The Arab Organization was established for persons with disabilities on 3 November (November 1998), following the conclusion of the work of the founding conference of the gathering of Arab disabled associations under the theme "Towards an Arab decade for the disabled", which was held in the Great Hall of the Arab League in Cairo from November 13 ( November) 1998. the conference commenced its operations on the first of November (November 1998), under the auspices of his Excellency the Secretary General of the Arab League (at the time) Dr. Esmat Abdel Meguid represented by the Assistant Secretary-General for social Affairs, Mr. Daw Ali Sweidan in the presence of ministers of Arab affairs for Egypt , Palestine, Lebanon, and a number of ambassadors of Arab countries, And with the participation of associations representing disabled from Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Bahrain, Jordan, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Oman, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates in addition to prominent people with disabilities from Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
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