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
[edit]Other important bodies are the Refugee Office, the Boycott of Israel Office, the Anti-Narcotic Office, and the Information Offices.[1]
Ministerial councils
[edit]- 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ a b Oron 1960: 123
- ^ "ALECSO organs abroad". ALECSO. Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization. 2008-05-23. Archived from the original on 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
Bibliography
[edit]- Oron, Yitzhak, ed. (1960), Middle East Record, vol. 1, London: George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited