Institutions of the Arab League explained

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

Notes and References

1. Oron 1960: 123
2. Web site: ALECSO organs abroad . ALECSO . . 2008-05-23 . 2010-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110110173807/http://www.alecso.org.tn/lng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=16&lang=en . 2011-01-10 . dead .