United Arab States

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الدول العربية المتحدة
ad-Duwal al-ʿArabiyya al-Muttaḥida
United Arab States
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Egypt 1952Egypt Egypt Syria Yemen
Syria 1932Syria 
Yemen Kingdom 1927Yemen  		↔
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↔ 		Egypt Syria Kingdom of YemenUnited Arab RepublicUnited Arab Republic
Syria 1961Syria
Yemen Kingdom 1927Yemen
Official language Arabic
Capital Hudaida (seat of the Federation Council)
Form of government confederacy
Residents 37 million
surface 1,381,629 km²
Members
Existence period  From 1958 to 1961
Location of the United Arab States

The United Arab States ( VAS , Arabic الدول العربية المتحدة, DMG ad-Duwal al-ʿArabiyya al-Muttaḥida ) were a loose confederation of the United Arab Republic (VAR) consisting of Egypt and Syria with the Kingdom of Yemen ( Northern Yemen ).

Shortly after Egypt and Syria united to form the United Arab Republic in February 1958 , North Yemen joined the new state as a confederate partner on March 8, 1958, creating the United Arab States . Other states should be able to join. Iraq's Prime Minister Qasim was urged in July 1958 by his deputy Arif and the Syrian Ba'ath chief Aflaq to join the VAR immediately, while the Communists who supported Qasim were at best ready to negotiate about joining the VAS at a later date. However, the accession negotiations failed in 1959.

The coordination of economy, trade and foreign policy was planned. The Supreme Council was formed as the highest body of the VAS, made up of six representatives from Yemen and six VAR representatives.

Yemen's Crown Prince al-Badr between Egyptian and Syrian Presidents Nasser (left) and Quwatli (right), whom he congratulated on the founding of the VAR in Damascus in February 1958
Iraq's Prime Minister Qasim (center) and his deputy Arif (left next to Qasim) negotiated with Ba'ath chief Aflaq (seated, right on the edge) until 1959 about Iraq's accession

The Supreme Council only met initially. The feudal kingdom opposed the socialist reforms of the republic. When Egypt, in the absence of Imam Ahmad ibn Yahya for a cure in Italy, became involved in the power struggles between him and his son Muhammad al-Badr , who was appointed regent, Yemeni-Egyptian relations deteriorated from the summer of 1959. In June 1960 the Imam returned the Yemeni representatives from the Federation Council.

After the United Arab Republic broke up in September 1961 , the Yemeni king wrote a mock poem on Nasser's socialism in December, which in fact meant Yemen's withdrawal from the confederation. Nasser then formally dissolved the United Arab States .

The United Arab States were one of many attempts in Arab unity , after the overthrow of the king (1962) there was a renewed attempt at unification between the UAR (Egypt) and the newly founded North Yemeni Republic ( UAR of 1963 or United Political Leadership ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marion and Peter Sluglett: Iraq since 1958 - From Revolution to Dictatorship , pages 65–71 and 74 and 303, respectively. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt 1991

literature

  • Lothar Rathmann (ed.): History of the Arabs - From the beginnings to the present , Volume 6. Akademie-Verlag Berlin 1983
  • Günther Barthel and Günther Nötzold (eds.): The Arab countries - an economic geographic representation . Haack Gotha 1987
  • Gustav Fochler-Hauke: Der Fischer Weltalmanach 1962, page 176. Frankfurt / Main 1961
  • Peter Sager: Cairo and Moscow in Arabia , page 57.SOI publishing house (Swiss East Institute), 1967
  • Peter Meyer-Ranke: The Red Pharaoh , page 292. C. Wegner, Michigan 1964
  • Ralf Dreyer: The Arab Republic of Yemen - on the constitution and administration of a developing country , page 90. Brockmeyer, Bochum 1983
  • Robin Leonard Bidwell : Dictionary of Modern Arab History , p. 431. London / New York 1998