Gulf Cooperation Council

Gulf Cooperation Council
Gulf Cooperation Council
	Map indicating GCC members
Headquarters	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Arabic
Type	Trade bloc
	6 states
Leaders
• Secretary General	Nayef bin Falah Al-Hajraf [ar]
• Supreme Council Presidency	United Arab Emirates
Establishment
• As the GCC	25 May 1981; 44 years ago
Area
• Total	2,673,108 km2 (1,032,093 sq mi)
• Water (%)	0.6%
Population
• 2021* estimate	65,506,958 (25th)
• Density	21.13/km2 (54.7/sq mi) (162nd)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$3.655 trillion (7th)
• Per capita	$71,205 (7th)
GDP (nominal)	2018* estimate
• Total	$1.638 trillion (11th)
• Per capita	$34,265 (25th)
Gini (2012)	▼ 28.7; low
HDI (2018)	0.840; very high · 45th
Currency	6 currencies
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The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf^[2] (Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربيcode: ar is deprecated ), originally (and still colloquially) known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic: مجلس التعاون الخليجيcode: ar is deprecated ), is an Arab regional political, economic, military and security organization. GCC has six Arab countries namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The countries border the Persian Gulf. They form the majority of the area of the Arabian Peninsula.

It was established on May 25, 1981 at the meeting held in Abu Dhabi, after it was suggested by Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah. The General Secretariat of the Council is currently held by Nayef Al-Hajraf. The council is based in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

Gulf Cooperation Council Media

President Obama, CIA Director Brennan, and King Salman of Saudi Arabia at the GCC–US Summit in Riyadh on 21 April 2016
Rail transport map of Saudi Arabia. The GCC Railway, a proposed railway system to connect all six GCC member states, can be seen in yellow.
Abdullah Yaccoub Bishara, Kuwait UN Ambassador United Nations, New York (cropped)
Picture of Sheikh Jamil Al-Hejailan
Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al Attiyah
Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zaani & Cornel Feruta (01117855) (48747904168) (cropped)
Nayef Falah Mubarak Al Hajraf (cropped)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and foreign ministers of the GCC member states in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 19 April 2024
Euler diagram for the Arab League, which contains members of the Gulf Cooperation Council
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with the leaders of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, the GGC and the United States, at the GCC+3 summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 16 July 2022

Related pages

References

↑ "Kuwait hopes emir visit to Iran will boost Gulf peace". Gulf News. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
↑ "GCC Charter". Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

Other websites

The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC)

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[gulfnews-1] "Kuwait hopes emir visit to Iran will boost Gulf peace". Gulf News. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

[2] "GCC Charter". Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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