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[]

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:

Cultural[]

  • 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[]

  1. ^ a b Oron 1960: 123
  2. ^ "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[]

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