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OIL POLICY: Efforts to coordinate oil production and pricing policy have been maintained throughout the life of the GCC, with special emphasis on ensuring adequate supplies and the ability of each Member State to fulfill its quota in the event of any production problems.
DEFENSE: The Summit Meeting of the GCC in November 1981 decided to include cooperation in matters of defense in its remit. GCC defense ministers met early in 1982 to discuss a joint air defense system and the possibility of standardizing weaponry. In November 1984, it was agreed that a GCC rapid deployment force should be formed, made up of troops from all GCC Member States, to confront and repulse any aggressor. The force was named the “Peninsula Shield”.