A work paper for the economic unity council before the Arab summit

The 9th economic unity council of the Arab league has prepared a work paper to be submitted before the Arab summit conference to be convened in Amman on March 27. The work paper is concentrating on two pillars.

The first relates to joint Arab economic work and the second is on the Afro-Arab work.

The secretary general of the economic unity council Ahmad Jweili said that the first pillar is based on the economic unity agreement between the Arab league (AL) member states, agreed upon by the economic council in its fourth session held on 3.7. 1957 which stated that the Arab states has agreed to maintain a full economic unity among themselves.

Jweili added that the first pillar included four important strategies dealt that deals with Arab economic integration; revitalizing the common Arab market and the World trade organizations as well as the strategy of enhancing the role played by the private sector in development.