Joint Defence Council (Arab League)
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The Joint Defence Council of the Arab League is an institution
of the Arab League
established under the terms of the Joint Defence and Economic Co-operation Treaty
(1950) to co-ordinate the joint defence
of the Arab League.
Institutions of the Arab League
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:...
of the Arab League
Arab League
The Arab League , officially called the League of Arab States , is a regional organisation of Arab states in North and Northeast Africa, and Southwest Asia . It was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan , Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Yemen joined as a...
established under the terms of the Joint Defence and Economic Co-operation Treaty
Joint Defence and Economic Co-operation Treaty
The Treaty of Joint Defence and Economic Co-operation of the League of Arab States is a treaty among the member-states of the Arab League signed on 18 June 1950 in Cairo, Egypt....
(1950) to co-ordinate the joint defence
Collective security
Collective security can be understood as a security arrangement, regional or global, in which each state in the system accepts that the security of one is the concern of all, and agrees to join in a collective response to threats to, and breaches of, the peace...
of the Arab League.