List of Arab organizations explained

Below is a list of Arab organizations by area of interest.

Cultural organizations

• Arab States Broadcasting Union^[1]
• Arab Chess Federation

Economic organizations

• Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization
• Arab Monetary Fund
• Arab Organization for Industrialization
• Council of Arab Economic Unity
• Greater Arab Free Trade Area – a treaty made by several Arab countries to make an Arab Common Market. The treaty was signed in 1997.
• Gulf Cooperation Council – a minor Arab organization, concerned with economic cooperation, It includes all Arab Persian Gulf states except Iraq. Yemen and Iraq are both possible members of the organization.
• Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Educational organizations

• Arab Open University
• Association of Arab Universities
• Association of Arab and European Universities
• Fawakih

Political organizations

• Arab League – an organization that includes 22 members and 2 observers, and concentrates mainly on Political issues rather than Economical and Social ones.
• Arab Maghreb Union – a minor Arab organization that includes, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia. The organization was affected greatly in its sufficiency by the ongoing conflict in Western Sahara.

Scientific organizations

• Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Sports organizations

• Pan Arab Games
• Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA)

See also

• List of Arab companies

Notes and References

1. Web site: مرحبا بكم في موقع اتحــاد إذاعــات الـدول العـربيــة - ASBU.net . July 28, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090831102600/http://www.asbu.net/www/ar/home.asp . August 31, 2009 .
2. Web site: AFED home page . Afedonline.org . 2016-04-28.
3. Web site: Environment and Development Magazine . Afedmag.com . 2008-05-29 . 2016-04-28.
4. Web site: afed-ecoschool.org . afed-ecoschool.org . 2016-04-28.
5. Web site: AFED Arab Forum for Environment and Development . . 24 April 2016 .