• Economic Affairs
  • Department of Arab Organisations & Unions
Missions - Targets
  • Divisions of the Department of Arab Organizations and Unions:

    Specialized Arab Organizations Division.

    Arab Unions and Joint Arab Enterprises Division.

    The Department undertakes the following tasks:

    Follow-up on issues and affairs of joint Arab action institutions (organizations, unions, enterprises and funding institutions).

    Acting as the Technical Secretariat of:

    The Committee of Coordination and Follow-up of the Economic and Social Council

    The Higher Coordinating Committee for Joint Arab Action.

    The annual meeting of the specialized  Arab Unions in cooperation with the Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU).

    Follow-up on the establishment of new Arab institutions within the framework of the League of Arab States, (organizations, Ministerial Councils and subsidiary organs).

    Coordinate and cooperate with specialized Arab organizations and unions, follow-up on their activities, review their programs and projects and make proposals thereof.

    Preparing studies and researches of the joint Arab action organizations.

    Represent the Arab League Secretariat General in meetings of specialized Arab organizations, unions, companies and civil society organizations, make and submit reports to concerned authorities.

    Follow up on preparing and printing of the rules and regulations and standardized models of specialized Arab organizations, and updating data and basic information thereon.

    Increasing the effectiveness of civil society organizations participation in meetings of the Economic and Social Council and its organs.

    Preparing and follow-up on the data and information of the League of Arab States website concerning joint Arab action organizations.


  • Acting as the Technical Secretariat of the Higher Coordinating Committee of the joint Arab action and the Committee of Coordination and follow-up of the Economic and Social Council,  following up on the work of specialized Arab organizations, joint Arab action institutions and the Arab unions at the Secretariat General, participating permanently in major meetings of specialized Arab organizations, in implementation of the Economic and Social Council resolutions which emphasize the importance of the Department's participation in all meetings of Arab organizations, and to submit  periodic reports thereon to the Economic and Social Council which is considered the national term of reference of the joint Arab action institutions that supervising specialized Arab organizations and members of the Higher Coordinating Committee of the joint Arab action, according to the Treaty of Joint Defense and Economic Cooperation between the Arab League Member States and pursuant to Article III of the Rules of Procedure of the Economic and Social Council.


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