IntroductionThe League of Arab States is called the Arab League. The Arab League was established on March 22, 1945 in Cairo, Egypt. The League started with six member states, namely Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Transjordan (today known as Jordan). Yemen later joined on May 5, 1945. It is a regional organization that today has 22 states located in and around North Africa and Southwest Asia. Each country has one vote on the council. However, Syria has been suspended since 2011 due to the ongoing civil war and government repression. The supreme body of the League is the Council, composed of representatives of the member states, usually foreign ministers, their representatives or permanent delegates. Each member state has one vote, regardless of its size. The council meets twice a year, in March and September, and can meet formally in extraordinary session at the request of two members. On a daily basis, the league is managed by the general secretariat. Headed by a Secretary General, it is the administrative body of the League and the executive body of the council and specialized ministerial councils.NarrativeThe main objective of the Arab League is to "bring closer relations between member states and coordinate their policies. activities with the aim of achieving close collaboration between them to safeguard their independence and sovereignty and generally consider the affairs and interests of the Arab countries. According to the Arab League Charter, Article II states that it also examines economic and financial affairs, including trade relations, customs and currency, as well as the question of agriculture. Meanwhile, in communications, this includes railways, roads, aviation, shipping...... middle of paper ... growth and unification of markets of different nations as such to remain competitive with the rest of the world. Unfortunately, the Arab League has not been able to match or replicate similar successes. Although it was initially created to improve the economy, one of its main motivations, the league was drawn into political instability within its member countries. Much criticism is being leveled as the league continues to struggle with disunity and dysfunction. Although it reached consensus on the Arab Peace Initiative in 2002, the League failed to coordinate its policies on the 1990 Gulf War as well as the 2003 Iraq War. suggested Mohamad Bazi, an award-winning Lebanese-American journalist, on the Arab League, "Short-term prospects are limited, and in the medium term it depends on factors beyond the control of the League, in the individual states." (Masters, 2012)