VOL. XXXII

NO. 21

27-FEBRUARY-1989

MAGHREB

Five-Nation Arab Summit Proclaims the Arab Maghreb Union

The Heads of State of Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisiaproclaimed in Marrakesh on 17 February the establishment of the Arab MaghrebUnion (AMU) and approved its statutes and by-laws. AMU is the latest of threeArab economic blocs. The six-member (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar,Oman and the UAE) Gulf Cooperation Council was set up in 1981, while thefour-member Arab Cooperation...