Institutions of the Arab League

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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.

Principal institutions

• Council of the Arab League
• Joint Defence and Economic Co-operation Treaty (1950):^[1]

• 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.^[1]

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^[2]

• 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

Bibliography

• Oron, Yitzhak, ed. (1960), Middle East Record, 1, London: George Weidenfeld and Nicholson Limited