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General Secretariat
  • Department of Arms Control & Disarmament
Missions - Targets

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    The organizational structure of the Arms Control and Disarmament Department and its mission:

    The Arms Control and Regional Security Department, through its various sectors, performs the following joint tasks:

    1. Follow up and monitor changes in the regional and international arena.

    2. Raise the issues affecting Arab national security to the League Council, whether at the ministerial level or at the summit level, to take the appropriate decision.

    3. Consultation and exchange of views with Arab countries to bring the views closer to reach a unified Arab position.

    4. Study and analyze regional and international accords to determine their pros and cons.

    5. Conduct research and hold meetings to connect disarmament issues with issues of human, regional and Arab security, and human development.

    6. Participate in relevant regional and international meetings.

    7. Organize meetings and seminars for Arab countries on disarmament.

    8. Contact relevant regional and international organisations to exchange information and expertise.

     

    1. Department of Weapons of Mass Destruction

    The department follows up on recent developments with regard to the three weapons of mass destruction (nuclear weapons, chemical weapons and biological weapons) through participation in international forums to coordinate Arab positions on relevant agreements and treaties.

    2. Department of Conventional Weapons

    The department follows up on recent developments regarding conventional weapons, in particular small arms and light weapons, anti-personnel mines, cluster munitions, and the Arms Trade Treaty. The department comprises the "regional focal point on small arms and light weapons".

    3. Department of Cooperation with International Organizations and Civil Society

    The department is concerned with communicating with international organizations, such as the Non-Aligned Movement, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, international and regional governmental and non-governmental organizations, and research centers that play an important role and influence decision-makers in the field of disarmament.​

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    The Arms Control and Disarmament Department is meant to preserve Arab positions, rights and gains with regard to the issues of arms control and disarmament in international and regional forums by working to bring together and formulate common Arab positions and develop action plans in relevant international forums in order to:

    - Achieve strategic and military balance in the Middle East through arms control and disarmament instead of enduring arms races.

    - Preserve the priorities set by the international community in the field of disarmament and approved in the first special session on disarmament in 1978. The priorities are the disarmament of nuclear weapons, other weapons of mass destruction, and conventional weapons.

    - Emphasize the fundamental right to self-defense, whether individually or collectively, in accordance with the provisions of Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations.

    - Stress the right of each country to produce, export and import conventional weapons and keep them in order to meet its self-defense needs and ensure security in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.

    - Emphasize the right of all peoples to self-determination, with special regard to the situation of people's subject to colonialism or other forms of foreign domination or foreign occupation, and recognize the right of peoples to legitimate action in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations to realize their right to self-determination.​

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