League of Arab States (LAS)
Ligue des Etats arabes (LEA)
جامعة الدول العربية
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Contact Details
URL: http://www.leagueofarabstates.net/
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Founded
1945-03-22 Cairo Egypt
History
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Foster and promote relations among member states in political, economic, social, financial, transport, cultural and health issues; coordinate the policies of member states so as to safeguard their national security and maintain their independence and sovereignty; promote the common interests of member states.
Events
2027 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Arab Energy Conference129 past events available with paid subscription only.
Activities
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Special agreements with: B-XB0971 - FAO (formal agreement came into force Nov 1959); B-XB2183 - ILO; B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); E-XE3879 - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF); B-XB3383 - UNESCO; B-XE3386 - UNIDO; B-XB3548 - WHO. Cooperation Agreement with: F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Participates in the activities of: E-XE3381 - UNCTAD. Permanent observer status with: B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Observer to: E-XE2076 - Agriculture, Land and Water Use Commission for the Near East (ALAWUC); F-XJ0398 - Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA); E-XE1113 - Intergovernmental Committee of the International Convention of Rome for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations; B-XB1112 - International Organization for Migration (IOM); F-XK0563 - Non-Aligned Movement (NAM); General Assembly of A-XA3375 - United Nations (UN). Participates as observer in the activities of: E-XE8700 - Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). Mutual arrangements with: D-XD3030 - OAS. Invited to meetings of: F-XF4533 - Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). Special links with: E-XE3377 - ECOSOC; B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO); E-XE4178 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Cooperates with: B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Member of: D-XD7721 - Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC); E-XE0599 - United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP). Partner in: E-XE2678 - Regional Remote Sensing Centre for North African States. Memorandum of Understanding with: E-XE3768 - International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). Accredited to the Conference of the Parties of: E-XE3486 - Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Secretariat of the UNCCD). Accredited by: E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC). Invited to sessions of Intergovernmental Council of: F-XE2379 - International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). Supports setting up of: F-XJ3687 - World Solidarity Fund. Memorandum of Understanding with the governments of the following countries:
- Bolivian Republic of Venezuela (15/9/2006);
- Dominican Republic (10/10/2006);
- Georgia (12/4/2009);
- Independent Government of Andalusia (28/5/2002);
- People's Republic of China (4/1/1999);
- Republic of Argentina (6/5/2005);
- Republic of Armenia (19/1/2005);
- Republic of Azerbaijan (16/10/2005);
- Republic of Bolivia (5/3/2009);
- Republic of Bulgaria (27/9/2007);
- Republic of Chili (27/1/2005);
- Republic of Croatia (28/2/2007);
- Republic of Cuba (20/3/2005);
- Republic of Hungary (8/3/2009);
- Republic of India (6/3/2002);
- Republic of Italy (28/2/2008);
- Republic of Kazakhstan (13/3/2007);
- Republic of Malta (20/9/2006);
- Republic of Pakistan (21/9/2005);
- Republic of Peru (29/5/2007);
- Republic of Portugal (24/5/2007);
- Republic of Romania (31/10/2007);
- Republic of Turkey (22/9/2004);
- Republic of Uzbekistan (18/4/2007);
- Russian Federation (23/9/2003);
- San Polo (12/5/2005);
- Secretariat of the State of the Vatican City (23/4/2009);
- United States of Mexico (11/4/2006).
Links with:
- C-XC0030 - African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO);
- F-XF0121 - African Development Bank Group (ADB Group);
- U-XE1110 - Arab Centre for Energy Studies (ACES);
- K-XK0651 - Arab Centre for Human Resources Development;
- H-XE5918 - Arab Centre for Medical Literature (ACML);
- F-XF6002 - Arab Federation of Shipping (AFS);
- E-XE7392 - Arab Planning Institute (API);
- E-XE9545 - Arabization Coordination Bureau;
- C-XC0069 - Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO);
- E-XE8585 - Cairo Demographic Centre (CDC);
- E-XE0624 - Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA);
- E-XE2032 - Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- D-XD0435 - Council of Europe (CE);
- E-XE3001 - European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity (North-South Centre);
- E-XE9584 - FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region;
- D-XD9187 - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC);
- E-XE3974 - Institut du monde arabe (IMA);
- H-XE8045 - Institute of Arab Research and Studies;
- H-XF5382 - Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS);
- C-XD8574 - Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO);
- H-XE9557 - Khartoum International Institute for the Arabic Language;
- E-XE3945 - Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS);
- C-XC4129 - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC);
- G-XE2897 - Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO);
- E-XE3237 - Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO);
- D-XF2918 - Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RCC);
- E-XE8148 - Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XE3016 - UNHCR;
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- E-XM1270 - United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC);
- E-XE3128 - United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ);
- E-XE1129 - United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW);
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE0198 - United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN);
- E-XE6809 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat);
- E-XE1325 - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA);
- E-XF1193 - WHO Regional Centre for Environmental Health Activities (CEHA);
- E-XE9798 - WHO Regional Office for Europe;
- B-XB0462 - World Customs Organization (WCO);
- F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP);
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO);
- B-XB2745 - UN Tourism.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Observer to: F-XF1623 - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); B-XB2907 - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; F-XF2405 - International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. In liaison with technical committees of: B-XB2314 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Library is member of: A-XA1945 - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Memorandum of Understanding and Declaration with: D-XF2630 - Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED).
Links with the following bodies:
- D-XD5233 - African Parliamentary Union (APU);
- H-XD0500 - Afro-Asian Philosophy Association (AAPA);
- U-XE1992 - Arab-African Arbitrators Association;
- U-XF2469 - Arab Commission for International Law;
- D-XF0712 - Arab Council for Childhood and Development (ACCD);
- D-XM1481 - Arab Federation of Chambers of Shipping;
- D-XJ3402 - Arab Federation for the Consumer (AFC);
- E-XE0182 - Arab Institute for Human Rights (AIHR);
- D-XJ1721 - Arab Institute for Security Studies;
- D-XD3423 - Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (Arab IPU);
- F-XF2657 - Arab NGO Network for Environment and Development;
- D-XD9700 - Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR);
- D-XD1062 - Arab Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ARABOSAI);
- K-XE0017 - Arab Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (ARBICA);
- D-XD3523 - Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (ASNRT);
- H-XD0210 - Arab Sports Confederation (ASC);
- D-XD2765 - Arab Towns Organization (ATO);
- H-XD2122 - Arab Union of Youth Hostels Associations;
- G-XG4823 - Chambre de commerce franco-arabe (CCFA);
- U-XE1344 - Commission permanente de la coopération arabo-africaine;
- U-XJ0007 - Council of Arab Business Women (CABW);
- U-XE2676 - Euro-Arab Management School (EAMS);
- U-XF1198 - Euro-Arab Secretariat;
- H-XD6267 - Euro-Mediterranean Tourism Organization (EMTO);
- D-XD4959 - Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ);
- D-XD0987 - General Arab Insurance Federation (GAIF);
- H-XD3499 - General Union of Arab Publishers;
- E-XE2982 - Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies (GCSS);
- B-XB2832 - Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU);
- E-XE4236 - International Centre for Environment Audit and Sustainable Development (iCED);
- B-XB1748 - International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS);
- C-XC1800 - International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC);
- C-XC4269 - International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL);
- U-XB2775 - International Union of School and University Health and Medicine (IUSUHM);
- G-XN4895 - Japan-Arab Association;
- U-XF4871 - Mediterranean NGO Forum;
- C-XC4378 - Muslim World League (MWL);
- U-XF3531 - Network of Arab Scientists and Technologists Abroad (ASTA);
- D-XD6337 - Pan Arab Society of Andrological Sciences (PASAS);
- F-XJ3776 - Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM);
- D-XD2745 - Parliamentary Association for Euro-Arab Cooperation (PAEAC);
- F-XF2965 - Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (SII);
- F-XF1408 - Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Librarians (SCECSAL);
- D-XD5575 - Union of Arab Chambers (UAC);
- D-XD8110 - Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA);
- H-XD8220 - Union of Arab Historians (UAH);
- E-XE1386 - Vienna NGO Committee on the Status of Women;
- B-XB2717 - World Family Organization (WFO).
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UIA Org ID
XD2903
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