United Arab States
Confederation in the Middle East (1958–1961)
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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.
United Arab States اتحاد الدول العربية | |||||||||||||||
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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 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
- 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
- The two had fought a war in 1934, and still shared a partially undemarcated border
