Abstract: This chapter describes the structure and function of Western European Union (WEU). WEUs central organ is the Council. Article VIII of the modified Brussels Treaty gives the Council wide terms of reference, enabling it to consider all matters relating to the aims and implementation of the Treaty, and to set up subsidiary bodies. Under Article VIII (3), the Council may be convened at the request of any party for consultations on any situation which may constitute a threat to peace, in whatever area this threat should arise or a danger to economic stability11. In Protocol III, provision is made for the Council to amend the list of armaments contained in Annex IV of that instrument. Voting procedures are also laid down in Article VIII of the Treaty, under which the rule of unanimity prevails in the absence of any other arrangement. The council is composed of the Foreign Ministers of the member states, who meet periodically, and it may also be convened at the ambassadorial level. The council is assisted by the Secretariat and reports annually on its activities to the assembly. The WEU Assembly was created in accordance with the terms of Article 5 of the first Paris Protocol which states that the council shall report to such a body.
Publication Year: 1983
Publication Date: 1983-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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