United Arab States
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United Arab States اتحاد الدول العربية | ||||||||||||||
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| 1958–1961 | ||||||||||||||
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| Capital | Cairo and Sanaa | |||||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic | |||||||||||||
| Religion | Islam | |||||||||||||
| Historical era | Arab Cold War | |||||||||||||
• Established | 8 March 1958 | |||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 26 December 1961 | |||||||||||||
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The United Arab States (UAS, Arabic: اتحاد الدول العربية) was a short-lived confederation between the United Arab Republic and the Kingdom of Yemen from 1958 to 1961.
The United Arab Republic was a sovereign state formed by the union of Egypt and Syria in 1958. The same year, the Kingdom of Yemen, which had already signed a defense pact with Egypt, entered a loose confederation with the UAR called the United Arab States on 8 March. One reason for this decision was because North Yemen had felt threatened by its considerably larger and more powerful northern neighbor Saudi Arabia[a] and saw the confederation as a source of security.[1] However, unlike the constituent countries of the United Arab Republic, North Yemen remained an independent sovereign state, maintaining its UN membership and separate embassies throughout the whole period of confederation.[2]
Neither the union nor the confederation fulfilled their role as vehicles of pan-Arabism or Arab nationalism, resulting in its dissolution.[citation needed] The confederation was officially dissolved by Nasser on 26 December 1961.[2]
See also
[edit]- Arab League (1972–present), a regional organisation with 22 members.
- Arab Federation, a confederation between Iraq and Jordan (1958)
- United Arab Republic, a union of Egypt and Syria (1958–1961)
- Federation of Arab Republics, a confederation of Egypt, Libya and Syria (1972–1977)
- Union of Arab Republics, a proposed union of Egypt, Iraq and Syria (1972)
- Arab Islamic Republic, a proposed union of Libya and Tunisia (1974)
Notes
[edit]- ↑ The two had fought a war in 1934, and still shared a partially undemarcated border
References
[edit]- ↑ Ghanem, Isam (1981). Yemen: Political History, Social Structure and Legal System. Arthur Probsthain. p. 8. ISBN 978-0853820185.
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External links
[edit]- The Charter of the United Arab States. in Basic Documents of the Arab Unifications. p. 21.
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