Major Arab summits held since the creation of the Arab League in 1946 and the main resolutions:
Enchase, Egypt May 28, 1946: Chaired by King Farouk of Egypt. The Arab League formed by seven states Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, East Jordan and Yemen.
Calls for end to Jewish immigration to Palestine, then under British rule.
Beirut, November 13, 1956: Held in response to tripartite aggression against Egypt.
Calls for withdrawal of enemy armies from Egyptian land. Pledges to support Algerian revolution against the French.
Alexandria, September 5, 1964: The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) established.
Calls for British withdrawal from southern Arabian Peninsula.
Khartoum, August 29, 1967: In response to the June war, it promises no recognition of Israel, no settlement and no peace with Jewish state.
Resumption of oil exports to the United States, Britain and West Germany following a brief boycott during the war because of their military support to Israel.
Algiers, November 26, 1973: Held following the October Arab-Israeli war.
Sets conditions for peace with Israel for the first time.
Riyadh, October 16, 1976: Calls for end to Lebanese fighting which started that year.
Baghdad, November 2, 1978: Only 10 states take part due to disagreement over Egypt's Camp David peace treaty with Israel.
Condemns the Egyptian move and prohibits unilateral peace agreements with Israel.
Amman, November 25, 1980:
Calls for an end to the Iraq- Iran war which started in September.
Fez, September 6, 1982: The King Fahd peace initiative with Israel approved.
Casablanca, May 23, 1989: Egypt rejoins the Arab League after 9 years of boycott. Pledges support for the Palestinian Intifada.
Cairo, August 15, 1990: Condemns Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Decides to send Arab force to Saudi Arabia.
Cairo, October 21, 2000: Pledges support for the second Palestinian Intifada. Creates the $800 million Aqsa Fund to boost the Palestinian economy.
Beirut, March 27, 2002: Approves the Saudi peace initiative which offers for the first time normal ties with Israel in return for full withdrawal from Arab lands occupied in 1967.
Tunis, May 22, 2004: Calls for withdrawal of "foreign forces" from Iraq. Approves an Arab political reform plan.
