Council of the Arab League

The Council of the Arab League (Arabic: مجلس جامعة الدول العربية‎‎ / ISO 233: Majlis Jāmiʻat ad-Duwal al-ʻArabiyya) (also the Arab League Council) is the principal institution of the Arab League^[1] and was created by article 3 of the Charter of the Arab League.

Organisation

The Charter states that the Council is to be composed of representatives, as necessary heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers,^[2] from the Arab League member states, each of which shall have a single vote irrespective of the number of representatives.

The presidency of the Council rotates among member states and the secretary-general is appointed by two-thirds majority.^[1]

The Council has seven special committees:^[1]

• Political
• Economic
• Communications
• Cultural
• Legal
• Social
• Health

References

1. Oron 1960: 123
2. Osmańczyk 2003: 1290

Bibliography

• Osmańczyk, Edmund Jan (2003), "League of Arab States", in Mango, Anthony, Encyclopedia of the United Nations and international agreements, 2 (3 ed.), New York: Routledge
• Oron, Yitzhak, ed. (1960), Middle East Record, 1, London: George Weidenfeld and Nicholson Limited