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SEVENTEENTP SESSION np THS COUNC I L OF "I~ I S TFRS 
Lor1F , 1 - ) J LLV l 'lfl ') 
FI ::-JA L REPORT 
I I P 'TROD UC TION 
1 . The Council of ~ i n ist e rs held i ts seventeen th s@s sio n 
f r om 1 t o 3 Jul y 1985 i n th e Banquet Hall of th e ~eadaua rters 
of t he Toao l ese peop l e ' s Ra ll y ("aison d u RPT) in Lom e , 
Repub lic of Togo . 
2 . Al l Membe r States we r e reo r ese nte~ 
People ' s Peoubl i c o f Be nin 
Burk i na Pa s o 
Re oublic of Cane ve r de 
Re public of I vo r y ~oas t 
Re ~ub l i c O F t he ~A~~ ia 
ri. ei1ub l i c o f ~h a n ;:1 
qel'ubl ic o f Guinea 
Republic of '::uinea - Bis s au 
RenuQlic of Libe riO! 
Republic of :1ali 
I slam i c Republic of ~a uri ta nia 
Repub lic o f ~ ioe r 
Fede ral Rep ublic of N i~ e r ia 
Re publ i c o f S0.nega l 
~eoub li c ~ ( ~i ~rra Leon ~ 
Re oublic o f Tog o . 
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The fo llowin~ o r ~an i sat i ons we re also r e n rese nte~ as 
ob se r ve r s : 
O rgan i. s~t i on of AE r ir;an un ity (0I'\U ) 
Ecor)o[;1 i c Commi s sion f o r Af r i ca (sr'. ) 
Ma no Ri ve r Union (" RII) 
Econo mic Communit y of Wes t Af ri ca ' C E~Q I 
Un ited Nat i o ns Confe r ence o n Tra de a nd neve l o nment 
(UNCTAD ) 
Europea n Eco nom ic Communi. t y (REe ) 
Uni t e d Nations I ndustrial Devplooment 
Or gan i sa tio n (llNIDO ) 
The li s t o f ~art i c i nants i s ~ttached a s an ~nDen~i x 
t o t h i s Reoo r t, 
II , OPEN I NC SESS I ON 
3 , The s ess i o n \Vas ol"'e nf'd by 'Ir. Ko mIa -'\L I Pl' I , Honourab l e 
Min iste r of Economic Affa ir s an~ pinanc e of the qepubli c o f 
Togo , On behal f of Hi s Exce lle ncy , Ge ne r a l Gnas sinnbe EY ~ DEMA , 
Founde r Cha irma n of the Toqo l ese Peool e ' s Ra ll v , Pres i den t 
of t he Republi c , an~ on beha l f o f t he Gover nmen t a nd neoDle 
of Togo , t he Ponou ra bl c ~ in i ste r welcomed t he 1jstinnuis~erl 
delega tes and observers oar t icipa ti ng a t this session wh i c~ 
co i nc i ded with t he 10th ann ive r s ar y o f BCOW\ S . Tn his ooe n i n~ 
speech : t ~le ~'!in i str:? r s tr pssc:d the ne e d to str ~ n'l th ~ n th e 
co l l e ct i ve se lf -r e lianc e O F EC0WAS wh il e ensu r ina that t~ e 
r esour ces o f the Commun ity are ma nac e d e f f i c i en tl v . (The 
text o f th e Honourabl e ~ inist e r ' s s~e ~ ch is attached as 
a n 3??end i x to this Repo rt) , 
4 . In r e Dly to th e we lcome sDe e ch , ~aior So r y Dou~~nuy~, 
Honou ra bl e !lin i ste r of ~inance and ~conom i c ~ ffa irs of th e 
=!..======iiR'h~-~';;;prtd;:::5'5":tE'1fec-e= - f Guinea and Cha i r ~an of Co unc i l t oo l< th e f l oo r 
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and o n beha lf o ~ t he Nat i ona l Mili ta r v qec ove r v Counc il an rl 
the Gu i ne an Gov e rnment e x" r e s sed s i nc e r e 'lr a titwle to 
Gene ral Gnas s ino be EY ,~DEfF\ ?on r1 t o t he Gove rf'me nt an!" Deo o l e 
o f Togo, for the ir consta nt '.villincln0SS to r::ontribute t o all 
matters affecting 'f rican unity an d particularly the success 
o f ECOWAS. 
5. The Honour a ble '4iniste r po inted out to Council that 
the main obj ect ive of this se ss i on shou l d be to l ook back 
ove r the activ i ti e s s o far ca rri ed out and refl ect wi th 
courage and de te r min a tio n o n th e futur e o f our Communitv 
even if fo r any reaso n we cannot t ak e stock of the last 1 0 
years of ECOWAS in detail (Th e speech i s attach ed as an 
appendix to this Re port) . 
III . ELECT I ON OF BURSAU 
6. The foll owinn Bur e au wa s e l ect ed 
Chairma n 
Ra pryo r teu r s 
Toqo 
" hana a nn -,1a li 
IV. ADO::>T I ON OF ;;Gl=;NDi\ 
7. The Ag e nd a p r esen t er] by t he Sxecutive Se c r e t a ri at 
was amend ed a s f o llows : 
1) Qpening Ceremony 
i ) I-Ielco me add r ess by t he Honou o bl e ' l i n i s t e r of pinil nce 
and Eco nom i c ~ f fa ir s o f the Re oub1ic of ~oco 
ii) i)Den inq sDeech bv th e "'iniste r o f "i nance a nn p.co nom ic 
Af fai r s of Gu i nea. current Cha irman of t he Counc i l 
o f Ihniste r s . 
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Election of Chairman of Council of ~inisters for the 
period 1985/1986 
iv) Adoption of the ~qenda 
Confirmation of the a~oointments of the 'Pxecutive ~ecretary 
and the Managing Director of the Fun~ 
3) Oath of allegiance of the Managinq Director of the Fund 
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Report of the Executive S~cretary 
Reports of Technical Commissions ; 
a) Industry, Agriculture and Natural ~esources Com~ission 
b) Trade, CustOMS, Immigration, Money and Payments 
Commission 
c) Transport, C0mMunications and Rnerqv Commission 
Economic rnetters 
Consideration of w~y~ and means for ensurina imnlementation 
of decisions by :'~e11ber .stat'=?~ 
8} Re~ort of the Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee 0n the 
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Construction cf the 3~adauarters of the Inst!tutions 
(Fund and Secretariat) 
Report of the Board of nirectors of the Fund 
Report ~f the ~d Hoc ~1inist~rial Co~mission on ~valuation 
and RE' ":" lee t ion 
Preparation of the a-g-e-n'1a f{}t t'i_ . Jxnn€ 9# E~horitv 
of Heads of 5 ta tea lid _.t.G (1 ([!.IS 2 
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12. Any other matters 
13. Adoption of report and closing ceremony. 
CONCLUSIONS OF DELIBERATIONS 
ITEr·1 2: CONFI RMATION OF THE APPOINT~1ENTS Ol4' THE EXECUTIVE 
SECRETr-1RY AND THE ~tr~NAGING DIRECTOP OF THE FUND 
8. The Council!' in accordance with the ?C',.,ers vesterl 
in it, confirmed the appointment of Mr. Mahenta Birirna FALL 
as the Hanaging Director of the ECOt-J~.8 Fund for Cooneration, 
Compensation and Development. Council also decided to submit 
for the consideration of the Authority the confirmation of 
the appointment of r-1r. Mornoau MUNtJ as the Executive Becretarv 
of ECOWAS. To this end, a draft Decision for arloption by the 
Authority is attached as an appendix to this ReDort. 
ITEM 3: OATH OF ALLEGIANCE OF THE MA~AGIN~ DIRECTOR OF THE prmn 
Mr. Mahenta B. FALL swore an oath of allegiance as 
Managing Director of the Fund before the Council in accordance 
with the provisions of Article 7 of the Staff Regulations. 
ITEH ·i: EX::CUTIVE SECRE'I';\RY i S R~~POFrr 
10. The Executive Secretary presented his report in 
which he outlined the progress made bv ECOT~AS and stressed 
the difficulties encountered in the imnlementation of 
develorment programmes and projects a~opte~ by the d~cision­
making bodies of the Community. The rPDort also identified 
the resources necessary for t~e ~ursuanc~ of the obiectives 
of the Community and m3de projectior.s for the future. 
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11. The Executive Secretary's re?ort focuss~d on the 
following four headin~s 
economic situation 
activities of the Community 
relations with the outsioe wor13 
1985/86 work programme 
12. After congratulating the Executive Secretary for the 
quality of his report, Council made the followinq observations: 
On the economic situation of states of the sub-reoion, 
Council noted that the report did not mention I~F (International 
Monetary Fund) interventions in certain ~ember states, 
particularly, financial adjustment pro~rammes desi~ned to 
correct imbalances. 
Henceforth, the Executive Secretariat should inf.orm 
Council of measures taken in this regard in collaboration 
with the IMF and assess their impact on the economic situation 
of Member States. 
The Secretariat should also outline the various 
measures to be adopted to overcome the econo~ic crisis in 
the sub-region. 
Council noted that the report did not sufficiently 
underscore the deterioration of terms of trade. Export 
earnings in real terms have remained unchanged oeepite the 
increase in the value of the dollar - the major trading 
currency. Commodity prices keep fallinq because of 
internati~nal speculation, while the Drices of manufactured 
goods continue to rise. 
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Cou nc i 1 al so obsc r veti t~~'1 t the rs-oo r t mad'? no r?fe ro.nce 
to the debt situation, 0ne of the c~uses of the present 
stagnation of the economies of ~embcr ~tates. The Executive 
Secretariat should focus ~reat~r attention on the nroQlem 
of excessive indebtedness of Third ~orld countries carticularlv 
ECOW~S Member States. This issue should be examined more 
thoroughly to find ways and means of alleviatinq the harmful 
effects of the crisis on the economic situation of states of 
the sub-region. 
On economic recovery, Council requested the Executive 
Secretariat to modify its approach in the im?lemenation of 
the relevant programme. In addition to th2 services of 
universities, the Executive Secretariat was further directed 
to resort to experienced practitioners in the field ot 
economic development, bearing in mind the recommendations 
of the Lagos Plan of Action and pinal ~cto 
Council requested that the portions of the reoort 
relating to the way in which experts of the ~inisterial ~d 
Hoc Evaluation Committee had carrie0. out their work, ann 
to the problem of non-implementation of ~c~s 3nd ~~cisions 
of the Community be presented in a more circumsnect manner. 
Council directed that in future the Executive 
Secretary's re?ort on the co-cxistencr: of I~O's in the 
sub-region b~ ?~~s~nted i~ a ~~rp. ~cre~ltabl~ torm. 
Council took note of the report of the F.xecutive 
Secretary. 
ITE~1 5: R.EPORT OF TECHNIC1\L COr-·1r1ISSIOt.!S 
13. P~ft€r rresentation af this r-;~oJ. t lit Li<. ';ec ..... _'-atlaC, 
Council took note of comments !:!ade 5y tilt! (lJ*!uiIg9IUiI CUilt_i.tiils 
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the revision of the :3tudics on COmmUrllty catel& t'5reedlrlc:f 
centres and seed production centres which wer~ to be carried 
out in 2 phases 
Phase 1 Study and reinforcement of centres already 
in operation 
Phase 2 : Study of centres yet to be established. 
14. On the recommendation relating to emergency aid measures 
to alleviate the effects of drought and famine in Member States, 
Council requested that in view of the importance of this item, 
it should be considered under item 6 of the agenda, that is, 
Economic matters. 
b) Trade, Customs, Immigration, Money and Payments Commission 
15. The report and recommendations were presented by the 
Chairman of the Commission and they were adopted by Council 
with the following observations : 
1) Trade : The Consultation and Coordination Committee 
responsible for programming Trade Fairs and similar events 
should, as soon as i~ is established, compile a list of the 
various types of Trade Fairs and Commercial events in the 
sUb-region in order to determine those which should be 
organised at Community level and those which are to be 
organised at the national level. 
The Committee should also outline the type of coordination 
to be established between the two groups. 
2) Cus toms : 
a) Computer Programme 
having taken cognisance of the need to computerise 
external trada data of Momber States, and in view of the fact 
tha~ the ASYCUDA project could be imprqved upon, Council 
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recoll!mended thilt the Execut ive Secr ·:::tar iat sh ou ld t ake the 
neces sa r y ste ps to e~su r e : 
i) that this project become s mo r e functional and compa tible 
with th e systems ex isting in the other ~ember states; 
and 
i i ) that a more efficient computer system is i nstal l ed 
in the Member States . 
As r e gards the Lome Computer Ce ntre th e Secr e tar i at 
was d i rected to set up a Committee of Experts to assess t he 
requ i rements in this area and t he cost of es t abli shing the 
centre. The Secretariat was also requested to draw up the 
tech n ical specifications in order t o enable Counci l take a 
dec i s i on. 
Conce rning the list of industrial e nte r p rises which 
may have the capacity to export their Dronucts to Mem ber 
S t ates and as a result benefit f r om the preferent i al t ax 
appl i cabl e to originating Commu nity p r od ucts , Member States 
were requested to forward this l i st to th e Execut i ve 
Sec r etar i at together with the doss i ers of th~ industr i al 
enterprises concerned . These documents would be submitted 
to a Committee of 2xperts fo r exami nat i on. 
3 ) I mmjqr~ti0" . I ~ ~~0 l~~ht nf ~he ~ e?0r t which was 
presented by the Commiss i on relat i ng to the application of 
t he p r ov i s i ons o f the ? rotoc ol o n the Free Move men t of Persons , 
Right of Res ide nce and Establishment, Council members we re in 
favour of moving on to the second phase as p rovided fo r in 
the Pr o tocol. Howeve r, Nige ri a and Liberia expressed r ese rva tions 
on thi s item , concerning the immediate appl icat i on of the 
seco nd phase of the Protocol . 
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SEVENTEENT',! ')f;-3~I()N OF THE Crji.iNCI!.. OF MINISTE~S 
DECISION C/DEC.2/7/85 RELATINC TO THE rINANCING OF THE 
CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ECOWAS FUND IN 
LOME REPUBLIC OF TOGO 
THE COUNCIL 
MINDFUL of Article 6 of the ECOWAS Treaty establishing the 
Council of Ministers and defining its composition and functions; 
CONSIDERING Decision A/DEC 17/5/82 of the Authority of Heads 
of State and Government relating to the construction of the Head­
quarters of the Institutions of the Community; 
MINDFUL of Decision C/DEC 6/11/82 of the Council of Ministers 
relating to the procedure for the construction of the Headquarters 
of the Community Institutions; 
IN ACCORDANCE with Decision No. F-BD/CA-13-84/3B recommending 
that the financing of the Fund Headquarters be made of 4~h from 
the resources of the ~utld and 6a.'~ from external loans; 
CONSIDERING the meetings of Finance Experts and Committee 
of Experts of Ad Hoc ~:!inisterial Commi ttee held in Lome from 16 to 
18 May 1985 and 28 June 1985 respectively. 
DECIDES: 
Article 1. The Fund Management should pursue on-going negotiations 
with external financial sources for the best terms of financing to 
enable the Council make a decision during tile November 1385 session. 
Article 2. The mobilization of funds should be undertaken at the 
same time as the launching of the te~ders. 
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Article 3. This Decision shall enter into ~arce upon signature 
and shall be published in the Official .Jcur:-l.Jl of the Community 
and in the National Gazette of each Member State. 
DONE AT LOME 3 JULY 1985 IN ONE 
SINGLE ORIGINAL IN THE ENGLISH 
AND FRENCH LANGUAGES BOTH TEXTS 
BEING EQUALLY AUTHENTIC. 
FOR" THE COUNCIL ,., 
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DECISI'JN C/DEC. 3/7/85 RELATING T') Tl:!;: C~OICE OF t\ r-10DEL 
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HE;.!)~,:U;1RTE~S OF THE 
EXECUTIVE SECRET hRIAT r;"J H3ljJ A 
(FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERL\) 
THE COUNCIL 
MINDFUL of Article 6 of the Treaty establishing the Council 
of Ministers and defining its composition and functions; 
CONSIDERING the Decision of the Heads of State and Government 
allocatinf, the Headquarters of the Executive Secretariat and 
the Fund to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of 
Togo respectively; 
IN ACCORDANCE with Decision A/DFC.17/S/82 of the Heads of 
State and Government establishing the Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee 
for the Construction of the Headquarters of the Community: 
CONSIDERING the Report of t~e Meeting of Experts of the 
Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee for the Construction of the Head-
quarters of the Community held fro~ 27 to '30 June, 1985~ 
DECIDES: 
Article 1. The four winning models in order of merit are as 
follows: 
1st Model N'J 
2nd ;vlodel N" 
3rd I110del N!": 
4th ~'lodel N~ 
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- AIM Consultants (~ig.) L~d in association 
wi th 'iUSUF l"~GH."1;"}ED hssociation (Nigeria) 
- i'1essrs r"HGE:"{ ~~cn3ul tal! ts (l iiger i a) 
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:.rticle 2. The cost fer o;:~ch ~roject-d~si,~n 3:12.11 not 0xce~l~ 
a maXimUii: r)f fi ve (5) billion CF.~\ francs: 2:; ai:1ount fixed sand 
not subject to revision for the construction of the Head-· 
quarters of the Executive Secretariat at ,.buJa (~ederal Republic 
of Nigeria). 
Articla 3. The winn(;l" of the competi tion st'lall o~erate wi thin 
the limits set in Article 2 above while taking into consideration 
the desired technical and town planning criteria. 
Article 4. In the event that the winner of the competition does 
not fulfill the conditions laid down above, the second bidder 
shall be retained. 
Article 5. This Decision shall enter i~to force upon signature 
and shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community 
and in the National Gazette of each Member State. 
DONE ~T LO~E ON 3RD JULY 1905 IN ONE 
SINGLE ORI(3Ii'J/\L IN THE ErJGLISH AND 
FRENCH Li\f'fGi':,;CSS; 30TH TEXTS BEING 
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FOR THE COUNC1L 
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DECI~ION C/;:;::::::: • .1/7/85 REL.·\TING TQ THE ?INI;NCING OF THE 
t.JE.\DQU .. \RT~·qS OF' TSE EXECUTP/S SECRET;'RI;.T 
THE COUNCIL 
MINDFUL of Article 6 of the ECOWAS Treaty establishing the 
Council of Ministers and defining its composition and functions; 
CONSIDERING the decision of the Heads of State and Government 
relating to the allocation of the Headquartclrs of the Executive 
Secretariat and the Fund to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and 
the Republic of Togo respectively: 
IN CONFORMITY ~ith Decision A/JEC.17/5/32 of 29 May 1982 of 
the Heads of State and Government that the construction of the 
Headquarters of the S0crctariat and the Fund in the Federal Republic 
of Nigeria and the Republic of Togo respectively should be financed 
by the Community; 
FOLLOWI~G ~ecision N~ C/DEC/6/11/82 of 17 November 1982 of 
the Council of ~·~inlster·s s-::ipulBting thc:t the; same procedure 
should be followed for ~h~ construction of t~e Headquarters of 
both Community Institutions~ 
COrJSIJERING the recom::.endation of the J".d :-Ioc r··linistcrial 
Committee at its meeting h~ld in July lSS4 in Lagos that the 
financing for the con~truction of the Fund Headquarters should 
bt..=: made up of 40% of Fund I s resources and S()~': loans from friendly 
financial sources; 
DECIDES 
Article 1. The Execu~iv€ S~cretariat s~nll conply strictly with 
Article 1 paragraph 8 of D~cision C/DEC.e/ll/82; stipulating 
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th0 Fund wh i c h ."ill he I·er"undab l .~; 
.~rtic l ~ 2 . The financing for th~ construct i on of th~ Headquarters 
o f ch..? Execu ti ve S...;c r eto ri. <.!t shall b~ l:1a.jQ up of 40% of Fund I S 
fl rtic l e 3 . The method of fin ancing sha l l be in line '.-l i th t he 
f ol l owing objec t i ves : 
i ) i mp l ementation of t he archi t ectur al contract ; 
i i ) effec t ive participation o f firms established i n t he 
s ub- reg i on ; 
iii) maxi mum ut i l i sRti on of l ocal materia l s . 
,~r t icle 4 . The t otal amount to be spent Gn th" constr uction 
of ~ l~adquarters s~nll not exc eed five (5 ) bill i o n eFA franc s . This 
amoun t i s not subject to revis ion . 
. ; rtic l c 5 . Thi s Dec i s i on shal l en t e r into forco.? upon si.gnature 
and shal l be pllbl ish ~:: in th0 Off i c i al Journa l of th ..:! Communi ty and 
i n the Nat i onal Gazette o f each r·1cr.1b~r State . 
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DONE AT LOnE ON 3RD JiJLY 1985 HI ONE 
SINGLE OR IGHJ;,L IN THE ENGLI :3H ;,N!) 
FRENCH Ltl.NGUAGES. BOTH T::::XTS BCING 
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PO" THE COIJNCIL 
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DEC ISION C/iJEC. 5/7 /85 F.c.:L~\TI'JG TO T:-tE Cr-{;")ICE Of 
OF THE HZ.\DQU,:,HTP~S QF TH2 :;'vND IN LOME 
REPUBLIC OF TOGO 
THE COUNCIL 
MINDFUL of Artic10 6 of the ECOWhS Treaty establishing the 
Council of Ministers and defining its composition and functions~ 
CONSIDERING Decision A/DEC.17/5/82 of the Authority of Heads 
of State and Governmtmt relating to the construction of the ead­
quarters of the Institutions of the Community; 
MINDFUL of Decision C/DEC.6/11/82 of the Council of Ministers 
relating to the procedure for the construction of the Headquarters 
of the Community Institutions; 
CONSIDERING the report of the Meeting of th~ Committee of 
Sxperts held in Lom~ from 17 to 21 May, 1J85~ 
DECIDES 
i;rticle 1. The va.riou3 cc.mpani-.::s in th~' t:3nder for the Projoct 
Management ~onsl.il Cal! ~ &l'c ~-l;;;_n;.:uy aWi::1.cC:\.:'-.i ('~1~ following points: 
Associated Consultants; Gh~na 
Milton & Richards. Liberia 
Towry-Coker .~ssociates i Nigeria 
I{rakue tvl~rce!' .~-: Partners Ghan2. 
Cabinet AUEA Enginaering of 
LOCOH-DONOU Tcgo 
SCEOM; Togo 
Deji OyenugD u ?a~tners. Nig8riH 
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shall negotiate with the t~o fir~s ~nd choose th0 1~3s~r bidd~r. 
that the cost of th~ Proj~ct Management Consultant does not exceed 1% 
of the total cost or tb.: construction project. 
;;rticlc 4. The Fund shall contact the :first two firms 1 asking them 
for proposals which shall include direct cost and additional cost 
to ensure that the Fund does not m~et Cl.ny other obligations. 
Article 5. The winner shall submit all dccuwents in the two official 
languages (English and French). 
Article 6. The Sub-·Com~ittee of Experts composed of Benin) Nigeria 
and Togo shall help the Fund during contract negotiations and the 
preparation of contracts. 
Article 7. This Decision shall enter into force upon signature and 
shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community and in 
the National Gazette of each Member State. 
DONE I:~ LOlliE ON 3RD JULY ~ 1905 IN ONE 
SniGLE CRI\.;Ii~';L IN THE E~~GLISH AND 
FREi\lCH L.~NGLT."'GES: BOTH TEXTS BEING 
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THE CCuNCIL OF MINIST~~S ~ 
MINDFGL of Articla 6 of th0 E2CWAS Troaty ~stablishing the Council 
of Ministers and defining its co~pcsition and functions~ 
CONSIDERING Decision A/DEC 17/5/S~ of tha Authority of Heads or 
State and Gove~n~~nt relating to th8 ~Gn5truction of the Head~uart~rs 
of the Institutions of the Community~ 
MINDFUL OF Decision C/DEe 5/11/i.~~ of thci Council of ~lin.ist8rs 
rc18tin~ to tne procecur~ for th~ constrcction of tha H8adquartsr3 uf 
the Community Institutions? 
CQNSIDERINS the R0~Grt of th~ M~~tin; of th8 At Hoc Minist2rial 
COlnrnitt~~ on the: construc;:ion of the ri~~cqudI't.:::rs of the Comr.tunity 
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Institl..:tiona f~(;;n L."I .- :~~ June j 1S'o'::y 
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ten-Y2~r gU3ranta~ of technic~l con~rol 2n~ s~~6rvision and fire S2~~ty~ 
I~rticle 3 The cost of all 2ssi;nmGnts for SCCUTEC shall be neyotiatcG 
~t ~.7~% cf t~2 totsl cost of wor~s 2xcl~cin~ the :ost of ra2~ WO~~3 
OCI~E IN LOti;E Ohl 3Rj j L'L Y 1 S'S5 
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LOME,. 1 - 3 JULy' 19&5 
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WELCOME ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY KO~LA ALIPUI, 
MINISTER OF FINA~CE (NO ECONOMIC ~FFAIRS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF TOGO 
H~~ Exc~~£ency, Cha~4man 06 th~ Counc~~ 06 M~n~~t~4~ 
HonOU4abl~ M~n~~te4~ 
M4. Execut~ve Sec4eta4y 
M4. Manag~ng V~4ect04 06 the Fund 
V~~t~ngu~~hed Velegate~ 
V~~t~ngu~~hed Gue~t~ 
Ladle./) )!nd Gentlemen, 
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Ye~te4day, the peopie 06 Togo, un~ted b~h~nd the~4 Gove4nment 
and the Fo~nd~n9 Cha~~man 06 the Togo~~~~ P~opt~'~ Ratiy 
and P4e~~d~~t 06 the Repub~~c 06 Togo, H~~ Exc~£~ency 
Gene4al Gna~~ingbe EYAVEMA, had 94~at p£ea~u4e and ~ndeed 
6ett honou4cd ~n ho~t~ng th~ m~~t~ng~ 06 th~ T~chn~ca2 
Commi~~~on~, the Ad Hoc M~n~~te~~a~ Comm~tt~~ on th~ Con~t~uc­
t~on 06 the H~aciqua~t~4~ 06 ou~ In~t~tut~on~ and the boa4d 
06 V~4ect04~. Today, We have th~ ~ame p£ea~u4~ and 6ee£ 
equally honouked tQ ho~t the CUk4~nt ~~~~~on 06 th~ Counc~l 
06 M~n~~tek~ 06 ou~ Commun~ty, ECOWAS. 
It couid not have be~~ othe4W~~~ ~~nce thi~ ~~ an Okgan~~ation 
to wh~ch OUk Head~ 06 State and G~veknmlnt hav~ ent4u~ted 
the 4e~pon~~b~£~ty 06 t4~n~iat~n9 i~to ~~ai~ty th~ hope~ 
06 the ~nhab~tant~ 06 th~ ~ub-~eg~on ~hil~ ~t~engthen~ng 
oult c.o.e.ee.ct~ve. autonomy ~v. a w04id Wh-i.ctL ~~ b~com~ng -i.nC4e.a~­
~ng£y kuthl~~~ to th~ weak and 60~~ak~n ~~~ ~mpen~t~ablc 
to the 6undamentai v~~tue~ ?6 ~oi~da~ity an~ mutua~ a~~~~tanc~. 
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06 the. 604"-90in9 that 1 VJou..<..d 6i..Jt~t 06 c.":"-L ..:..ik..:.:. to VIla..Ll 
my~eL6 06 th~~ opp04tun~ty to W~~com~ yc~ tr Togo, a t~~d T 06 d.i.at.ogue and c.ol1c..;:."tat.i.o~ 011 b'-h.a~6 G~ t:,,:. Foul1d.i.ng .~'-d:"101TIDl 
06 the. Togole~e PloPle'~ Ra~~y, P~~~~de~t 06 th~ Re.publ~c, 
rp:±±E± ge:lte:Jt~£ Gna./)./).i.ngb" EYAVEMA • 
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Honou~abi~ Min~~tc~ S04Y DGUM60UYA ~h~ ha~ a~~~y~ CO~ducted 
the me~tinS6 06 OU~ Co~ncii with com~~t~nc~ a~d 604l~ight. 
Th~ ~e~U!t~ 06 th~ p~~~im~na~~ d~~cu~~~on~ ~n p~epa~at~on 
60~ ou~ Counci~ m~~t~ng w~~~ ~oon b~ ~ubmitt~d 60~ ou~ con~ide­
~ation. In examin~ng th~m, W~ mu~t b~a4 in m~nd th~ inte~nationa 
economic ci~matG wh~ch ha~ inc~ea~ed the con~t~aint~ on the 
Th~~d W04id, pa4ticu£a~£y ou~ Cont~nent, and wo~~ened the 
~n6i~x~bil~ty 06 a ha~~h ~y~t~m wh~ch i~ becoming ~nc~ea~ingly 
unju~t and unbea~ab£~. Add~d to that a~e th~ deva~tat~n9 
e66ect~ 00 impo~ted ino~at~on and exce6~~ve ~nd~btedne6~. 
To ma~e matte~~ wo~~e, implacab£~ natu~~, th~ough d~Ou9ht, 
ha~ been deva~tating da~iy the majo~~ty 06 Membe~ Stat~~ 
06 ou~ Commun~ty. 
Faced w~th ail th~~l cha~~~n9~6, w~ mU6t take bo£d and jud~clou~ 
dec~~~on~ to 4e~ind~~ thL hope6 06 ou~ p~opl~ ~a~~~d ten 
yea~~ ago at th~ ~nc~ption 06 ECOWAS. 
Th~6 ann~ve~~a~y mU6t b~ an occa~~on 60~ u~ to eva£uate ou~ 
pa6t activiti~6 and exchang~ idea~ on 6utu~~ act~v~t~e~, 
a~ w~ll a~ changl~ to bl made ~he~~ n~cl~6a~y. 
Futh~~mo~l, OU4 maj04 conce~n mU6t b~ th~ ~ound manag~ment 
06 all the ~e60u4ce4 which ou~ peop~~ a~e toiiing to make 
ava~lable to the In~t~tution~ 06 ou~ Commun~ty, 60~ ~t would 
be intot~~ab£e to iet ~~p4ehln~ibie n~giigenc~ and wa~te 
p~eva~l ~n ECOWAS In6t~tution~ whe~ea6 at nat~ona£ ievet 
~t~lct accountability in ~e6ou~CL managem~nt i6 thz 0~de4 
06 the. da.y. 
it i~ my a~d~nt hop~ that th~~~ c~uci~~ o~~~~vation~ witi 
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L(h.c, 1 - 3 JULY, 1985 
1ll SESSION VU CONSEIL DES MINISTRES 
LOME, 1 - 3 JUILLET 1985 
LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS / LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 
COUNTRY 
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NOMS / NAMES 
ANTONIO HOSPICE 
DEVEHOUANOU MICHEL 
LABITE JEAN 
" VAVID-GNAHOUI LEOPOLD 
AVJAHOSSOU DOSSOU FIRMIN 
BATONON KOUASSI FRANCOIS 
GOVONOU CHRISTOPHE 
AZON ARSENE 
WILSON JAMES 
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FONCTI0N / FUNCTION: AVRESSE / ADDRESS 
MINISTRE VES FINANCES: MIN. DES FINANCE~ ET &' 
ET 1)E L' E CONOIi.I E L' E CONOM 1 QU E. COT~)i~UU 
VIRECTEUR VES AFFAIRES: MIN. VES FIiJAtJCE.S ET DE 
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VIRECTEUR VE L' URlSANISME MIN. DE L I EQUIPr.j[rJT £T VES 
ET Vf L' HAB IT AT TRANSPVRT. COTOrJUU 
VIRECTEUR VES ETUVES ET MIN. VES FINANCES ET Of 
DE LA PLAiVNIFICATION LiECOfJOMIE .. C()TON(}U 
VIPLOMATE MIN. DES AFFAIi{ES ETRANGCRES 
COTONOU 
VIRECTEUR. DE LA RECHERCHE. VIR. VE LA RECHERCHE AGRO. 
AGRONOMIQUE B.P. 884 p COTONOU 
CADRE . VIR. "DES AFFAIRES· ECCNOMIQUES 
VIR. [,iES INVUSTRIES MIN. vES FINANCES ET DE 'ECCN. 
VIR. OE LA PREVISION MIN. VES FINANCES ET VE i E\40N. 
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COR~EIA FRANCISCO 
LIMA Ai.iI LCAR 
NICOLAS KOUANVI ANGBA 
KONE AbVOULAYE 
OULE RIGOBERT 
tJ' GORAiJ YAO MATHIEU 
SOUMAHORO AMADOU 
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MINISTRE PU COMMERCE ET 
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ADMIN. VfS S[~VICES 
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CONSEILLER VES AFF. 
ECONOMIQ.UES 
VIR, VES INn:!,HT) 
AGRICOLES 
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VOUANES - PRAIA 
CHEF DIVISION EraN. 
MIN. PU COMMERCE ET: DE 
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MIN. VU EUVGET 
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ET VES FINANCES FINANCES, BPV 163; ABIDJA1J 
VIRECTEUR VU CONTROLE MIN. DE L'ECON. ET DES FIN-
DU SECTEUR PARAPUBLIC NJCE~ BPV 163, ABIVJAN 
PRESIVE;~T COMMISSION MIiJ. ECOlvOMIE £T FINANCE 
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C.W. THOMAS 
MOMOVU LANE KASSAMA 
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g INDUST. VEVELOPMENT 
PERMANENT SECRETARY 
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DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION 
VEP. PERM. SECRETARY 
MIN. OF ECONOMIC PLANIJIJG 6-
HJVUSTR,IAL VEV.;, BANJUL 
MIN. OF fCON. PLANNING e 
INVUSTRIAL VEV. s tAj·1JUd 
BANJUL 
PRESI'JE/~T'S OFFICE~ EII~;iJUL 
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E.I<. SEKYIAMAH 
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J. OSEI-HWEVIEH 
JESSE CLOTTEY 
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CHARGE V'AFFAlkES 
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JEAN CLAUDE OIALLO 
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FAMOUVOU MAGASSOUBA 
VlALLO ABVOUL 
EL HAV] SAKOBA KEITA 
VIALLO ALPHA OUMAR 
JEAN LOUIS AHYEE 
MOHAMED SAMPIL 
AVELINO MANO QUETA 
RUI FERREIRA 
SALVADOR S. SANO 
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MIN. AMENAG. TERRIT. 
BUR. D'ETUVES ECON. ET 
FINANCIERES 
ADMIN. CIVIL: VIVA CEVEAO 
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VIR. GEN. DE LA COOP. 
INTERNATIONALE 
DIR. GEN. ADJOINT DES 
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ADMIN. CIVIL, BUREAU 
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VIR., DIVISION CEDEAO 
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INSPECTEUR DES SERVe 
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SERVICES DE L'INTERIEUR 
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YALLA SIVIBE 
NAJIM OULV HAMAVY 
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SALAO AVAMOU 
CHIEF MICHAEL AVIGUN 
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MOSES A.B. AKPOBASAH 
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A.G. GOTIP 
JOHN A. ARIJE (VR) 
JOHN O. AFOLABI (VR) 
TOURE ABVOURAHMANE 
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MINISTRE DES FINANCES 
VIR. GENERAL AVJOINT VES 
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VIRECTEUR, RELATIONS INTER:" 
NATIONALES A LA DIR. DES 
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MINISTER OF NATIONAL PLAN.: 
SECRETARY FOR ECQN. AFF.· 
VIRECTOR, INT. fCON. COOPERA­
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VIRECTCR OF PLA~JNING 
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY 
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY 
MINISTER-COUNSELLOR 
PRINCIPAL ASST. SECRETARY 
COUNSELLOR OIEC 
MINISTRE DU COMMERCE 
CONSEILLER VU PRESIDENT 
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NIAMEY, NIGER 
VIRECTION GENERAL 'DES 
VOUANES, NIAMEY 
VIR. GENERAL VES VOUANES 
B.P. 244, NIAMEY 
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PLANNING, LAGOS 
FEV .. PIN. OF NAT!a~AL PLAN. 
LAGOS 
MIN. OF EXTERN,\L AFFAIRS 
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FED. MIN. Of NAT10NAL PLANNING 
LAGOS 
CABINET OFFICE, LAGOS 
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16. Council took note of the Report of the Commission, which 
dealt mainly with cooperation in ~etroleum and petrolaum oroducts. 
It was however pointed out that; as a general rule, when experts 
of the Community are commissioned to carry out studies, they 
should also consider technical aspects and the resources 
necessary for the implementation of the pro~osed recommendations. 
Council therefore requested that the document be improved 
through 
i) a country by country evaluation survey of all 
projects identified; 
ii) identification of the ways and means necessary 
for the" implementation of such projects. 
ITEM 6: ECONOMIC ISSUES 
17. Since no documents were submitted on this item, the 
various delegations exchanged views on the continued deterioration 
of the economic situation in the sub-region, characterised by : 
i) Drought and desert encroachment which are afflicting 
virtually all Member States, particularly the 
Sahel ian States which are suffering from considerable 
grain deficits. 
ii) External debt problems of Member states, which 
are hampering economic development, since debt 
servicing takes up a large part of export revenue. 
iii) Low level of agricultural development. 
iv) The participation of the IMF in the preparation of 
financial programmes of certain Member States. 
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18. In this connection, Council rAcaller! the text of the 
Lome Resolution A/RES~1/11/8~ on economic recovery in which 
the Heads of state and Governnent decided to ndopt a common 
position on the economic crisis currently afflicting the 
sub-region. The Resolution also recommends ways and means 
of overcoming the crisis through concerted Community oolicies 
and programmes which will cover all areas of economic activity. 
19. It was pointed out that, in order to make this 
Resolution effective, the Authority decidec to set up an Ad 
Hoc Ministerial Committee to examine all the problems relating 
to the crisis. 
20. Council observed that this Committee had not yet been 
set up and designated the following Member states as members : 
Chairman 
Members 
TOGO 
BURKINl\ 
GHANA 
NtGERIA 
SENEGAL 
21. Council also decided that henceforth economic issues 
should always be included on the agenda of each of its sessions 
as a matter of course. The Executive Secretariat was directed 
to ta~e the necessary steps to ensure that this is done. 
22. Council appealed to all Member States to adopt a 
common position on all issues to be discussed during the 
next Economic Summit of Heads of state ~nd Government of 
the OAU which is scheduled to take place from 18 to 20 July 
1985 in ADDIS-ABABA. 
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ITEt·1 7: CONSIDERATION OF Nl\YS t\~D ~1El,\NS OF ENSURING THE 
IMPLEMENTJ;l'ION OF DECISIONS BY .~lE~BER STATES 
23. Council took note of the Memor~ndum presented by the 
Executive Secretariat on the extent to which Member States had 
honoured their commitments to the Community. 
The following observations were made 
The Executive Secretariat was directed to update the 
document indicating the status of ratification of 
Protocols and Conventions attached to the Memorandum, 
in vi~w of the new information supplied by some Member 
States. 
Council rejected the pro~osal to set up an Ad Hoc 
Committee to assist the Secretariat in the prompt 
impl~mentation of Community Acts and Decisions. An 
appeal was however made to Member States to establish 
national structures for the coordination and monito=ing 
of ECOWAS affairs in States where such structures do 
not exist and to endow these units with adequate 
resources to enable them carry out the tasks assigned 
to them effectively. 
Council urged all Member States to implement Community 
Acts and Decisions. 
To avoid delay in payment of contributions, the 
Executive Secretariat wcs directed to contact Member 
States with a view to establishing a time-table for 
payments which would enable the countries to oay 
up their arrears by i~stalments. 
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I'rEM 8: f<EPORT OF THE ;"\0 HOC :·lINISTERI T\L CCf'·1~·1ITTSE ON THE 
CONSTRUCTION OF INSTITUTIONAL HEADQUARTERS (FUND 
AND SECRETARli~\T) 
24. On the construction of the headquarters of the 
Secretariat, Council approved the gradin~s based on merit for 
the four designs selected by the Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee 
as follows : 
250 Council examined project costs at length and decided to 
fix a maximum of 5 Billion F CFA and not subject to revision 
for the construction of the headquarters of the Executive 
Secretariat in ABUJA (Federal Republic of Nigeria) in view of 
the difficult economic situation prevailing in the Member 
states. 
26. Council requested the Executive Secretariat to instruct 
the winneL.....of the competi.tion to operate within the limits of 
the amount a roved without jeo?ardising the desired technical 
and town planninq criteria. 
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Should the winne r r eject these oroposals , the second b idde r 
s hould be selected f or th e c o nstruct i on wo r~s. 
27. Council a~so a rrive d a t the f o llowing r esu lt s a ft er 
openi ng tender s f o r th e co nstructio n . 
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Assoc i at i o n with YUSUF MO HAMED Associa ti o n 
(Nige ria) . 
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EGBOR and Assoc i a tes (Nigeria) 
Mess rs NIGER Consultants (Nigeria) 
28. The financ;ng scheme fo" the construction o f the 
headquarters of th e Executive Se creta ri at would be th e same 
as for the Fund i.e. 40% fr o m the Fund ' s r e sou rcps and 60 % 
to be borrowed on th e best possible t e rms . 
29. As regards th e c ons truc ti o n o f the headquarters of 
the Fund, Council adopted the r epo rt o f the MinIste ri a l ad 
hoc committee and amended th e r ecommend~t l on r e l a ting t o th e 
financing of th e construction . Co uncil d i rected that the 
mana gement of the Fund sho uld con tinue wi t h o n-go ing 
negotiat ions with a view t o ob t a inl ng l o ans unde r the mo st 
adva ntageous conditio ns . 
ITEM 9 : REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DI RECTORS OF THE FUND 
30. Council adopt e d th e Report o f the Bo a rd of Dir ec t o rs 
o f the Fund and decid e d that the Recommendat i o n on externa l 
fina ncing of the Fund Headqua rters should be ame nded in 
accordance with th e recomme ndati o n of the Bo a r d which d ir e cts 
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external financial sources to ensure the best terms of 
financing. 
ITEM 10: REPORT OF THE AD HOC MINISTERIAL COMMISSION 
ON EVALUliTION 
31. This item was discussed in a closed session. 
ITEM 11: PREPARATION OF THE AGENDA FOR THE SUMMIT OF TqE 
AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT 
32. The draft agenda submitted by the Executive Secretariat 
was adopted and is attached as an appendix. 
ITEM 12: OTHER MATTERS 
33. The Executive Secretariat informed Council that 
the terms of office of the Deputy Executive secretary 
(Economic Affairs) and the Deputy Executive Secretary 
(Administration) would be expiring in July and in September 
1985 respectively. 
34. The Executive Secretary nlso informed Council of 
the appointment of Mr. Ahmed HAIBA. of the Islamic Republic 
of Mauritani~ t.o the ~ost 0: E~tern~l ~uditor~ 
ADOPTION OF REPORT 
35. This report was ado~ted. 
36. At the end of the meeting, Mr. Yaovi ADODO, the 
Togo Minister for Planning and Industry, standing as 
Chairman of Council for the ~inister for Finance and 
Economic Affa irs, Mr. KomIa i\LIP-UI expni's .," . 9 ) t ! it i-tyde:-: 
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to Lltc"'HoFlourable Ministers ::tnd deleqab2s for the hiqh c:ruality 
of work done. He congratulated the M~n~ging Director of the 
Fund on his appointment and coniirmatio~. He then re-affirmed 
the need to strengthen sub-regional cooperation to ensure 
a better future for our people, since ECOWAS ~rovides the 
ideal framework for economic integration. 
DONE AT LOME, 3RD JULY 1985 
FOR THE COUNCIL 
Viiy 
HON. DR. 'O~LA ALIPUI 
CHAIRMAN 
ECONOMIC COMMUN ITY OF ~EST nFR I CA~ STATES 
SEVENTEEN TH SESSro J OF COUNCIL OF 
mN I STE RS 
LOME, JULY 1 - 3 , 1985 
VOTE OF THANKS 
The 17th Sessio n o f the Council of Mi n i sters of t he 
Economic Community of west Af ri can Stat~s (ECOWAS) meet i ng 
in Lome f r om 1st t o 3rd Ju l y 1985 expresses i ts gr~ti tude 
t o His Exce llency Ge ne r a l Gnas s ingbe EYADE~lA , Fo unde r ­
Cha irman of the Togolese People : s Rally , Pr e sident o f the 
Rep ublic , to the people and Government of To go f c r th e 
wa r m welcome accorded t o th e Cou nc il ~ nd for th ~ f~cilities 
made avai l a ble f o r the success of it s deliberatio ns . 
DONE AT LOME TH I S 3RD DAY OF JULY , 1 985 
THE COUNCIL OF ~INISTERS 
DECISION C/DEC . 1/7/85 OF THS COUNCr~ CF ~I~ISTEh S 
RELATI NG TO THE CONFIRMATION 0: T:-i::: ,';??OINTMENT 
OF THE MANAGING D I R~CTOR OF THE ECO\;;\S FUND 
TH E COiJ1~CIL 
MI NDFUL of Article 6 of the ECOWAS Treaty establishi ng t he 
Coun c i l o f ~1in i sters and defi n ing its composi ticn and power s; 
MIN DFUL of Articl e 28 paragr aph 1 of the Protoc ol r elat ing 
to t h e Fund for Coope r :?t ion, COIi1penSa ti c n and l)e velopmen t of 
t h e econor.1ic Communi ty of ~J e st African S t ate3 and to t h e appoint ­
ment of the r-I.a naging Di:-EC tor of ECm'JAS Fund. 
f'U NDf1~rL o f t;,e ?inal Communique of t!lE' :-t:l Authcr i ty of Henos 
of State and Government cf ECO~AS held i~ Lom~ on 22 and 23 
Nov ember 1984 ·,Jfferi~g ~!l e post o f Managi:l3 Director of ECJ WAS 
Fund to the Republic o f Senegal, 
the Chairm3~ of the Counci l of :~iniste r ~ ~f ECaV.\S 8p~ci~ting Mr . 
r.laher:ta i)iri:na FALL as ··i;Jneging G i:'~(;tc:r 0f' ::C::··P.3 pund · . ;i th e ffect 
CONSIDERING that ~r . Mehenta Bi rima F~ L~ ~as accomplished 
wi th satisfac ti ol1 the six ~onths p~obation pe ri od r efer red to above; 
January 1.985 . 
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and s hal l be ;Jublishe d i n t ile Offi c i al j 'Jl.,r: l<:. .. l of th ~ COr.lmuni ty 
and i n -che Nati ona l Ga ::et t e of c ac h i ,1~ ", t'2r -5ts t e . 
DONE P.T LOi;;:: 3 J,)LY 1985 HI ONE 
SINGLE ORIGI ,'U; L IN THE ErlGLI5 H 
"~!D FRENCH LANSU AGES BOTH TEXTS 
BSING EQUALLY AUTHENTIC . 
FOR THE COUNCIL