The League of Arab States. To where?

In the review position, Qatar apologized for concluding the current session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level, while adhering to its right to chair the next session scheduled for March 2021, after the position moving from the Palestinian Authority, which took over the presidency of the current session of the Arab League on the 9th of this month, which was He is supposed to last six months and he gave up his right to chair the University Council at its current session, after (the Palestinian Authority) was unable to secure the university’s condemnation of the UAE-Israel peace treaty at the League’s meeting at the foreign ministers. However, the Palestinian Authority was quick to assert that “the State of Palestine will not withdraw from the Arab League, nor from any of the regional organizations,” ending the controversy over the issues raised by the Prime Minister’s announcement. Palestinian to start studying “Correcting Palestine’s Relations with the Arab League.” Question on the fate and future of the Arab League.
This year, the League of Arab States celebrated the 75th anniversary of its creation, in which Article 2 of its charter specifies the purpose, affirming the unity of Arab interests and the common Arab destiny by “strengthening the ties between participating countries and coordinating their political plans, in order to achieve cooperation between them and maintain their independence and sovereignty, and to examine the status of the General in the affairs and interests of Arab countries ”, in addition cooperation in economic, cultural, social and other matters. In reality, however, the League did not play a role in the major events which swept through the Arab region since the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in 1990 and the Arab divisions which accompanied this dangerous event, through the American invasion. -British of Iraq in 2003. She was absent amid the unrest< printemps arabe >> which afflicted certain countries. Arabic. Its initiatives have also been lacking in an effective solution to the accumulated crises in Yemen, Libya and Syria, and the Arab crises have been left to the United Nations and to conflicting interests between countries in the region.

Talking about the impact of the Arab-Arab disputes on the results of the League has not stopped since its inception, and this was the most salient aspect of the ineffectiveness of the role of the Arab League. Regional and international actors for different actors, with the persistence of the turmoil in Iraq and Syria, and its extension to the Yemeni and Libyan arenas, and the emergence of regional actors practicing more and more interventions in the arena Arab states, such as Turkey and Iran, which have increased the effectiveness of the League of Arab States and the dependence of certain decisions of its members on regional agendas which have affected the Arab decision.

The reform of the Arab League today cannot be based on old descriptions, such as changing the charter, changing the decision-making mechanism, or changing the institutional and administrative structures of the university. , but rather it must be based on new and practical initiatives which take into account regional variables and take into account the fact that Arab differences exist. Arabic, and the differences and contradictions of interests between members. The survival of the university and the continuation of its sessions, despite its poor political performance during past crises, in addition to the relative success of its technical and specialized institutions, in preserving the idea of ​​joint Arab action, confirms that despite All difficulties, the university is a viable institution, but it must strengthen common frameworks and take initiatives New and progressive that coincide with new international and regional changes and preserve joint Arab action, even if it is minimal.

* From “Al-Ittihad”