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Origin. The League of Arab States (often referred to as the Arab League) is a voluntary association of sovereign Arab states, established by a Pact signed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 by the representatives of Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Yemen. It seeks to promote closer ties among member states and to co-ordinate their economic, cultural and security policies with a view to developing collective co-operation, protecting national security and maintaining the independence and sovereignty of member states, in order to enhance the potential for joint Arab action across all fields.
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Bouhamidi, Soumia, The Role of the League of Arab States: Mediating and Resolving Arab-Arab Conflicts. 2011
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Salem, Ahmed Ali, International Relations Theories and Organizations: Realism, Constructivism, and Collective Security in the League of Arab States. 2008
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Turner, B. (2013). League of Arab States. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-59643-0_105
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