Citadel Council

The Citadel Council is an executive Comittee composed of representatives from the Asari Republics, the Turian Hierarchy, and the Salarian Union. Though they have no offical power over the independant governments of other species, the Council's decisions carry great weight throughout the Galaxy. No single council race is strong enough to defy the other two, and all have a vested interest and compromise and cooperation.

Any species granted an embassy of the Citadel is considered an associate member, bound by the accords of the Citadel Conventions, associate members may bring issues to the councils attention, though they have no input on the decision. The Human Systems Alliance became an associate member in 2165.

In Homeworlds Issue #2 it is stated by an Avina terminal that the waiting list to see the Council is 7 weeks.

Mass Effect: Homeworlds
In Homeworlds Issue #2 Tali and Keenah try to reach the Council to bring to their attention an important recording from a Geth memory core, containing a conversation between rogue Spectre Saren Arterius and Asari Matriarch Benezia. They use an Avina Terminal which says that the waiting list in 7 weeks the see the Council. They never bring the recording to the council, which leads to the attack of the Reaper Sovereign on the Citadel and the Geth attacks on Several human colonies.