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Gulf Cooperation Council

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), officially Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, organization (est. 1981) promoting stability and economic cooperation among Persian Gulf nations. Its members are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. In 1991 the GCC countries joined with Egypt and Syria to create a regional peacekeeping force. An aid fund was also established to promote development in Arab states; it was used to help liberate Kuwait in 1991. In 2003 GCC members eliminated tariffs on trade between member nations and established common external... Read more

Gulf Cooperation Council
...meets twice a year. Its administrative structure includes a supreme council, a council of foreign ministers, an arbitration commission, and a general secretariat. Gulf Cooperation Council Gulf Cooperation Council Gulf Cooperation Council Read more

Abdullah Yaccoub Bishara
...responsibilities as secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council in 1981. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) had been formed on May 26, 1981...endorsed the idea of establishing the Gulf Cooperation Council, which would have as its primary objective... Read more

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	Oil fuels a boom.(Gulf Cooperation Council countries benefit from increased oil revenues) ; For Gulf Cooperation Council countries, the recent rise in oil...recovery was music to the ears of Gulf governments. While efforts to diversify...in the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar... Read more
	U.S.-GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL JOINT STATEMENT ; ...0000 Members of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the United States...Resolutions, including full cooperation with the ICRC concerning...Iraq to account for Gulf War prisoners and detainees...East based on Security Council Resolutions 242 and... Read more
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	GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL-PLUS-TWO MINISTERIAL JOINT STATEMENT ; ...following the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council)-Plus-Two ministerial...Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Egypt, Jordan...East including the Gulf region are critical...their long-standing cooperation against such threats... Read more
	Special report: consultation and consensus in Kuwait: the 18th GCC summit. (Gulf Cooperation Council) ; ...president and CEO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, is...invited to attend each of the Gulf Cooperation Council's annual summits since the...Council session of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states -- Bahrain, Kuwait... Read more
	THE GCC AND IRAQ.(Gulf Cooperation Council) ; ...countries comprising the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Oman...Iraq since the second Gulf crisis of August 1990...represented in U.N. Security Council Resolutions. The understanding...regional power in the Gulf, all major internal... Read more
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