when jordan joined the arab league its official name was transjordan 
history of the arab leaguethe league was formed in 1945 after the seven founding members signed the alexandria protocol in cairo the previous year 2 the prominent issue at the time was freeing the arab countries that were still under colonial rule cairo was the original headquarters for the league in 1945 that changed in 1979 when it was moved to tunis tunisia the organization revoked egypt s membership after it signed a peace treaty with israel the league reestablished ties with egypt in 1987 and moved its headquarters back to cairo when it was admitted back as a member state in 1989 3the arab league acted decisively and unanimously during the arab spring uprisings in early 2011 by revoking the country s membership that same year it supported united nations un action against then leader muammar gaddafi s forces libya s membership was reinstated later that year after a representative of the national transitional council was installed following gaddafi s removal from office to act as the interim government 3the arab league condemned the islamic state in 2014 and several of its members launched airstrikes against the militant organization 4 in 2011 league passed a resolution to revoke syria s membership due to the government s use of force against civilians though it was later reinstated in 2018 and 2019 the organization called on turkey to withdraw from syria in april 2021 the league called on somalia to hold postponed presidential and parliamentary elections 5one of the original goals of the arab league was to prevent the breakup of palestine via the creation of the jewish state of israel as the organization recognizes palestine as a separate nation the league s position on israel since has been inconsistent in 2019 it denounced israel s plans to annex the jordan valley in february 2020 the league denounced the middle east peace plan put forth by president donald trump s administration saying it does not meet the minimum rights and aspirations of palestinian people 4 however several members seemed to approve of the plan and in september 2020 the league didn t condemn the decision by the united arab emirates to normalize ties with the jewish state one of the arab league s longest lasting and unanimous actions its members economic boycott of israel between 1948 and 1993 6the arab league charterthe charter of the arab league was established on march 22 1945 and is referred to as the pact of the league of arab states it was signed by the leaders of the seven founding member states egypt iraq jordan lebanon saudi arabia syria and yemen as per the agreement the member states aim to strengthen their ties and reinforce their sovereignty 47the pact is composed of 20 articles that outline the goals governance headquarters and the creation of the arab league council it also features what actions must be taken to resolve disputes among members 7there are also annexes on the following issues the arab league councilthe league council is the highest body of the arab league and is composed of representatives of member states typically foreign ministers their representatives or permanent delegates each member state has one vote the council meets twice a year in march and september two or more members may request a special session if they desire the general secretariat manages the daily operations of the league and is headed by the secretary general the general secretariat is the administrative body of the league the executive body of the council and the specialized ministerial councils arab league member conflictsthe arab league s effectiveness and influence have been hampered by divisions among member states during the cold war some members were supportive of the soviet union while others aligned with western nations there has also been rivalry over league leadership especially between egypt and iraq hostilities between monarchies such as saudi arabia jordan and morocco have been disruptive as have the conduct of states that have undergone political change such as egypt under gamal abdel nasser and libya under muammar gaddafi the attack on saddam hussein s iraq by the united states also created significant rifts between members of the arab league resolutions by the council don t have to be unanimously approved by members however because they are binding only on the nations that voted for them no country has to abide by them against its will their effectiveness is somewhat limited often amounting to little more than declarations rather than implemented policies 