League of Arab States

League of Arab States جامعة الدول العربية Jāmiʻat ad-Duwal al-ʻArabīyah
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Administrative center	Cairo, Egypt a
Official languages	Arabic
Demonym	Arabs
Type	Regional organization
Members	22 states  Algeria  Bahrain  Comoros  Djibouti  Egypt  Iraq  Jordan  Kuwait  Lebanon  Libya  Mauritania  Morocco  Oman  Palestine  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  Somalia  Sudan  Tunisia  United Arab Emirates  Yemen  Syria (suspended)
Leaders
• Arab League Secretariat	Ahmed Aboul Gheit
• Arab Parliament	Ali Al-Daqbaashi
• Council Presidency	Lebanon
Legislature	Arab Parliament
Establishment
•	22 March 1945
Area
• Total area	13,132,327 km2 (5,070,420 sq mi)
Population
• 2015 estimate	423,000,000
• Density	27.17/km2 (70.4/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$6.484 trillion (4th)
• Per capita	$9,347
GDP (nominal)	2011 estimate
• Total	$3.526 trillion
• Per capita	$4,239
Currency	21 (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)
Website www.LasPortal.org
From 1979 to 1989, Tunis, Tunisia. Suspended. The Syrian National Coalition currently represents Syria.

The Arab League (Arabic: الجامعة العربية‎‎ al-Jāmiʻah al-ʻArabīyah), formally the League of Arab States (Arabic: جامعة الدول العربية‎‎ Jāmiʻat ad-Duwal al-ʻArabīyah), is a regional organization of Arab countries in and around North Africa, the Horn of Africa and Arabia. It was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 with six members: Kingdom of Egypt, Kingdom of Iraq, Transjordan (renamed Jordan in 1949), Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.Yemen joined as a member on 5 May 1945. Currently, the League has 22 members, but Syria's participation has been suspended since November 2011, as a consequence of government repression during the Syrian Civil War.

The League's main goal is to "draw closer the relations between member States and co-ordinate collaboration between them, to safeguard their independence and sovereignty, and to consider in a general way the affairs and interests of the Arab countries".

Through institutions, such as the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) and the Economic and Social Council of the Arab League's Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU), the Arab League facilitates political, economic, cultural, scientific, and social programmes designed to promote the interests of the Arab world. It has served as a forum for the member states to coordinate their policy positions, to deliberate on matters of common concern, to settle some Arab disputes and to limit conflicts such as the 1958 Lebanon crisis. The League has served as a platform for the drafting and conclusion of many landmark documents promoting economic integration. One example is the Joint Arab Economic Action Charter, which outlines the principles for economic activities in the region.