Liga Państw Arabskich

The Arab League is an organization made up of countries 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.

The organization has the Arabic Language as the language used in its summits, and all official papers, though it has never been stated by the Organization that Arabic is the Official Language. The Arab League was founded following the Protocol of Alexandria signed in the Year 1945, by seven Arab States, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Trans-Jordan (Jordan). Today the Organization has 22 members, All countries adopting Arabic as an official language are members of the Organizations, but three, Israel, Eritrea and Chad.

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

Source: wikipedia.org