When the Arab League Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization was founded in 1970, the number of member states participating in the General Conference was just eight. Since then and by the year 2002, the total number of member states has become 22, ordered by date of joining the Organization, as follows:

  Flags    Membership        Member States                                              
                             Year 
        1970              Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
       1970              Algerian Democratic and Popular Republic
       1970              Republic of Sudan
       1970              Syrian Arab Republic
       1970              Republic of Iraq
       1970                State of Kuwait
       1970              Great Arab Libyan Popular and Socialist Jamahiriya
       1970              Arab Republic of Egypt
       1970              Republic of Yemen
       1971              Kingdom of Bahrain
       1971              State of Palestine
       1971              State of Qatar
       1972              State of the United Arab Emirates
       1972              Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
       1973              Sultanate of Oman
       1974              Republic of Tunisia
       1975              Islamic Republic of Mauritania
       1976              Kingdom of Morocco
       1976              Democratic Republic of Somalia
       1978              Republic of Djibouti
       1985              Republic of Lebanon
       2002              Union of Comoros