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Origin. Also referred to as the Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (CCASG), the Council was established on 25 May 1981 on signature of the Charter by Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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Twinam, J. W., The Gulf, Co-operation and the Council: an American Perspective. 1992
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Palgrave Macmillan. (2016). Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC). In: The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-68398-7_108
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