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The Arab League was established in 1945 with 7 founding states, and today the League has 22 members. The League witnessed 11 enlargements, with the largest in 1971 with four members of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf joining the League. ==Future enlargements== Only four Arabic-speaking countries remain outside of the League - Eritrea, Chad, Turkey and Israel. Additionally, there are also two other Arabic-speaking states with limited recognition - Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Somaliland - but their disputed status, being claimed by League members Morocco and Somalia respectively, makes their membership unlikely for the foreseeable future. Due to a clause in the Charter of the Arab League that accords the right of territories that have splintered off from an Arab League member state to join the organization,〔(South Sudan “entitled to join Arab League” )〕 the nascent South Sudan has been assured full membership in the Arab League should the country's government choose to seek it. Alternatively, the nation could opt for observer status. To be considered for membership, Eritrea needs to improve its relations with other neighboring members of the organization, including Djibouti, Sudan and Somalia. Chad's candidacy was endorsed by the Egyptian government under Hosni Mubarak in 2010 Chad applied for membership on March 25 2014. Israel could qualify for membership, as it uses Arabic as an official language (around 20% of the population is Israeli Arabs, and another 30-40% is believed to have at least a passive knowledge of Judeo-Arabic languages). However, given the Arab League's boycott of Israel over the Arab–Israeli conflict, and the lack of diplomatic relations between Israel and the majority of Arab League member states, Israel is unlikely to join the organisation in the near future. A representative of the South Sudanese administration indicated that South Sudan would not be joining the League since the government believes that the territory does not meet the pre-conditions necessary for inclusion; specifically, that "the League requires that the countries must be Arabic speaking countries that consider Arabic language the main language of the nation; on top of that, the league also requires that the people of that particular country must believe that they are actually Arabs. The people of Southern Sudan are not of Arabic origin, so I don’t think there will be anybody in Southern Sudan who will consider joining the Arab league".〔(Southern Sudan Will Not Join The Arab League Of States )〕 Nevertheless, South Sudan submitted an application for membership on 25 March 2014, which is still pending.〔https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/africa/10509-south-sudan-and-chad-apply-to-join-the-arab-league〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Enlargement of the Arab League」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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