United Arab States

United Arab States
اتحاد الدول العربية
1958–1961
Location of United Arab States
Location of United Arab States
CapitalCairo and Sanaa
Common languagesArabic
Religion
Islam
Historical eraArab Cold War
• Established
8 March 1958
• Disestablished
26 December 1961
Preceded by		Succeeded by
United Arab Republic
Kingdom of Yemen
United Arab Republic
Syria
Kingdom of Yemen

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.

A stamp from the Kingdom of Yemen commemorating the United Arab States

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. The confederation was officially dissolved by Nasser on 26 December 1961.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The two had fought a war in 1934, and still shared a partially undemarcated border

References

  1. ↑ Ghanem, Isam (1981). Yemen: Political History, Social Structure and Legal System. Arthur Probsthain. p. 8. ISBN 978-0853820185.
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