By Manal Abdel Fattah
A meeting of the Council of the League of Arab States was held at the level of permanent delegates in its extraordinary session to discuss Israeli crimes and plans against the Palestinian people, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat, headed by Ambassador Mohamed Ait and Ali – Permanent Representative to the League of Arab States to the Kingdom of Morocco (current presidency of the League Council, D. 160 ) In the presence of Ambassador Dr. Saeed Abu Ali – Assistant Secretary-General, Head of the Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories Sector, and distinguished permanent delegates and heads of delegations, based on the request of the State of Palestine and the support of all member states.
In another context, the economic sector organized the (15th) meeting of the committee of legal experts concerned with developing the dispute settlement regulations within the framework of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area, in implementation of the decisions of the Economic and Social Council, which directed the need for the committee to quickly complete the update of the dispute settlement mechanism as soon as possible, during The period is January 22-24, 2024 at the headquarters of the General Secretariat.
The Committee updates the regulations for settling commercial disputes within the framework of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area, which was approved by Economic and Social Council Resolution No. 1317 – Let. 59 dated 2/19/1997, and in particular what was stipulated in the sixth regarding the settlement of disputes, “In line with Article Thirteen of the Agreement to Facilitate and Develop Trade Exchange between Arab Countries, the Committee shall have jurisdiction over all issues related to the application of the Agreement to Facilitate and Develop Trade Exchange among Arab Countries, as well as any Disagreement over the application of this program, to keep pace with developments in global trade, mainly in the multilateral trading system in this regard. This regulation is also concerned with dealing with all disputes arising from the application of the Agreement on Facilitation and Development of Trade Exchange and its executive program.
