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Annex : Internati<strong>on</strong>al Organizati<strong>on</strong>s created around Linguistic Affinity<br />

Groupings Members Establishment Main Objectives Main Programmes<br />

devoted<br />

to Languages<br />

League of Arab<br />

States<br />

Arab League<br />

Educati<strong>on</strong>,<br />

Scientific<br />

and Cultural<br />

Organizati<strong>on</strong><br />

(ALECSO)<br />

22 Member States:<br />

Algeria,<br />

Bahrain,<br />

Comoros,<br />

Djibouti,<br />

Egypt,<br />

Iraq,<br />

Jordan,<br />

Kuwait,<br />

Leban<strong>on</strong>,<br />

Libya,<br />

Mauritania,<br />

Morocco,<br />

Oman,<br />

Palestine,<br />

Qatar,<br />

Saudi Arabia,<br />

Somalia,<br />

Sudan,<br />

Syria,<br />

Tunisia,<br />

United Arab<br />

Emirates,<br />

Yemen<br />

22 March 1945<br />

25 July 1970<br />

- Voluntary associati<strong>on</strong><br />

of independent<br />

countries whose<br />

peoples are mainly<br />

Arabic speaking.<br />

- The Organizati<strong>on</strong>s’<br />

main goal is to draw<br />

closer the relati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

between member<br />

States and co-ordinate<br />

collaborati<strong>on</strong><br />

between them, to<br />

safeguard their<br />

independence and<br />

sovereignty, and to<br />

c<strong>on</strong>sider in a general<br />

way the affairs<br />

and interests of the<br />

Arab countries.<br />

Its stated purposes<br />

are to strengthen<br />

ties am<strong>on</strong>g the<br />

member states,<br />

coordinate their<br />

policies, and promote<br />

their comm<strong>on</strong><br />

interests.<br />

- voluntary associati<strong>on</strong><br />

of independent<br />

countries whose<br />

peoples are mainly<br />

Arabic speaking. Its<br />

stated purposes are<br />

to strengthen ties<br />

am<strong>on</strong>g the member<br />

states, coordinate<br />

their policies, and<br />

promote their comm<strong>on</strong><br />

interests.<br />

- The Arab League is<br />

involved in political,<br />

ec<strong>on</strong>omic, cultural,<br />

and social programmes<br />

designed<br />

to promote the<br />

interests of member<br />

states.<br />

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