We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of Royal Decree 26/75 Issuing the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State and its amendments,
Article 8 of the Joint Defence and Economic Co-operation Treaty Between the States of the Arab League, as amended by the Council of the League of Arab States Decision 3552 dated 29 March 1977, pursuant to which the economic and social council was established,
and the protocol issued on 26 March 1959 relating to the conferral of legal personality on the mentioned economic council,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
The mentioned amended article 8 of the Joint Defence Treaty, pursuant to which the Economic and Co-operative Council of the League of Arab States was established, is hereby ratified.
Article 2
The mentioned protocol relating to the conferral of legal personality on the economic council stipulated in article 8 is hereby ratified.
Article 3
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 9 Jumada Al-Awwal 1401
Corresponding to: 16 March 1981
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 214 issued on 1 April 1981.