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Article: Looking ahead; A new vision for the Arab League.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 26, 2004
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Byline: Hussein Hassouna, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
As the Arab League and its 22 member states celebrated the 59th anniversary of the Arab regional organization on Monday, questions were being raised throughout the Arab world and beyond about its potential revitalized role in dealing with regional and world challenges. These core issues will most certainly be debated at the forthcoming Arab League Summit in Tunis today.
Critics of the league have pointed to its internal divisions, its outdated structures and mechanisms, its failure to ensure implementation of its resolutions, its bureaucracy and financial crises and its inability to deal ...