Organizational Structure | Asian African Legal Consultative Organization

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Organizational structure AALCO is an inter-governmental organization with the Member States holding supreme authority within the framework of its Statutes and Statutory Rules. The basic organs of the Organization include: (i) the AALCO Annual Session; (ii) the Liaison Officers Meeting; (iii) the Secretariat; (iv) the Centre for Research and Training; (v) the Regional Arbitration Centres. The membership of the Organization is open to all countries of the Asian-African region provided that it is a full or associate member of the United Nations or any of its specialized agencies, organizations and foundations concerned with International Law.

The current composition of AALCO's organizational set up is provided in the following table:

PRESIDENT

Presently from the Republic of Indonesia (61^st Annual Session)

VICE-PRESIDENT

Presently from the Republic of South Africa (61^st Annual Session)

LIAISON OFFICERS

Representative of the Governments of Member States

Advisory Panel

Advisory Panel on the Amendment of the Statutes and Statutory Rules

Advisory Panel on Financial Matters

Advisory Panel on The Center for Research and Training

AALCO Eminent Persons Group (EPG)

Advisory Body

AALCO SECRETARIAT

Secretary General

H. E. Dr. Kamalinne Pinitpuvadol

Kingdom of Thailand

Deputy Secretaries-General

Mr. JUN Yamada

Japan

Mr. Zhu Yong

People’s Republic of China

Dr. Ali Hasankhani

Islamic Republic of Iran

Director

Dr. Shikhar Ranjan

Professional Category

Mr. Kiran Mohan V. ( Senior Legal Officer)

Mr. Abraham Joseph (Legal Officer)

Mr. Shujoy Mazumdar (Legal Officer)

Dr. Sumi Pant (Legal Officer)

Ms. Nuzhat Nasreen Islam (Legal Officer)

Administrative Category

Mr. Nihal Chand (Administrative Officer)

Ms. Geetika Sharma (Senior Private Secretary, Head-Policy, Planning and Communication)

Dr. Azizur Rahman (Arabic Translator)

Ms. Alka Massey (Senior Office Assistant)

REGIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRES OF AALCO
Country	Region	Website	Agreement Signed with AALCO	Name of the Regional Representative
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)	South East Asia	https://www.aiac.world/	Wednesday, July 29, 1981	Datuk (Prof.) Sundra Rajoo
Arab Republic of Egypt (Cairo)	North Africa	http://www.crcica.org/	Monday July 24, 1989	Dr. Ismail Selim
Islamic Republic of Iran (Tehran)	West Asia	http://www.trac.ir/	Saturday, May 3, 1997	Dr. Alireza Alipanah
Federal Republic of Nigeria (Lagos)	West Africa	https://rcical.org/	Monday, April 26, 1999	Hon. Dr. Wilfred Ikatari
Republic of Kenya (Nairobi)	East Africa	http://ncia.or.ke/	Monday, July 2, 2007	Mr. Lawrence Muiruri Ngugi
Peoples's Republic of China (Hong Kong)	East Asia	http://aalcohkrac.org/	Wednesday, November 10, 2021	Mr. MH, JP Nicholas Chan

AALCO MEMBER STATES
Member		Year of Joining AALCO	Focal Ministry
Asia
1.	Kingdom of Bahrain	1993	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.bh/
2.	People's Republic of Bangladesh	1974	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.bd/
3.	Brunei Darussalam	2003	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofat.gov.bn/
4.	People's Republic of China	1983	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/
5.	Republic of Cyprus	1980	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.cy/
6.	Republic of India	1956	Ministry of External Affairs http://www.mea.gov.in/
7.	Republic of Indonesia	1956	Ministry of Law https://www.ministryoflawandhumanrights.org/
8.	Islamic Republic of Iran	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://en.mfa.ir/
9.	Republic of Iraq	1956	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.iq/en/
10.	Japan	1956	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.go.jp/
11.	Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	1968	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://jordan.gov.jo/
12.	State of Kuwait	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://mofa.gov.kw/
13.	Republic of Lebanon	1999	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants http://www.emigrants.gov.lb/
14.	Malaysia	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.kln.gov.my
15.	Mongolia	1980	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.mn/?lang=en
16.	Republic of the Union of Myanmar	1956	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.mm/
17.	Nepal	1971	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://mofa.gov.np/
18.	DPR Korea	1974	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.kp/en/
19.	Sultanate of Oman	1976	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.mofa.gov.om/
20.	Islamic Republic of Pakistan	1958	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.pk/
21.	State of Qatar	1976	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.mofa.gov.qa/
22.	Republic of Korea	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.mofa.go.kr/
23.	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	1975	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.sa/
24.	Republic of Singapore	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.mfa.gov.sg/
25.	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	1956	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.lk/
26.	State of Palestine	1990	Ministry of Justice https://www.moj.pna.ps/
27.	Republic of Philippines	2019	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.dfa.gov.ph/
28.	Syrian Arab Republic	1956	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.sy/
29.	Kingdom of Thailand	1961	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.go.th/
30.	Republic of Türkiye	1975	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.tr/
31.	Socialist Republic of Vietnam	2017	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.vn/en
32.	Republic of Yemen	1976	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.mofa-ye.org/
Africa
33.	Arab Republic of Egypt	1956	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.eg/
34.	Burkina Faso	2024	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
35.	Republic of Cameroon	2006	Presidency of the Republic https://www.prc.cm/en/
36.	Republic of Gambia	1974	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.gm/
37.	Republic of Ghana	1963	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://mfa.gov.gh/
38.	Republic of Kenya	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.go.ke/
39.	State of Libya	1976	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.foreign.gov.ly
40.	Republic of Mauritius	1972	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://foreign.govmu.org/
41.	Federal Republic of Nigeria	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.ng/
42.	Republic of Senegal	1980	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.diplomatie.gouv.sn/
43.	Republic of Sierra Leone	1969	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://foreignaffairs.gov.sl/
44.	Republic of Somalia	1976	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.so/
45.	Republic of South Africa	2004	International Relations and Cooperation http://www.dirco.gov.za/
46.	Republic of the Sudan	1986	Ministry of Foreign Affairs www.mofa.gov.sd/en/
47.	United Republic of Tanzania	1973	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.foreign.go.tz/
48.	Republic of Uganda	1979	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.mofa.go.ug/