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The Arab League (League of Arab States) The Arab League (League of Arab States)
Founded: 22 March 1945
Administrative Center: Cairo, Egypt
Secretary-General: Nabil el-Araby
Website: Arab League Onlilne
Sudan and South Sudan
- Sudan joined the Arab League 19 January 1956, ten days after independence from Anglo-Egyptian rule.
- South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan on 9 July 2012, has the option to join the Arab League.
Membership:
- Suspended from Mar 1979 to May 1989.
- Merged with Egypt to form United Arab Republic 22 Feb 1958; seceded from U.A.R. 28 Sep 1961 and rejoined Arab League 28 Oct 1961. Suspended from 16 Nov 2011.
- From 1949 Jordan.
- Yemen (Aden) and Yemen (Sana) united in 1990.
- Libya announced its withdrawal 24 Oct 2002; this would be effective one year later; Libya canceled (16 Jan 2003), reaffirmed (3 Apr 2003), and again canceled (25 May 2003) the decision to withdraw.
- Syria was suspended in November 2011 over its disproportionate violence against regime opponents and activists during the Arab Spring.
Secretary-Generals
- 1 Jul 2011 - Present | Nabil el-Araby | Egypt | b. 1935
- 15 May 2001 - 1 Jul 2011 | Amr Moussa | Egypt | b. 1936
- 15 May 1991 - 15 May 2001 | Esmat Abdel Meguid | Egypt | b. 1923
- Sep 1990 - 15 May 1991 | Assad al-Assad (acting) | Lebanon | b. 1920
- Mar 1979 - Sep 1990 | Chedli Klibi | Tunisia | b. 1925
- 1 Jun 1972 - Mar 1979 | Mahmoud Riad | Egypt | b. 1917 - d. 1992
- Sep 1952 - 1 Jun 1972 | Abdel Khaliq Hassuna | Egypt | b. 1898 - d. 1992
- 22 Mar 1945 - Sep 1952 | Abdel Rahman Azzam (from 27 Dec 1945, Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha) | Egypt | b. 1893 - d. 1976
Links / Sources
- Thursday 11 January 2007
Jan 11, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese authorities have arrested a dozen pro-Saddam Hussein supporters who demonstrated against the ousted Iraqi leader’s execution, a member of the Baath Party in this capital said Thursday.
Seventeen others (...)
- Sunday 7 February 2010
February 6, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — The Arab League slammed on Saturday the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to reconsider genocide charge against Sudanese President Omer al- Bashir terming it as "unacceptable."
"This action (...)
- Thursday 21 February 2013
February 20, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – Egypt intends to soon ratify the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and utilise a loophole that allows it to avoid apprehending Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir, an (...)
- Friday 25 March 2011
March 23, 2011 (WASHINGTON) – The Sudanese government has been quietly cooperating with an international coalition enforcing the No-Fly Zone (NFZ) over neighboring Libya, diplomats at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) told (...)
- Sunday 13 November 2011
November 12, 2011 (WASHINGTON) – The Syrian ambassador to the Arab League Yussef al-Ahmad on Saturday lashed out at the Sudanese government for approving a resolution suspending his country’s membership in the Pan-Arab body. Yussef (...)
- Wednesday 14 November 2012
November 14, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — After refusing to renew a deal signed with tripartite initiative members, the Sudanese government reiterated its commitment to cooperate with the international community to deliver humanitarian assistance (...)
- Sunday 3 June 2012
June 2, 2012 (KHARTIOUM) — The Arab League announced its full solidarity with Sudan in its dispute with South Sudan and welcomed the resumption talks between the two parties under the auspices of the African Union mediation team. Arab (...)
- Thursday 10 September 2009
September 9, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – The leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas who is visiting Sudan said today his group produces and smuggles weapons. Khaled Meshal, leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas (Reuters) (...)
- Monday 1 November 2004
KHARTOUM, Nov 1 (AFP) — The mother of a Sudanese hostage in Iraq appealed to his captors on Monday, saying her son only worked for US-led troops to feed his family, originally from Sudan’s conflict-ridden Darfur region. A video (...)
- Monday 29 December 2008
December 29, 2008 (DOHA) – A French-Libyan born counsel registered at the International Criminal Court (ICC) was threatened this week by the deputy Secretary General of the Arab lawyers syndicate during a talk show discussing (...)
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