UNDP United Nations Development Programme برنامج الأمم المتحدة الإنمائي
Programme on Governance in the Arab Region برنامج إدارة الحكم في الدول العربية POGAR
Publications: Legislature
- Preface
- A demonstration of Arab legislative systems
- The Parliament
  - The council of the parliament
  - Chairmanship
  - Parliamentary committees
  - The parliament's membership
  - The parliaments functions
  - Parliament's sessions and audiences
- The Senate
  - Organizations of the senate
  - The membership in the senate
  - The senate's functions
  - The senate's sessions
  - Joint sessions (parliament and senate)
  - The head of the state's legislative functions
  - The majorities
- Conclusion
- Form and language remarks
Structures of the Arab Parliaments: Comparative Study
by Dr. Wassim Harb

The Senate
The head of the state's legislative functions:

In some Arab states the two legislative councils (parliament, senate) enjoy all the legislative functions. While in others, the head of the state also plays a role in legislation. So we’ve presented these missions in a comparison table (see fig. T16).

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