_Arab_States   (1215 words)

  
 Arab League - The League of Arab States
Arab League, formally the League of Arab States:
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.
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/arab_league.htm   (283 words)

  
 Arab Charter on Human Rights
L.J. Council of the League of Arab States, Cairo
Citizens have a right to live in an intellectual and cultural environment in which Arab nationalism is a source of pride, in which human rights are sanctified and in which racial, religious and other forms of discrimination are rejected and international cooperation and the cause of world peace are supported.
(1) The Charter was adopted by the Council of the League of Arab States by its resolution 5437 (102nd regular session) on 15 September 1994.
www1.umn.edu /humanrts/instree/arabhrcharter.html   (2144 words)

  
 LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The League of Arab States was established on March 22, 1945 upon signature of its Pact by seven Arab States.
In the political field, the League is entrusted with the tasks of defending the supreme interests and national causes of the Arab world through the implementation of joint action plans at both regional and international levels as well as through the coordination of the relations of member-states with regional and international organizations.
The League is also entrusted with the task of examining whichever disputes that may arise between member-states and to adopt whichever resolutions and measures as may be deemed necessary to settle such disputes by peaceful means.
www.imf.org /np/sec/decdo/las.htm   (1349 words)

  
 Arab League
Confederation of Arab States, formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945, for the purpose of securing Arab unity.
I believe that 'Arab League' is the short name of the 'League of Arab States', the same way the 'United Nations' is the short name of the 'United Nations Organization'.
Arab League - green flag with the emblem of the League - in white wreath a chain makes a circle in it a crescent pointing up an a text in Arab letters.
www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/int-las.html   (382 words)

  
 League of Arab States -- International Conference on Lockerbie Issue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
His evaluation was confirmed by the international observer of the League of Arab States, Dr. Nabil El-Araby, and by the additional observer of the International Progress Organization, Mr.
The conference was co-sponsored by the League of Arab States and the Arab Lawyers Union.
It was inaugurated by the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Dr.
i-p-o.org /lockerbie-conf.htm   (397 words)

  
 Arab League - Darfur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
To give full Arab support to the African Union in its efforts to resolve the conflict in Darfur and to call upon the League of Arab States’ member states, particularly those who are also members of the African Union, to actively participate in the observer team for the cease-fire and their protection forces.
That the League of Arab States participates in mediation efforts made under the auspices of the African Union, with the Sudanese Government, and in the committees arising from the cease-fire agreement signed in N’djamena on 8/4/2004.
To call upon neighbouring states not to allow armed militias to reside on their land or to use their land as transit points, and to adopt a positive stance aiming to help bring a peaceful resolution to the situation in Darfur.
www.caabu.org /press/documents/arab-league-darfur.html   (285 words)

  
 Statement by the League of Arab State at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg; South Africa, 30 ...
The Arab leaders look forward to the World Summit on Sustainable Development to achieve stronger cooperation between the countries of the world to combat poverty and reach comprehensive development, the effect of which is expected to reflect on the different peoples of the world and on improving their standard of living.
The Arab Initiative is a framework for the implementation of programs and activities using the available resources in the Arab countries, the relevant Arab regional and international organizations, and Arab regional and international financial institutions.
The Arab initiative calls for the establishment of an international partnership on the basis of the cultural and moral heritage to achieve the trend which the UN seek to establish, namely; the encouragement of dialogue as a means for reaching international concordance and consensus between civilizations and religions.
www.un.org /events/wssd/statements/lastatesE.htm   (1688 words)

  
 Welcome Statement
As the Arab League and its 22 member states celebrated the 59th anniversary of the Arab regional organization on Monday, questions were being raised throughout the Arab world and beyond about its potential revitalized role in dealing with regional and world challenges.
Critics of the league have pointed to its internal divisions, its outdated structures and mechanisms, its failure to ensure implementation of its resolutions, its bureaucracy and financial crises and its inability to deal successfully with the issues of deep concern to the Arab people.
Through the Arab League and within its framework, all major Arab common policies and initiatives have been adopted over the years, in areas as varied as the Arab-Israeli conflict, regional security, economic integration, human rights and the environment.
www.arableague-us.org /welcome.html   (470 words)

  
 Document: Arab convention on terrorism, 1998
The Arab Convention for the Suppression of Terrorism, adopted by the Council of Arab Ministers of the Interior and the Council of Arab Ministers of Justice.
The judicial authorities in the requesting State may apply to the requested State by any of the means of written communication for the provisional detention of the person being sought pending the presentation of the request for extradition.
The requesting State shall undertake to provide the necessary protection for the security of witnesses and experts and of members of their families that is required by their situation, the circumstances of the case in connection with which they are sought and the types of risks that can be anticipated.
www.al-bab.com /arab/docs/league/terrorism98.htm   (4016 words)

  
 The Arab League Charter (Pact of the League of Arab States)
The Arab League was formed in 1945, based on the resolutions of the Alexandria Protocol, to protect Arab interests, and in particular to obtain greater freedom from foreign rule and to prevent further development of Palestine as the Jewish national home under the British Mandate.
However, it was the League Mandate for Palestine that determined the system of government for Palestine.
The Arab League was instrumental in organizing Arab violations of UN General Assembly Resolution 181, and attempted to raise an army for conquest of the portion allotted to the Jews in Palestine, and, as declared by the League, for the purpose of "ridding that country of the Jews."
www.mideastweb.org /arableague.htm   (2195 words)

  
 The League of Arab States - Total War Center Forums
The league of Arab states is a conglomeration of Arab governments that work to interact economically, socially, and politically with each other in order to streangthen and exploit the capabilities of their countries' assets as well as to make the Arab World more unite in its struggle for peace.
The league was founded in 1945 in Alexandria, Egypt, and its original intention was to create a union of Arab states in order to provide for stability and unity in the post-colonization Middle East.
The league of arab nations is more like a league where arabs talk about how their opinions are different, and usually, their meetings don't end with any concrete decisions.
www.twcenter.net /forums/showthread.php?t=17829   (1842 words)

  
 The League of Arab States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The League of Arab States (Arab League) is a pan-Arab regional organization set up on 22 March 1945 in response to Arab aspiration for unity and independence.
The League's supreme authority is the Council which consists of 22 representatives.
One major difference between the League and such organizations, however, is that all its member countries share the same language and culture and form an uninterrupted geographical region, covering about 13 million square kilometers.
www.clubs.privateweb.at /aacc/Arab_League.htm   (310 words)

  
 League of Arab States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The 22-member League of Arab States has for nearly a half-century served as the vehicle for Arab countries to work out constructively their differences, peacefully settle their disputes, and vigorously work toward answers to the questions that vex the region and the world.
The Model League of Arab States, originating more than a decade ago, is a growing nation-wide program sponsored by the National Council on US-Arab Relations, an American tax exempt, educational organization based in Washington, DC.
Delegates who excel in the League are eligible to participate in other academic and leadership programs, including Summer internships in Washington, D.C. and the Arab world; study opportunities in the Middle East; and Arabic language study at universities in Kuwait, Syria, Yemen and Morocco.
dcr.csusb.edu /psci/mun_mlas/arab.html   (354 words)

  
 LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES
And, then, the Arab delegates are asked to remain silent or to turn a blind eye to such racist statements.
We, the delegates of the Arab states, have come here united in our determination to work for the success of this conference, and to stand side by side with our fellow brothers and sisters in the fight against racism, xenophobia and intolerance.
We are here to say that we, as Arabs, condemn what happened to the Jewish people and that we will stand by them in their determination that they should never be subjected to the racist experiences of the past again.
www.un.org /WCAR/statements/lasE.htm   (1431 words)

  
 The Avalon Project : The Alexandria Protocol; October 7,1944
The decisions of the Council will be binding on those who have accepted them except in cases where a disagreement arises between two member states of the League in which the two parties shall refer their dispute to the Council for solution.
But every state shall be free to conclude with any other member state of the League, or other powers, special agreements which do not contradict the text or the present dispositions.
A subcommittee will be formed of the members of the Preliminary Committee to prepare a draft of the statutes of the Council of the League and to examine the political questions which may be the object of agreement among Arab States.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/mideast/alex.htm   (942 words)

  
 Image:Flag of the League of Arab States.svg - Wikimedia Commons
Image:Flag of the League of Arab States.svg - Wikimedia Commons
Flag of the Arab League, from webchantier.com, with colours from Image:Flag of the League of Arab States.png.
1000×500 (51,442 bytes) (Flag of the w:Arab League, from webchantier.com, with colours from Image:Flag of the League of Arab States.png.
commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_League_of_Arab_States.svg   (279 words)

  
 The League of Arab States
He was appointed at the Arab summit in Amman, in March 2001.
Arab League Declaration on the Invasion of Palestine 15 May, 1948
Arab Convention for the Suppression of Terrorism 22 April 1998
www.al-bab.com /arab/docs/league.htm   (181 words)

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