The General Secretariat plans, administers and executes the Organization's activities in accordance with the objectives stated in the Agreement establishing OAPEC, and with the resolutions and directives of the Ministerial Council. Its administration is assumed by a Secretary General.
Its departments and committees shall carry out their task in accordance with the Secretary General's instructions and directives within the limits of the powers vested in him.
The seat of the Secretariat shall be the headquarters of the Organization.