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Institutions of the Arab League

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Institutions of the Arab League

The institutions of the Arab League are the permanent and non-permanent decision-making and advisory institutions created by the Charter of the Arab League and other agreements since the Arab League's establishment in 1945.

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Principal institutions

  • Council of the Arab League
  • Joint Defence and Economic Co-operation Treaty (1950):
  • Economic and Social Council of the Arab League
  • Joint Defence Council of the Arab League

    • Other important bodies are the Refugee Office, the Boycott of Israel Office, the Anti-Narcotic Office, and the Information Offices.

    Ministerial councils

  • Council of Arab Ministries of Foreign Affairs
  • Council of Arab Ministries of Information
  • Council of Arab Ministries of Internal Affairs
  • Council of Arab Ministries of Justice
  • Council of Arab Ministries of Infrastructure
  • Council of Arab Ministries of Transportation
  • Council of Arab Ministries of Environment
  • Council of Arab Ministries of Communications
  • Council of Arab Ministries of Electricity
  • Council of Arab Ministries of Tourism
  • Council of Arab Ministries of Social Affairs
  • Council of Arab Ministries of Sports and Youth
  • Council of Arab Ministries of Health

    • Military

    Subsidiary to the Joint Defence Council of the Arab League:

  • Permanent Military Committee (representatives of the Arab military)
  • Chiefs-of-staff Advisory Committee
  • Joint Arab Command (proposed 1961)
  • United Arab Command (created 1964; de facto dissolved following 1967 Six-Day War)

    • Economic

    Subsidiary to the Economic and Social Council of the Arab League:

  • Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
  • Council of Arab Economic Unity
  • Greater Arab Free Trade Area
  • Arab Customs Union
  • Arab Economic and Social Development summits

    • Cultural

  • Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization
  • Institute of Arab Research and Studies
  • Arab Centre for Arabization, Translation, Authorship and Publication
  • Arabization Coordination Bureau
  • Institute of Arab Manuscripts
  • International Institute for the Arabic Language, Khartoum

    • References

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