General Assembly

Arab Federation of Commercial Arbitration and Dispute Settlement

||| About | General Assembly

Arab Union

The General Assembly is made up of all participating members of the Federation of Founding Members and Members of the Board of Directors. Working members, associate members, observer members and experts may attend general assembly meetings and participate in debates without having the right to vote.


The General Assembly of the Federation , ordinary or extraordinary, is convened at the invitation of the President of the Federation at the headquarters of the Federation or in a suitable place of his choice, by notifying all members who have the right to attend a notification explaining the date and place of the meeting and attached to the agenda – by any means of communication recorded by the member of the Federation’s registers – at least thirty days before the scheduled meeting.

The General Assembly is invited to meet at least once a year and the General Assembly may be invited to extraordinary meetings whenever necessary. The general assembly meetings are chaired by the President of the Federation or whoever delegates him, If the President and his Commissioner are absent, one of the two vice-presidents will be chaired by one of the vice-presidents, and if the two vice-presidents are absent, the General Assembly will be chaired by the oldest, oldest or most experienced member.

||| Ordinary general assembly

Member of the Arab Federations Forum
  • Member of the Executive Office of the Arab League
  • The validity of the AGM requires the presence of an absolute majority of members who have the right to vote and that the attendees must be from at least half of the states to which the working members of the Federation belong.
  • In the event that the quorum of the meeting is not completed, the meeting shall be postponed for one hour and the meeting is valid in this case if at least a quarter of the members attend, provided that they belong to one third of the countries to which the members of the Federation belong.
  • If the quorum of the meeting is not completed, the meeting will be postponed for another hour and the meeting is valid in this case, provided that the number of attendees is not less than three members and two Arab qataris.
  • The General Assembly issues its decisions by a majority of the votes of the attendees and at equality the side in which the President of the Federation is weighted.
  • The assembly’s decisions are recorded in the minutes of the General Assembly sessions and are signed by the President of the Federation and the Secretary-General.
  • Consider and adopt the Union’s plan.
  • Approval of the financial and administrative regulations, the organizational structure of the Federation and the list of elections of the members of the Board of Directors.
  • Electing board members.
  • Election of the President and Deputies of the Federation.
  • The election of the Secretary-General.
  • Determine the membership fees and annual subscriptions of union members.
  • Appoint the auditor for the next fiscal year and determine his rewards.
  • Consideration of the annual financial budget, final accounts and auditor’s report and ratification.
  • Consider the annual report prepared by the Board of Directors on the activity of the Federation.
  • Consideration of the draft budget estimate for the new fiscal year.
  • Any actions – non-emergency – the General Assembly considers to be discussed on the agenda.

||| Extraordinary General Assembly

Member of the Arab Federations Forum
  • Member of the Executive Office of the Arab League
  • Half of the members who have the right to vote in the General Assembly have requested that the Board of Directors, in writing with the reasons, be invited to the General Assembly to convene with the agenda statement. If the Board of Directors does not respond to such a request, The refusal must be a cause.
  • If the auditor investigates serious financial or administrative irregularities, submit a request to the
  • Management to invite the General Assembly to an extraordinary meeting within 30 days, The auditor will issue the invitation if the Board does not do so within the specified time limit.
  • At the request of the Board of Directors.

An urgent matter for which the Board of Directors is entitled to call an extraordinary general assembly is:

  • Changing the headquarters of the Federation.
  • Dissolve the Union and appoint a legal liquidator to solve it.
  • Amendment of the Statute of the Union.
  • To merge the Union with another union or specialized Arab or international organization.
  • Any other reasons are urgent and important.