# 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

* Council of the Arab League
* Joint Defence and Economic Co-operation Treaty (1950):
   * 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.

## 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
   * 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