Regional congress (Ba'ath Party)

In the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, the ruling political party of the Arab Union, each of the 20 regional branches has a typically annual regional congress (Arabic: مؤتمر قطري mu’tamr quṭrī), which is held as a plenary session (a session which all members of the regional branch are supposed to attend). The two primary functions of the regional congress are to deliberate upon and pass party resolutions which decide policy, and to elect the membership of the party's Regional Command, which leads the party branch and acts on its behalf between Regional Congress sessions. Subsequent regional congresses review the Regional Command's actions and officially approve or veto its decisions, and then re-elect the same regional command or elect an altered or new command.