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Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. A compilation of proceedings, keynote speeches, resolutions and participant list from the Second Congress. Original b/w printed wraps 22x29cm. 64pp English and 55pp Arabic text. Fair, tanned and creased with loss to lower corners of first few leaves (not affecting text) and tears with a little loss to spine. Extremely rare, with Worldcat recording 2 locations (UC Berkeley; University of California); not recorded on Library Hub. The Arab League hosted the First Congress in Cairo in 1959 as means to unify oil policy among its members in the wake of unilateral price cuts by the oil companies in February 1959 made without consulting the producing countries. This Congress called for oil producing countries to receive a greater share of oil company profits, the establishment of national oil companies, policy development, experience sharing, pricing, and expanded refining capacity. In informal meetings, it also led to the creation of OPEC led by Saudi and Venezuelan oil ministers Tariki and Alfonzo through the Maadi Pact. Their meeting had been facilitated by journalist Wanda Jablonski. In spite of her warnings about growing hostility towards the West, the oil companies again cut the price of Middle East crude in August 1960 ahead of the Second Congress, without consultation. This led Tariki, Alfonzo, and the Iraqi PM Abd al-Karim Qasim to call the Baghdad Conference in September, at which Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela planned their response. Building on the Maadi Pact, they formed OPEC to unify policy, challenge companies on price, reverse the price cut, regulate production to stabilise prices, and remain united should oil companies target any one of them with sanctions. Echoing this, among the resolutions of this Second Congress were the upholding of Arab country demands to improve the terms of the oil concessions; disavowal of the right of oil companies to reduce prices without consultation; and promotion of locally produced technical, economic and legal studies. This document includes key recommendations from the First Congress, details on the organisation and proceedings of the Second Congress, its Resolutions, and statements by senior organising officials including Mohamed Salman (Congress Secretary General), HE Suleiman Elali (Congress Chair), Sayed Addadiri Ahmed Ismail (Acting Secretary General of the Arab League), and Lebanon's Acting Prime Minister, and Minister of National Economy. The Directory includes the names and addresses of participants from Arab countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, UAR, Yemen), the Arab League, other oil producers (Indonesia, Turkey, Venezuela), and other countries and enterprises. The delegations included government officials and senior and technical oil company staff.