Established in 1957 by the Economic Council of the Arab League, it has its headquarters at Cairo, Egypt. The first meeting of the Council was held in 1964.Its members are; Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Somalia, Jordan, Sudan, Kuwait, Syria, Libya, United Arab Emirates, Mauritania, Yemen. It has a Council, General Secretariat and Committees The Council undertakes to co-ordinate measures leading to a customs union subject to a unified administration; conduct market and commodity studies; assist with the unification of statistical terminology and methods of data collection; conduct studies for the formation of new joint Arab companies and federations; and to formulate specific programmes for agricultural and industrial Co-ordination and for improving road and railway networks.
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