Revised treaty of the Economic Community of West African States

ECOWAS / CEDEAO, Benin, July 24, 1993, 45p.,

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French version : Traité révisé de la Communauté Economique Des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest

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Revised 1975 ECOWAS Treaty

Presentation of the author(s)

The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen countries, founded in 1975 in Lago (Nigeria). It is one of the Regional Economic Communities (RECs). RECs are regional groupings of African states organized into a legal entity by treaty, with economic and social integration as their main objective. The African Union currently recognizes eight RECs, each of which plays a key role in African integration

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