Official Journal Vol. 35 
o f t h e E c o n o m i c C o m m u n i t y o f 
W e s t A f r i c a n S t a t e s ( E C O W A S ) 
E n g l i s h E d i t i o n 
C O N T E N T S 
October 1998 
P A G E 
1. Declaration of a Moratorium on Importation, Exportation and Manufacture 
of light weapons in West Africa. 
DECIS IONS 
O F T H E A U T H O R I T Y O F H E A D S O F S T A T E A N D G O V E R N M E N T 
I. On the introduction of the E C O W A S Traveller's Cheque. 
2 Launching the E C O M O G Commemorat ive Stamp. 
3. Recognising and honouring all those who participated and contributed to 
the E C O M O G operations in Liberia and Sierra Leone. 
4. Establ ish ing a Survei l lance Mechan ism for the harmonisat ion of the 
economic and financial policies of Member States. 
5. Relating to the Regulation on transhumance between E C O W A S Member 
States. 
6. Amending Article 9 of Decision A / D E C . 19/5/80 dated 28 May 1980 of the 
Authority of Heads of State and Government relating to application of 
procedures for compensation of loss of revenue suffered by E C O W A S 
Member States as a result of liberalisation of intra-Community trade. 
7. Re la t ing to the Rat iona l isa t ion of W e s t Af r ican in ter-governmenta l 
organisations. 
8. On the establishment of a regional fund for financing drug control activities 
in west Africa. 
9. Approving the request of Burkina Faso to host the headquarters of the 
West African Health Organisation. 
10. Establishing an Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee for the restructuring of the 
E C O W A S Executive Secretariat. 
I I . Relating to the E C O W A S Mechanism for conflict prevention, Management, 
Resolution, Peace-keeping and Security. 
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12- Creating the post of Deputy Executive Secretary for Political Affairs, Defence 
and Security in the Executive Secretariat. 27 
13. Approving the Revised Statutes and the Rules for procedure of the Wes t African 
Women 's Associat ion (WAWA). 28 
14. Relat ing to the establ ishment of an Ad -hoc Commit tee for the al location of 
Statutory positions to Member States. 35 
15. D E C I S I O N A / A D - H O C / C O M S M Z / D E C . 1 / 2 / 9 8 On the setting up of a Standing 
Technical Committee on E C O W A S Single Monetary Zone. 36 
R E S O L U T I O N 
O F T H E A U T H O R I T Y O F H E A D S O F S T A T E A N D G O V E R N M E N T 
1. On the Recommendat ions of Sixth General Assembly of the West African Women 's 
Associat ion relating to Peace , Conflict Management and Eradication of Poverty. 38 
S T A T U S O F E C O M O G A G R E E M E N T 
1. Relating to the Status of E C O M O G in Liberia between The Economic Community 
of West African States, ( E C O W A S ) , and The Republ ic of Liberia. 39 
R E G U L A T I O N S 
O F T H E C O U N C I L O F M I N I S T E R S 
1. Approving the Audited Financial Statements of the Executive Secretariat for the 
1997 financial year. 51 
2. Approving the Work Programme of the Executive Secretariat for the 1999 Financial 
Year. 51 
3. Approving the Budget of the Executive Secretariat for the 1999 financial year. 61 
4. Approving the compensat ion budgets for loss of revenue suffered by E C O W A S 
Member States in 1996 and 1997, as a result of liberalisation of intra-Community 
trade. 61 
5. Relating to the cancellation of the estimated Budgets for compensation of loss of 
revenue from 1990 and 1997. 64 
6. On the organisation of an E C O D R U G Raffle Draw (Lottery). 65 
7. Authorising recruitment of one permanent Bilingual Secretary (G5) for the Executive 
Secretariat. 66 
8 Waiving the provisions of the Staff Regulations governing renewal of appointments 
for temporary staff. 66 
9. Authorising recruitment of temporary professional staff for the Department of 
Legal Affairs and the Department of Social and Cultural Affairs. 67 
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10. Approving the substantive cost of the partial movement of staff to Abuja and 
allocating additional funds to the Executive Secretariat to complete the exercise. 68 
11. On the additional list of enterprises and products approved to benefit from the 
E C O W A S Liberalisation Scheme. 69 
12. Approving the Statutes of the Regional Fund for financing Drug Control activities 
in Wes t Africa ( E C O D R U G FUND) . 80 
13. Relating to the adoption of job profiles of E C O W A S Statutory Appointees other 
than the Executive Secretary. 86 
14. Adopting the Rev ised Regional Plan of Action and the 1999 - 2002 Regional 
Priority Programme for Drug Control in West Africa. 92 
R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S 
O F T H E C O U N C I L O F M I N I S T E R S 
1. Relating to the establishment of a Surveil lance Mechanism for the harmonisation 
of the economic and financial policies of Member States. 105 
2. Relating to the official launching of the E C O W A S Travellers Cheque. 105 
3. Relating to the Regulation on transhumance between E C O W A S Member States. 106 
4. Amending Article 9 of Decision A / D E C . 19/5/80 dated 28 May 1980 of the Authority 
of Heads of State and Government relating to application of procedures for 
compensation of loss of revenue suffered by E C O W A S Member States as a result 
of liberalisation of intra-Community trade. 106 
5. Relating to the Rationalisation of West African inter-governmental organisations. 107 
6. On the establishment of a regional fund for financing drug control activities in 
west Africa. 108 
7. On the request of Burkina Faso to host the headquarters of the West African 
Health Organisation. 109 
8 Relat ing to the establ ishment of an A d Hoc Minister ial Commi t tee for the 
restructuring of the E C O W A S Executive Secretariat. 109 
FINAL C O M M U N I Q U E 
O F T H E A U T H O R I T Y O F H E A D S O F S T A T E A N D G O V E R N M E N T 
1. Twenty-first session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government, 30 and 
31 October, 1998, Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria. 110 
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D E C L A R A T I O N O F A M O R A T O R I U M O N 
I M P O R T A T I O N , E X P O R T A T I O N A N D 
M A N U F A C T U R E O F L IGHT W E A P O N S IN W E S T 
A F R I C A 
W E , T H E H E A D S O F S T A T E A N D G O V E R N M E N T 
O F T H E E C O N O M I C C O M M U N I T Y O F W E S T 
A F R I C A N S T A T E S ( E C O W A S ) , 
C O N S I D E R I N G the pr inc ip les and ob jec t i ves 
embodied in the Rev i sed E C O W A S Treaty, the 
Charter of the Organisation of African Unity, and 
the United Nations Charter ; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the fact that the proliferation of light 
w e a p o n s const i tu tes a destab i l i s ing factor for 
E C O W A S Member States and a threat to the peace 
and security of our people; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the resolutions of the United Nations 
conference on conflict prevention, d isarmament 
and development held in Bamako in November 
1996; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the d i r e c t i v e s of the four th 
extraordinary session of the E C O W A S Authority of 
Heads of State and Government which took place 
in Lome, on 17th December, 1997, relating to the 
establ ishment of a sub-regional mechan ism for 
conf l ic t p reven t ion , m a n a g e m e n t , reso lu t ion , 
peacekeeping and security; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s of the 
meeting of E C O W A S Ministers of Foreign Affairs, 
De fence , Internal Af fa i rs and Secur i ty held in 
Yamoussoukro on 11th and 12th March, 1998; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the reaffirmation of the commitment 
made by the E C O W A S Member States at the Oslo 
Conference held on 1st and 2nd Apri l , 1998, and 
the declared support of the international community 
for the proposal to p lace a moratorium on light 
weapons in Wes t Afr ica; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the repeated encouragement of the 
United Nations for disarmament in Wes t Africa as 
stipulated in the relevant Resolut ions of the 50th, 
51st and 52nd Sess ions of the Genera l Assembly; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the outcomes of the meetings of 
Ministers of Defence, Internal Affairs and Security 
and of Ministers of Foreign Affairs held in Banjul 
on 23rd and 24th July, 1998, and in Abuja on 26th 
to 29th October, 1998 respectively, endorsed by 
us in Abuja on 31st October, 1998; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the unqua l i f i ed a p p r o v a l 
demonstrated by Member States of the Wassenaar 
Arrangement and other arms manufacturers for a 
Moratorium on Light Weapons in West Africa; 
H E R E B Y S O L E M N L Y D E C L A R E A M O R A T O R I U M 
O N T H E I M P O R T A T I O N , E X P O R T A T I O N A N D 
M A N U F A C T U R E O F L I G H T W E A P O N S IN 
E C O W A S M E M B E R STATES, WHICH S H A L L T A K E 
E F F E C T F R O M T H E F IRST DAY O F N O V E M B E R , 
1998 F O R A R E N E W A B L E P E R I O D O F T H R E E 
(3) Y E A R S . 
D I R E C T the E C O W A S Execut ive Secretary, in 
collaboration with the United Nat ions system to 
convene a meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs 
and of experts to launch the operational framework 
for the assoc ia ted measures of the moratorium 
under the P r o g r a m m e for C o o r d i n a t i o n and 
A s s i s t a n c e for S e c u r i t y a n d D e v e l o p m e n t 
( P C A S E D ) ; 
S E E K I N G T O E N S U R E the s u c c e s s of the 
Moratorium; 
H E R E B Y S O L I C I T the a s s i s t a n c e of the 
Organisation of African Unity, the United Nations 
and the international community in implementing 
the Programme for Coordination and Ass is tance 
for Security and Development ( P C A S E D ) ; 
D IRECT the Executive Secretary, in collaboration 
with P C A S E D , to convene a meeting of Ministers 
of Fore ign Af fa i rs to a s s e s s and 'eva lua te the 
morator ium at the end of the initial three-year 
period; 
IN FAITH W H E R E O F , W E T H E H E A D S O F S T A T E 
A N D G O V E R N M E N T O F T H E E C O N O M I C 
C O M M U N I T Y O F W E S T A F R I C A N S T A T E S H A V E 
S I G N E D THIS D E C L A R A T I O N . 
D O N E A T A B U J A , 
THIS 31ST D A Y O F O C T O B E R , 1998. 
(IN SINGLE ORIGINAL IN THE ENGLISH AND 
FRENCH LANGUAGES BOTH TEXTS BEING 
EQUALLY AUTHENTIC). 
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H.E. Ma th ieu K E R E K O U H.E. Dr. C a r l o s A lbe r to W a h a n o n 
President of the Republ ic of BENIN de Ca rva lho V E I G A 
Prime Minister of the Republ ic of C A B O V E R D E 
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H.E. Henr i K o n a n B E D I E 
President of the Republ ic of C O T E D' lVOIRE 
H.E. C o l . Y a h y a A . J . J . J A M M E H 
President of the Republ ic of the G A M B I A 
President of the Republ ic of G H A N A President of the Republ ic of G U I N E A 
H.E. ' J o a o Berna rdo VIEIRA 
President of the Republic of G U I N E A - B I S S A U 
H.E. C h a r l e s T A Y L O R ~ " 
President of the Republic of LIBERIA 
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H.E. Alpha Oumar KONARE 
President of the Republic of MALI 
H.E. Ibrahim Mainassara BARE 
President of the Republ ic of N I G E R 
H.E. Genera l A b d u l s a l a m i A B U B A K A R H.E. Abdou DIOUF 
Head of State, Commander- in-Chief of the President of the Republ ic of S E N E G A L 
Armed Forces of the Federal Republ ic of 
NIGERIA 
H.E. Alhaji Ahmad Tejan KABBAH 
President of the Republ ic of S I E R R A L E O N E 
H.E. Gnassingbe EYADEMA 
President of the T O G O L E S E Republic, 
Hon. Ablasse OUEDRAOGO 
Minister of Foreign Affairs 
for and on behalf of the President of F A S O 
S.E. Mohamed A. Ould MOINE 
Ambassador, for and on behalf of the President 
of the Islamic Republ ic of MAURITANIA 
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D E C I S I O N A / D E C . 1 /10/98 O N T H E 
INTRODUCTION O F T H E E C O W A S T R A V E L L E R ' S 
C H E Q U E 
T H E A U T H O R I T Y O F H E A D S O F S T A T E A N D 
G O V E R N M E N T , 
M I N D F U L of Art icles 7, 8 and 9 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government and defining its composition and 
functions; 
MINDFUL of Decision A /DEC.2 /7 /87 of Authority 
relating to the adoption of the E C O W A S Monetary 
Cooperation Programme aimed at establishing a 
Single Monetary Zone; 
WISHING to promote the use of a common regional 
payments instrument to facilitate, trade, tourism and 
cross-border transactions; 
B E A R I N G in mind that the use of a reg ional 
payments instrument will enhance the integration 
effort and in particular the ach ievement of the 
objective of a Single Monetary Zone; 
A W A R E of the d e s i r e of the C o m m i t t e e of 
Governors of Central Banks for the introduction of 
an E C O W A S Traveller's Cheque, as expressed at 
its meeting, held in Abuja on 26th October, 1998; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the meeting of 
Ministers of F inance and Governors of Central 
Bank held in Abuja on 28th October, 1998; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the approval of the Heads of State 
of the A d Hoc Commi t tee on E C O W A S Single 
Monetary Zone at its inaugural session held in Abuja 
30th October, 1998; 
D E C I D E S 
Ar t ic le 1 
A regional payments instrument named as the 
E C O W A S T R A V E L L E R ' S C H E Q U E (the cheque) 
is hereby introduced into circulation. 
Ar t ic le 2 
The cheque shall be issued by the West African 
M o n e t a r y A g e n c y ( W A M A ) on beha l f of the 
Committee of Governors of Central Banks and shall 
be denominated in West African Units of Account 
( W A U A ) equivalent to one unit of the Spec ia l 
Drawing Right of the International Monetary Fund 
(IMF). 
Ar t ic le 3 
The cheque shall be issued in five denominations 
of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 Units of Account. 
Ar t ic le 4 
The cheque shal l be acceptab le in all Member 
States for the payment of all transactions in both 
goods and services. 
Ar t ic le 5 
The Committee of Governors of Central Banks shall 
ensure the circulation and effective management 
of the E C O W A S Travel lers C h e q u e initially by 
WAlvlA and eventually by the private sector. 
Ar t ic le 6 
The W A M A directorate in col laboration with the 
Executive Secretariat shall monitor the use and 
acceptability of the cheques and submit a yearly 
report to the c o m p e t e n t au tho r i t i es of the 
Community. 
Ar t ic le 7 
All Central Banks shall prevent the accumulation 
of new arrears in the clearing mechanism in order 
to ensure credibility of the sys tem and impact 
confidence in the use of the travellers cheque. 
Ar t ic le 8 
The Ministers of Finance and Governors of Central 
Banks of part ic ipat ing count r ies under take to 
guarantee the prompt payment of any future arrears 
arising from the regional clearing system. They 
shall consider the arrears as priority payment in 
their settlement of multilateral debts. 
Ar t ic le 9 
Countries in arrears shall undertake to settle their 
debts as quickly as possible. Meanwhi le, these 
countries shall be excluded from participating in the 
project until the debts have been settled. 
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Art ic le 10 
This Decis ion shall be publ ished in the Official 
J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Authority. 
It shall also be published within the same time-frame 
by each Member State in its National Gazette. 
D O N E AT A B U J A , 
THIS 30TH D A Y O F O C T O B E R , 1998. 
H.E. G E N E R A L A B D U L S A L A M I A B U B A K A R 
C H A I R M A N , 
F O R T H E A U T H O R I T Y . 
MINDFUL of Decision A /DEC.7 /8 /97 extending the 
scope of activity and mandate of E C O M O G to cover 
Sierra Leone; 
A P P L A U D I N G the fact that E C O W A S is the only sub-
region in A f r i ca to success fu l l y mount a fully 
operational peace-keeping operation; 
R E C A L L I N G wi th p r ide the e x e m p l a r y and 
commendable role played by E C O M O G in Liberia 
and Sierra Leone; 
D E S I R I N G to project E C O M O G ' s achievements 
globally and establ ish its s u c c e s s as reference 
points; 
D E S I R I N G to honour all those who served in 
E C O M O G ' s operations; 
O N T H E INITIATIVE of Provident Communicat ions, 
a co rpo ra te C o m m u n i t y c i t i zen in te res ted in 
promoting E C O W A S ; 
ON T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the Meeting of 
Ministers of Foreign Affairs held in Abuja from 26th 
to 29th October, 1998; 
D E C I D E S 
Ar t i c le 1 
L a u n c h i n g 
Two sets of commemorat ive s tamps descr ibed 
be low are hereby l aunched in honour of the 
laudable achievements of the E C O W A S Ceasef ire 
Monitoring Group ( E C O M O G ) in Liberia and Sierra 
Leone. 
D E C I S I O N A / D E C . 2/10/98 L A U N C H I N G T H E 
E C O M O G C O M M E M O R A T I V E S T A M P 
T H E A U T H O R I T Y O F H E A D S O F S T A T E A N D 
G O V E R N M E N T , 
M I N D F U L of Art ic les 7, 8 and 9 of the Rev ised 
Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government and defining its composition and 
functions; 
M I N D F U L of Dec is ion A / D E C . 1 / 8 / 9 0 dated 7th 
August, 1990 of the Authority of Heads of State 
and G o v e r n m e n t e s t a b l i s h i n g the E C O W A S 
Ceasefire Monitoring Group for Liberia ( E C O M O G ) ; 
Ar t ic le 2 
S y m b o l s of the S t a m p s 
International Edition 
1) The International Edi t ion titled "Mil i tary 
C o o p e r a t i o n " c a r r i e s the f l ags of a l l 
E C O M O G troop-contr ibuting countr ies -
Ben in , Burkina F a s o , Co te d' lvoire, The 
G a m b i a , G h a n a , G u i n e a , Ma l i , Niger , 
Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Senegal . 
This military cooperation is significant to the 
culture of integration which E C O W A S seeks 
to promote. 
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Local Edition 
2) The local edit ion car r ies a ship, with a 
country flag. It signifies the zest and value 
wi th w h i c h E C O W A S M e m b e r S t a t e s 
e m b r a c e d the cha l l enge of be ing their 
brother's keepers. It expresses the notion 
of distance covered to re-establish brotherly 
humanity. 
It d e p i c t s the m e a n s th rough w h i c h 
E C O M O G set out for its human i ta r ian 
mission. 
Article 3 
Scope 
The E C O W A S Secretariat shall collaborate with 
Member States to launch the stamps on country 
basis. 
Article 4 
Publication 
This Decis ion shal l be publ ished in the Official 
J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Authority. 
It shall also be published within the same time-frame 
by each Member State in its National Gazette. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 30TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
H.E. GENERAUABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR THE AUTHORITY. 
DECISION A/DEC. 3/10/98 RECOGNISING AND 
HONOURING ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED 
AND C O N T R I B U T E D T O T H E E C O M O G 
OPERATIONS IN LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND 
GOVERNMENT, 
MINDFUL of Art icles 7, 8 and 9 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government and defining its composit ion and 
functions; 
M I N D F U L of Dec is ion A / D E C . 1 / 8 / 9 0 dated 7th 
August, 1990 of the Authority of Heads of State 
and G o v e r n m e n t e s t a b l i s h i n g the E C O W A S 
Ceasefire Monitoring Group for Liberia ( E C O M O G ) ; 
MINDFUL of Decision A/DEC.7/8 /97 of the Authority 
of Heads of State and Government extending the 
scope of activity and mandate of E C O M O G to cover 
Sierra Leone; 
D E S I R I N G t o : 
pay special tribute to the men and women 
of our regional armed forces; 
endow a culture of respect for outstanding 
E C O W A S c i t i z e n s w h o s e r v e d the 
community selflessly; 
recognise and show appreciat ion to our 
African sister countries, the O A U , U N and 
the In ternat ional C o m m u n i t y for their 
collective and individual support without 
which our endeavours would have been 
fruitless; 
O N T H E INITIATIVE of Provident Communications, 
a co rpo ra te C o m m u n i t y c i t i zen in terested in 
promoting E C O W A S ; 
ON T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the Meeting of 
Ministers of Foreign Affairs held in Abuja from 26th 
to 29th October, 1998; 
D E C I D E S 
Article 1 
To recognise, show appreciat ion and honour all 
t h o s e i n d i v i d u a l s a n d o r g a n i s a t i o n s , who 
part ic ipated and contr ibuted to the E C O M O G 
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operations in Liberia and Sierra Leone. The list 
which is not exhaustive detailing the honours given 
is attached to this Decision. 
Article 2 
This Dec is ion shal l be publ ished in the Official 
J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Authority. 
It shall also be published within the same time-frame 
by each Member State in its National Gazette. 
H.E. GENERAUABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR THE AUTHORITY. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 30th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
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LIST ATTACHED TO DECISION A/DEC.3/10/98 
RELATING TO T H O S E INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS, WHO 
PARTICIPATED AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE ECOMOG OPERATIONS IN 
LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE. 
HONOURS ROLL AND CITATIONS 
1. TITLE OF AWARD: TROOP CONTRIBUTION PLAQUE 
CITATION: In recognition of your advancement of regional peace by 
contributing troops to E C O M O G . 
TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES 
1. Republ ic of Benin 
2. Burkina Faso 
3. Republ ic of Cote d'lvoire 
4. Republic of The Gambia 
5. Republic of Ghana 
6. Republic of Guinea 
7. Republic of Mali 
8. Republic of Niger 
9. Republ ic of Nigeria 
10. Republ ic of Senegal 
11. Republ ic of Sierra Leone 
12. Republ ic of Uganda (Expanded ECOMOG) 
13. Republ ic of Tanzania (Expanded ECOMOG) 
2. TITLE OR AWARD: ECOWAS PEACE ASSISTANCE PLAQUE 
CITATION: In recognition of your support for the cause of peace in 
West Afr ica. 
BENEFICIARIES 
1. Austral ia 
2. Belgium 
3. C a n a d a 
4. Denmark 
5. Finland 
6. F rance 
7. Germany 
8. Greece 
9. Ireland 
10. Italy 
11. Japan 
12. Luxembourg, c/o Belgian Embassy 
13. Netherlands 
14. Norway 
15. Portugal 
16. Spain 
17. Sweden 
18. Switzerland 
19. Taiwan 
20. United Kingdom 
21 . United States of America. 
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3. TITLE OF AWARD: ECOWAS PEACE ASSISTANCE PLAQUE 
CITATION: In recognition of your support for E C O W A S peace initiatives 
in Wes t Afr ica. 
BENEFICIARIES: 
1. United Nations (UN). 
2. Organisation of African Unity (OAU). 
3. Commonweal th Secretariat. 
4. European Union (EU). 
4. TITLE OF AWARD: ECOWAS N.G.O. PEACE ASSISTANCE AWARD 
CITATION: In recognition of your support for E C O W A S peace initiatives 
in Wes t Afr ica. 
BENEFICIARIES: 
1. Carter Centre. 
2. International Foundation for Electoral Support ( tFES), c/o 
Amer ican Embassy. 
5. TITLE OF AWARD: SPECIAL SERVICE PLAQUE 
CITATION: In recognition of your outstanding contribution to regional 
peace as E C O M O G Force Commander. 
BENEFICIARIES: ECOMOG Force Commanders 
Rank & Name 
1. Lt-Gen. Arnold Quainoo 
2. L t -Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro -
3. Maj -Gen. Rufus M. Kupolati -
4 Maj -Gen. Ishaya Bakut 
5. Br ig-Gen. Adetunji I. Olurin -
6. Br ig-Gen. John N. Shagaya -
7. Maj -Gen. John Mark Inienger-
8. Maj -Gen. S.V.L. Malu 
9. Maj -Gen. Timothy M. Shelpidi -
Period1 
August 1990 to September 1990 
September 1990 to Feb. 1991 
Feb. 1991 to September 1991 
September 1991 to October 1992 
October 1992 to October 1993 
October 1993 to December 1993 
December 1993 to August 1996 
August 1996 to July 1998 
January 1998 to date. 
6. TITLE OF AWARD: ECOWAS SERVICE PLAQUE 
CITATION: In recognition of your contribution to regional peace as 
E C O M O G Deputy Force Commander. 
BENEFICIARIES: E C O M O G Deputy Force Commanders I. 
Rank & Name 
1. Br ig-Gen. H. Agbemasu 
2. Br ig-Gen. J.P. Adda 
3. Br ig-Gen Seth K. Obeng 
4. Br ig-Gen. J .A. Kwateng 
5. Br ig-Gen. T.E. Nguah 
Period 
15 November 1990 to 6 Feb. 1992 
7 Feb. 1992 to 26 September 1994 
26 September 1994 to 2 Nov. 1996 
2 Nov. 1996 to 30 June 1998 
30 June 1998. 
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7. TITLE OF AWARD: ECOWAS SERVICE PLAQUE 
CITATION: In recognition of your contribution to regional peace as 
E C O M O G Deputy Force Commander. 
BENEFICIARIES: E C O M O G Deputy Force Commanders 11. 
Rank & Name Period 
1. Co l . K. Kamara - 9 Nov., 1991 to 6 March, 1995 
2. Lt-Col. Diallo - 7Feb ,1992 to 26 September, 1994 
3. Lt-Col . S Kamara - 5 Jan. , 1996 to 13 January, 1996 
4. Lt-Col. I. Diallo - 14 July, 1996. 
8. TITLE OF AWARD: ECOMOG SERVICE PLAQUE 
CITATION: In recognition of your contribution to regional peace as Chief 
of Staff, E C O M O G . 
BENEFICIARIES: E C O M O G Chiefs of Staff 
Rank & Name 
1. Maj -Gen. C . C . Iweze 
2. Maj -Gen. M Bamaiyi 
3. Co l . T S . Akande 
4. Br ig-Gen. E.O. Mbeh 
5. Maj-Gen. S.V.L. Malu 
6. Maj -Gen. B.S. Magashi 
7 Br ig-Gen. J O. Wil l iams 
8. Maj -Gen A . S . Muktar 
9. Br ig-Gen. A O. Mohammed 
10. Br ig-Gen. G . Kpamber 
11. Br ig-Gen. Mujakperuo. 
Period 
August 1990 to February 1991 
March 1991 to August 1991 
August 1991 to May 1992 
May 1992 to May 1993 
June 1993 to September 1993 
October 1993 to December 1993 
December 1993 to Sept.1993 
August 1996 to July 1998 
July 1998 to 
9. TITLE OF AWARD: SPECIAL CATEGORY 
CITATION: In recognition of your contribution to regional peace as 
Special Representative to Liberia. 
BENEFICIARIES: 
1. Mr. James Victor Gbeho. 
2. Ambassador Joshua Iroha. 
10. TITLE OF AWARD: SPECIAL CATEGORY 
CITATION: In recognition of your contribution to regional peace as 
E C O M O G Task Force Commander, Sierra Leone. 
BENEFICIARY: Br ig-Gen. M Khobe. 
11. TITLE OF AWARD: GRAND MULTILATERAL PEACE AWARD 
CITATION: In recognition of your coordination of the E C O W A S peace­
keeping initiative in West Africa. 
BENEFICIARY: E C O W A S Secretariat. 
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DECISION A/DEC.4/10/98 ESTABLISHING A 
S U R V E I L L A N C E M E C H A N I S M FOR T H E 
HARMONISATION OF THE ECONOMIC AND 
FINANCIAL POLICIES OF MEMBER STATES 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND 
GOVERNMENT, 
M I N D F U L of Art icles 7, 8 and 9 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government and defining its composition and 
functions; 
MINDFUL of Decision A /DEC.2 /7 /87 relating to the 
adoption of an E C O W A S Monetary Cooperat ion 
Programme which provides for the establishment 
of a single monetary zone for E C O W A S Member 
States; 
C O N V I N C E D that the h a r m o n i s a t i o n of the 
economic and financial policies of Member States 
will accelerate the creation of the E C O W A S Single 
Monetary zone and enhance the overall integration 
effort; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the Forty-Third 
Session of the Counci l of Ministers held in Abuja 
from 23rd to 28th October, 1998; 
D E C I D E S 
Article 1 
Al l M e m b e r Sta tes and the Institutions of the 
Community shall ensure the harmonisation of the 
macro-economic policies in the Community. 
Article 2 
In pursuit of this objective, each Member State shall 
ensure the attainment of the following targets in 
the macro-economic aggregates defined below : 
i) the maintenance of a budget def ici t /GDP 
ra t io of 5 % by e n d 1998 , a n d 3 % 
subsequently; 
ii) m a i n t a i n i n g cen t ra l bank cred i t to 
government within the ceil ing of 10% of 
previous year 's f iscal receipts by end of 
1998; 
lii) the achievement of a single digit inflation 
rate by the end of 1998, and by the year 
2000 in the c a s e of L iber ia and S ie r ra 
Leone; 
iv) reduction of variability of nominal exchange 
rates to less than 10% by end of 1998 and 
less than 5% by the year 2000. 
Article 3 
There is hereby established a regional monitoring 
and surveillance Mechanism, to ensure compliance 
and assessment of the performance of Member 
S t a t e s in re lat ion to the a b o v e ind ica tors of 
convergence. 
Article 4 
The surve i l lance m e c h a n i s m shal l involve the 
collection, analysis and processing of basic data, 
and making periodic reports to the Secretariat and 
W A M A on the t rends in the m a c r o - e c o n o m i c 
aggregate to ascerta in and determine Member 
S t a t e s ' c o m p l i a n c e wi th the i nd i ca to rs of 
convergence 
Article 5 
A n appropr ia te in ter -min is ter ia l coo rd ina t i on 
machinery shall be establ ished in each Member 
State, to oversee operat ion of the survei l lance 
mechanism. 
Article 6 
The duties of the national coordination body shall 
include: 
ensuring the formulation and application of 
appropriate macro-economic policies that 
facilitate harmonisation of macro-economic 
policies in the region; 
assess i ng national comp l iance with the 
reg iona l m a c r o - e c o n o m i c c o n v e r g e n c e 
criteria; 
advising government on appropriate policy 
review; 
the t imely moni tor ing of the co l lec t ion, 
compilat ion and publ icat ion of statist ical 
data and information required under the 
regional surveil lance mechanism; 
ensuring the preparation and review of the 
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periodic country report for submiss ion to 
E C O W A S Secretariat and the West African 
Mone ta ry A g e n c y ( W A M A ) on nat ional 
macro-economic performance; 
providing per iodical ly relevant data and 
in fo rmat ion on m a c r o - e c o n o m i c 
performance similar to those submitted to 
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the 
Secretariat and W A M A ; 
engaging in regular consultation with the 
Secretariat and W A M A on compliance with 
the indicators of convergence. 
Article 7 
In order to avoid the establ ishment of paral lel 
institutional structures in U E M O A Member States, 
the national committee responsible for monitoring 
the U E M O A convergence criteria shall be the same 
body r e s p o n s i b l e for pe r f o rm ing the a b o v e 
functions of the Committee established in Article 5 
above. 
Article 8 
W A M A shall in col laboration with the E C O W A S 
Executive Secretariat: 
maintain a regional system of up to date 
macro-economic data and information on all 
Member States; 
compile and submit periodic reports to the 
appropriate E C O W A S authorit ies on the 
performance of Member States in relation 
to the m a c r o - e c o n o m i c i nd i ca to rs of 
convergence; 
- hold regular consul ta t ions with Member 
States on harmonisation of macro-economic 
policies-
Article 9 
The policy organs of the surveillance mechanism 
to receive reports, review progress, issue relevant 
policy guidelines and directives are: 
the Au tho r i t y of H e a d s of S t a t e and 
Government; 
the Counci l of Ministers; 
the Commi t tee of Governors of Centra l 
Bank. 
Article 10 
This Decis ion shall be publ ished in the Official 
Journa l of the Commun i t y by the Execut ive 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of signature by 
the Chairman of the Authority. 
It shal l also be published National Gazette of each 
Member State within the same time-frame. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 31st DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
H.E. GENERAL ABDULSALAMIABUBAKAR 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR THE AUTHORITY. 
DECISION A/DEC.5/10/98 RELATING TO THE 
REGULATION OF TRANSHUMANCE BETWEEN 
ECOWAS MEMBER STATES 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND 
GOVERNMENT, 
MINDFUL of Art icles 7, 8 and 9 of the Rev ised 
Treaty of the Economic Community of West African 
States ( E C O W A S ) establishing the Authority of 
Heads of State and Government and defining its 
composition and functions; 
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MINDFUL of Article 25 of the Treaty relating to co­
opera t ion be tween M e m b e r S ta tes to ensu re 
agr icul tural deve lopmen t and to ach ieve food 
security; 
C O N V I N C E D that the development of l ivestock 
breeding is an integral part of any food security 
policy; 
A W A R E that livestock breeding in Member States 
is faced with numerous technical, climatic, legal and 
socio-economic constraints; 
C O N V I N C E D also that, given the current situation 
of the resources available in E C O W A S Member 
States, t ranshumance is essential for safeguarding 
and increasing agricultural production; 
A W A R E that transhumance is however, a source 
of health, soc ia l , envi ronmental , economic and 
political problems; 
DESIRING to enhance the environment for livestock 
breeding in Member States and to formulate, for 
that p u r p o s e , a h a r m o n i o u s regu la t i on on 
transhumance within the Community; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the 43rd Session 
of the Counci l of Ministers held in Abuja from 23rd 
to 28th October, 1998; 
D E C I D E S 
CHAPTER I 
DEFINITIONS 
Article 1 
This Decision sets out the main principles of the 
rules governing t ranshumance within E C O W A S 
Member States-
Article 2 
For the purpose of this Decision: 
"transhumance between Stares" means the 
s e a s o n a l m o v e m e n t be tween M e m b e r 
States of herds leaving their usual grazing 
areas in search of water and pasture; 
"quarantine" m e a n s the act of p lac ing 
animals entering a particular region under 
ve te r inary o b s e r v a t i o n with a v iew to 
determining their state of health; 
"stray animals" means an imals that are 
allowed to move around freely or in parks 
without the supervision of a herdsman. Also 
i nc luded in this ca tego ry a re a n i m a l s 
grazing in national parks or game reserves, 
even when they are under the supervision 
of a herdsman. 
CHAPTER II 
OBJECT A N D S C O P E 
Article 3 
All animals of the bovine, caprine, cameline, equine 
plus asinine species shall be allowed free passage 
across the borders of all Member States, under the 
conditions set out in this Decision. 
Article 4 
This Decision shall not apply to animals that are 
taken from one country to another to be sold or 
animals not referred to in Article 3 above. 
CHAPTER III 
CONDITIONS FOR MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS 
Article 5 
Al l t ranshumant l ivestock shall be al lowed free 
passage across points of entry into and departure 
from each country on the condition that, they have 
the E C O W A S In te rna t iona l T r a n s h u m a n c e 
Certificate, a sample of which is annexed to this 
Regulat ion. 
The aims of the certificate are: 
to enable authorities to monitor the herds 
before they leave the country of origin; 
to protect the health of local herds; 
to make it poss ib le to inform the host 
c o m m u n i t i e s of the a r r i va l of the 
transhumant animals. 
The certificate contains details on the composition 
of the herd, the vaccinations given, the itinerary of 
the herds, the border posts to be crossed, and the 
f inal des t ina t ion . It is i s sued by the l ivestock 
department and initialled by the local administrative 
authorities in the country of origin. 
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Article 6 
The official document defined in Article 5 above 
shall be ve r i f i ed and c o u n t e r - s i g n e d by the 
competent authorities at the entry and exit points 
in the host country. 
Article 7 
Transhumant herds shall follow the routes defined 
by Member States in accordance with the itinerary 
i nd i ca ted on the E C O W A S In te rna t iona l 
Transhumance Certificate. 
Article 8 
There shall be no crossing of borders during the 
night. 
Article 9 
Without prejudice to the sanctions provided for in 
the laws of the country c o n c e r n e d , herds not 
covered by a cert i f icate shal l be p laced under 
quarantine and the costs borne by the owners. 
CHAPTER IV 
SUPERVISION OF NOMADIC LIVESTOCK 
Article 10 
Transhumant l ivestock must be under constant 
guard, both while on the move and during grazing. 
Article 11 
The herd must be guarded by a sufficient number 
of herdsmen during migrat ion. The number of 
herdsmen is determined by the number of heads 
of cat t le . T h e r e must be a m in imum of one 
herdsman for every fifty heads of cattle. In all cases, 
t ranshumant herds must be accompan ied by a 
minimum of two herdsmen. 
Article 12 
Herdsmen must be in possession of identity papers 
duly issued by the competent authorities in their 
count r ies of or ig in . They must be ab le upon 
d e m a n d , to s h o w proo f of the ident i ty and 
permanent residence of the owner (s) of the herd. 
Herdsmen must be at least 18 years old. 
Article 13 
Stray animals will be apprehended by the relevant 
authorities and impounded without prejudice to the 
appl icat ion of sanct ions against their owner or 
herdsmen, as provided for by laws applicable in 
c a s e s of stray a n i m a l s in the M e m b e r Sta te 
concerned. 
CHAPTERV 
ARRIVAL OF TRANSHUMANT 
LIVESTOCK IN THE HOST COUNTRY 
Article 14 
Each host country shall fix the period during which 
migrating livestock may enter into and depart from 
its territory, and inform the other States accordingly. 
Article 15 
E a c h S t a t e s h a l l d e f i n e the a r e a s w h e r e 
transhumant animals may be stocked and shall 
determine the maximum, capacity of each zone thus 
identified. The accompanying herdsman must pen 
up his herd in the zone to which he is directed by 
officials, at the point of entry. 
Article 16 
Herdsmen accompanying transhumant l ivestock 
and who are legally admitted into the host country 
shall be given protection by the authorities and their 
fundamental r ights-shal l be guaranteed by the 
judicial institutions of the host country. In return, 
s u c h h e r d s m e n s h a l l o b s e r v e al l l aws and 
regulations of the host country, particularly those 
concerning the conservation of forest reserves and 
forest resources and the management of watering 
points and pastoral land. 
Article 17 
A n y d i spu te b e t w e e n f a r m e r s and n o m a d i c 
herdsmen shall first be judged by an arbitration 
commission on the basis of information gathered 
by the said Commiss ion. 
Article 18 
T h i s c o m m i s s i o n s h a l l be c o m p o s e d of 
representatives of the herdsmen, farmers, livestock 
officers and agricultural officers, officials from the 
ministries of Forest and Water Resources and local 
political and administrative authorities. 
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Article 19 
In the event that an amicable sett lement is not 
reached, the dispute may be resolved in the law 
cour ts in conformi ty with the ru les govern ing 
settlement of contentious issues. 
CHAPTER VI 
PUBLICATION AND ENTRY INTO FORCE 
Article 20 
This Decision shall be published by the Executive 
Secretariat in the Official Journal of the Community 
within thirty days of signature by the Chairman of 
the Authority of Heads of State and Government. 
It shall also be published by each Member State in 
its National Gazette within the same time-frame. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 31 ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
H.E. GENERALVBDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR 
CHAIRMAN, FOR THE AUTHORITY. 
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P A G E 5 D iffe r e n t s A n i m a u x et A d r e s s e / 
Di f ferent A n i m a l s a n d A d d r e s s , 
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October 1998 Official Journal of the ECOWAS Vol. 35 
DECISION A/DEC.6/10/98 AMENDING ARTICLE 
9 OF DECISION A/DEC 19/5/80 RELATING TO 
APPLICATION OF P R O C E D U R E S FOR 
C O M P E N S A T I O N OF L O S S OF R E V E N U E 
SUFFERED BY MEMBER STATES AS A RESULT 
OF LIBERALISATION OF INTRA-COMMUNITY 
TRADE. 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND 
GOVERNMENT, 
M I N D F U L A r t i c l es 7, 8 and 9 of the rev i sed 
E C O W A S Treaty establ ish ing the Authority of 
Heads of State and Government and defining its 
composit ion and functions; 
MINDFUL of the Protocol of 5th November, 1976 
relating to assessment of loss in revenue suffered 
by Member States as a result of liberalisation of 
intra-Community trade; 
M I N D F U L of Dec i s i on A / D E C . 19/5/80 of the 
Author i ty of H e a d s of S ta te and Gove rnmen t 
re la t ing to a p p l i c a t i o n of p r o c e d u r e s for 
c o m p e n s a t i o n of l oss of revenue suf fered by 
E C O W A S Member States as a result of liberalisation 
of intra-Community trade; 
M INDFUL of Decis ion C /DEC.5 /12 /88 relating to 
adoption of a compensat ion budget for loss of 
revenue for the take-off of the intra-Community 
trade liberalisation scheme; 
D E T E R M I N E D to s imp l i f y p r o c e d u r e s for 
assessmen t and compensat ion of revenue loss 
incurred through trade l iberal isation in order to 
expedite payment of compensation to States having 
incurred revenue loss; 
DESIR ING to harmonise the provisions of Article 9 
of Decision A / D E C . 19/5/80 and those of Article 2 
(1b) of the Protocol of 5th November, 1976 relating 
to a s s e s s m e n t of loss of revenue suffered by 
E C O W A S Member States; 
A C T I N G O N R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the meeting 
of the Counci l of Ministers held in Abuja from 23rd 
to 28th October, 1998; 
D E C I D E S 
Article 1 
Article 9 of Decision A / D E C . 19/5/80 dated 28 May 
1980 relating to appl icat ion of p rocedures for 
compensa t i on of l oss of revenue suf fered by 
Member States as a result of liberalisation of intra-
Community trade is hereby amened as follows: 
Article 9 (new) 
"The contribution of a Member State to the 
compensation budget shall be equal to the 
amount of revenue loss incurred by all the 
other Member States as a result of importing 
goods originating from that Member State." 
Article 2 
This decision shall be published by the Executive 
Secretariat in the Official Journarwithin thirty days 
of signature by the Chairman. 
It shall also be published by each Member State in 
its National Gazette within the same time-frame. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 31ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
H.E. GENERAL ABDULSALAMIABUBAKAR 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR THE AUTHORITY. 
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DECISION A/DEC.7/10/98 RELATING TO THE 
RATIONALISATION OF WEST AFRICAN INTER­
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE OF 
GOVERNMENT, 
MINDFUL of Articles 7, 8 and 9 of the E C O W A S 
Revised Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads 
of S t a t e and G o v e r n m e n t and de f i n i ng its 
composition and functions; 
A W A R E that the existence in West Africa of a large 
number of i n t e r - gove rnmen ta l o r g a n i s a t i o n s 
s h a r i n g i den t i ca l o b j e c t i v e s is a s o u r c e of 
duplication and wastage of resources in Member 
States; 
R E C O G N I S I N G the need for a more effect ive 
rationalisation and coordination of the activities of 
West African inter-governmental organisations in 
order to speed up the regional integration process 
and achieve sustained growth and development for 
West Afr ica; 
R E C A L L I N G Decision A /DEC.5 /5 /90 dated 30 May, 
1990. manda t i ng the E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y to 
conduct the necessary studies for the formulation 
of f lexib le and p ragmat i c p rog ramme for the 
rationalisation of integration measures in the sub-
region; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the study prepared by the Institute 
for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) in 
Dakar, which was examined by the meeting of 
expe r t s f rom M e m b e r S t a t e s and inter­
governmental organisations, held in Abuja on 8th 
and 9th June, 1998, and by the Counci l of Ministers 
at its 43rd Session held in Abuja from 23rd to 28th 
October, 1998; 
N O T I N G the efforts deployed by the Execut ive 
H e a d s of E C O W A S , U E M O A and C I L S S to 
harmonise the cooperation programmes involving 
the Organisations; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the Recommendation of the Council 
of Ministers meeting in Abuja from 23rd to 28th 
October, 1998; 
D E C I D E S 
Article 1 
A two-phase harmonisation plan is hereby adopted 
as follows: 
i. The regional economic communi t ies of 
E C O W A S (the E c o n o m i c Communi ty of 
Wes t Afr ican States) U E M O A (the Wes t 
African Economic and Monetary Union) and 
M R U (the M a n o R i v e r Un ion ) sha l l 
harmonise their policies and instruments for 
cooperation and regional integration. The 
three institutions shall identify the areas in 
which they are mutually complementary and 
p r o p o s e m e a s u r e s to ob ta in the 
convergence of their programmes; 
ii. Al l other IGO's which are not economic 
communities shall be rationalised according 
to a r e a s of act iv i ty, th rough merge rs , 
d i s s o l u t i o n and r e o r g a n i s a t i o n , e a c h 
surv iv ing IGO b e c o m i n g a spec ia l i sed 
agency of E C O W A S . The sectors of activity 
shall be the following: 
agr icul ture, l ivestock farming and 
fisheries; 
water resource development; 
health care: 
protection of the environment and of 
nature; 
money and finance. 
iii. Within the monetary and financial sector, 
the role of the W e s t A f r i can Monetary 
Agency (WAMA) which includes the central 
banks of all E C O W A S Member States shall 
be taken into due consideration in seeking 
to achieve the final objective which is to set 
up a central bank of E C O W A S ; W A M A shall 
be responsible for the implementation of 
the regional monetary programme. 
Article 2 
The rationalisation exercise shall take into account 
the costs and benefits of each IGO concerned and 
the e x p e r i e n c e of the m e r g e r b e t w e e n the 
organisation for the control of the major endemic 
diseases ( O C C G E ) and the Wes t African Health 
Community (WAHC) to form the West African Health 
Organisation (WAHO). 
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Article 3 
The rationalisation procedure for the different IGOs 
sha l l be e x a m i n e d dur ing sec to ra l m e e t i n g s 
involving Member States and the joint O A U / E C A / 
A D B secretariat as equal partners; 
Article 4 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Authority. 
It shall also be published by each Member State 
within the same time frame in its National Gazette. 
D O N E AT ABUJA, 
THIS 31ST DAY O F O C T O B E R , 1998. 
All aspects of the rationalisation exercise shall be 
completed by 2007, and in compl iance with the 
recommendations of IDEP. 
Article 5 
All IGOs concerned shall make provision within their 
respect ive budgets to fund their at tendance at 
sectoral meetings and to carry dut any activities 
relating to the rationalisation of West African IGOs. 
The E C O W A S Executive Secretariat shall respect 
the p r o p o s e d imp lemen ta t i on t ime- tab le and 
mobi l ise funds from donors or other sources to 
execute the plan of action for the rationalisation 
process. 
H.E. GEN ERAL'AB DU LSALAMIABUBAKAR, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR THE AUTHORITY. 
Article 6 
This Decision shall be brought to the attention of 
the d e c i s i o n - m a k i n g au thor i t ies of the I G O s 
c o n c e r n e d in o r d e r to e n s u r e its p romp t 
implementation. 
There is furthermore hereby created a monitoring 
committee comprising E C O W A S , U E M O A , C I L S S , 
O A U / A E C , E C A and IDEP. The committee shall 
meet at regu la r in terva ls to rev iew p rog ress 
achieved and difficulties encountered. It shall report 
to the joint meeting of Member States and IGOs. 
The meeting of Member States and IGOs shall be 
convened at regular intervals to appraise progress 
in the rationalisation process. 
Article 7 
The Executive Secretary shall expedite action on 
the study on the reorganisation of the Executive 
Secretariat. 
Article 8 
This Decision shall be published by the Executive 
DECISION A / D E C . 8/10/98 ON T H E 
ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL FUND FOR 
FINANCING DRUG CONTROL ACTIVITIES IN 
WEST AFRICA 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE OF 
GOVERNMENT, 
M I N D F U L of Art icles 7, 8 and 9 of the Rev ised 
Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government and defining its composition and 
functions; 
C O N C E R N E D with the rapid expansion of the drug 
phenomenon in the Member States of the sub-
region, and the rec rudescence of drug-related 
crimes; 
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C O N V I N C E D of the need for concerted and co­
o r d i n a t e d s t r a t e g i e s c o m b i n i n g p r e v e n t i o n , 
repression, treatment and rehabilitation of drug 
addicts; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the meagre f inancial resources 
ava i lab le to the inter-minister ia l Drug Cont ro l 
Commi t t ees ( IDCC) for the execut ion of their 
assignments; 
B E A R I N G IN MIND Resolut ion A / R E S 2 / 8 / 9 7 on 
drug prevention and control in Wes t Africa, which 
e n d o r s e d the P r a i a Po l i t i ca l Dec la ra t ion and 
Regional Plan of Act ion; 
C O N S I D E R I N G that the implementat ion of the 
Regional Plan of Action on drug abuse and illicit 
drug trafficking and the regional activities being 
undertaken by the IDCC require immense financial 
r e s o u r c e s w h i c h c a n n o t be p rov ided by the 
Executive Secretariat budget; 
DESIRING to seek adequate financial resources for 
drug control activities in Wes t Africa and to create 
a regional fund for that purpose; 
C O N S I D E R I N G Recommendation C/REC.4 /8 /97 of 
the Forty-first Sess ion of the Counci l of Ministers, 
held in Abuja from 23rd to 26th August. 1997; 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 31ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
H.E. GENERAL ABDULSALAMIABUBAKAR, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR THE AUTHORITY. 
D E C I D E S 
Article 1 
It is hereby estab l ished a regional fund, herein 
referred to as E C O D R U G - F u n d , for financing drug 
control activities in West Africa. 
DECISION A/DEC.9/10/98 APPROVING THE 
REQUEST OF BURKINA FASO TO HOST THE 
H E A D Q U A R T E R S OF THE W E S T AFRICAN 
HEALTH ORGANISATION 
Article 2 
T h e moda l i t i es for f i nanc ing , m a n a g i n g and 
operating the E C O D R U G - F u n d are stipulated in the 
Statutes of the fund, adopted by the Counci l of 
Ministers. 
Article 3 
This dec is ion shal l be publ ished in the Off icial 
Jou rna l of the C o m m u n i t y by the Execu t i ve 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Authority. 
It shall also be published by each Member State 
within the same time frame in its National Gazette. 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE OF 
GOVERNMENT, 
M I N D F U L of Art icles 7, 8 and 9 of the Rev ised 
Treaty of the Economic Community of West African 
States ( E C O W A S ) establ ishing the Authority of 
Heads of State and Government and defining its 
composition and functions; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the establ ishment of the Wes t 
African Health Organisation by Protocol A/P.2/7/87 
signed in Abuja on 9th July, 1987; 
MINDFUL of Article XI of the said Protocol relating 
to the selection of the headquarters of the Wes* 
African Health Organisation; 
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DESIR ING to pool efforts of all Member States in 
order to resolve the health problems of the sub-
region by the estab l ishment of a s ingle health 
organisation for the Community; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the verbal request made by the 
representative of Burkina Faso during the Forty-
third Sess ion of the Counci l of Ministers for his 
country to be allowed to host the headquarters of 
WAHO; 
C O N S I D E R I N G also that Bodo-Dioulasso, Burkina 
F a s o has al l the faci l i t ies n e e d e d to host the 
headquarters of W A H O ; 
O N T H E P R O P O S A L of the Third Meeting of the 
Assemb ly of E C O W A S Health Ministers held in 
Lome. Togo on 30th and 31st July, 1998; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the 43rd Session 
of the Counci l of Ministers held in Abuja from 23rd 
to 28th October, 1998; 
D E C I D E S 
Article 1 
The Headquar te rs of the W e s t Af r ican Health 
Organisation shall be situated in Bobo-Dioulasso, 
B u r k i n a F a s o . T h e H e a d - q u a r t e r s m a y b e 
re loca ted to any other M e m b e r Sta te on the 
decision of the Authority. 
Article 2 
This Dec is ion shal l be publ ished in the Official 
Jou rna l of the C o m m u n i t y by the Execu t i ve 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Authority. 
It shal l also be published by each Member State 
within the same time frame in its National Gazette. 
DONEAT ABUJA, 
THIS 31ST DAY OF OCTOBER. 1998. 
H.E. GENERAL'ABDULSALAMIABUBAKAR, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR THE AUTHORITY. 
DECISION A/DEC.10/10/98 ESTABLISHING AN AD 
HOC MINISTERIAL C O M M I T T E E FOR THE 
RESTRUCTURING OF THE ECOWAS EXECUTIVE 
SECRETARIAT 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND 
GOVERNMENT 
MINDFUL Articles 7, 8 and 9 of the revised Treaty 
establishing the Authority of Heads of State and 
Government and defining its composi t ion and 
functions; 
D E S I R I N G to enhance the ef fect iveness of the 
Executive Secretariat and to make it more suitable 
to face the new chal lenges facing the Community; 
DESIRING also to put more impetus to the regional 
integration process; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the 43rd Sess ion 
of the Counci l of Ministers held in Abuja from 23rd 
to 28th October, 1998; 
D E C I D E S 
Article 1 
Establishment 
A n A d H o c M i n i s t e r i a l C o m m i t t e e for the 
restructuring of the Executive Secretariat is hereby 
establ ished. 
Article 2 
Composition 
The A d H o c M in i s te r i a l C o m m i t t e e sha l l be 
composed of the Ministers responsible for E C O W A S 
Affairs of the following Member States: 
Republic of C A B O V E R D E ; 
Republic of C O T E D ' lVOIRE; 
Republic of G H A N A ; 
Republic of LIBERIA; 
Republ ic of MALI ; 
Federal Republ ic of NIGERIA. 
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Article 3 
Mandate 
i. The Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee shall act 
on behalf of the Counci l of Ministers and 
shal l make appropriate proposals to the 
Heads of State and Government for the 
restructuring of the Executive Secretariat. 
ii. It shall: 
(a) Establ ish such sub-committees and 
t e c h n i c a l c o m m i t t e e s a s it may 
consider necessary; 
(b) Commission such studies and consult 
o ther o r g a n i s a t i o n s , ins t i tu t ions, 
corporations and individuals as it may 
consider necessary. 
Article 4 
Meetings 
The Ad -Hoc Ministerial Committee shall meet as 
often as necessary. 
Article 5 
Publication 
This Decision shall be published by the Executive 
Secretariat in the Official Journal of the Community 
within thirty (30) d a y s of its s ignature by the 
Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and 
Government. 
It shall also be published by each Member State tn 
its National Gazette within the same time frame. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 31ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
DECISION A/DEC.11/10/98 RELATING TO THE 
E C O W A S M E C H A N I S M FOR C O N F L I C T 
PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT, RESOLUTION, 
PEACE-KEEPING AND SECURITY 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND 
GOVERNMENT, 
M I N D F U L of Art icles 7, 8 and 9 of the Rev ised 
Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government and defining its composition and 
functions; 
R E A F F I R M I N G its commitment to the Protocol on 
Non-Aggression of 1979, the Protocol on Mutual 
Assistance in Defence of 1981 and the E C O W A S 
Declaration of Political Principles of 1991; 
MINDFUL of the provisions of Articles 56 and 58 of 
the R e v i s e d Treaty in wh ich M e m b e r S ta tes 
undertake to cooperate in political matters and to 
safeguard and consolidate relations conducive to 
the maintenance of peace, stability and security 
within the sub-region; 
DESIRING to prevent, manage and resolve conflicts 
as well as adopt measures for the maintenance and 
strengthening of peace, security and stability in the 
West African sub-region; 
R E C A L L I N G the Final Communique of the Forth 
Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of 
State and Gove rnmen t held in L o m e on 17th 
December, 1997; 
W E L C O M I N G the United Nations Security Counci l 
Resolutions 1196(7998; of 16th September, 1998 
and 1197(7998) of 18th September, 1998 and the 
Statements of the President of the Security Counci l 
de l ivered on 16th and 24th Sep tember , 1998 
respectively; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the Proposa l of the meeting of 
Ministers of Defence, Internal Affairs arid Security 
held in Banjul on 23rd and 24th July, 1998; 
H.E. GENERAL'ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR THE AUTHORITY. 
ON T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the meeting of 
Ministers of Foreign Affairs held in Abuja from 26th 
to 29th October, 1998; 
D E C I D E S 
Article 1 
The draft framework of a Mechanism for conflict 
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prevention, management and resolution, peace­
k e e p i n g and secu r i t y w i th in the s u b - r e g i o n 
submitted by the meeting of Ministers of Defence, 
Internal Affairs and Security held in Banjul, The 
G a m b i a on 23rd and 24th July, 1998 and the 
meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs held in Abuja, 
Nigeria from 26th to 29th October, 1998 is hereby 
endorsed. 
Article 2 
The Execut ive Secretar iat, in col laboration with 
relevant individuals organisations and institutions 
s h a l l e l a b o r a t e a p p r o p r i a t e P r o t o c o l s and 
instruments for the effect ive appl icat ion of the 
Mechanism mentioned in Article 1 above. 
Article 3 
This Decis ion shal l be publ ished in the Official 
J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of signature by 
the Chairman of the Authority. 
It shall also be published in the National Gazette of 
each Member State within the same time-frame. 
DON EAT ABUJA, 
THIS 31st DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
H.E. GENERALVBDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR THE AUTHORITY. 
DECISION A/DEC.12/10/98 CREATING THE POST 
OF DEPUTY EXECUTIVE S E C R E T A R Y FOR 
POLITICAL AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY 
IN THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND 
GOVERNMENT, 
M I N D F U L of Art ic les 7, 8 and 9 of the Rev ised 
Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government and defining its composit ion and 
functions; 
M I N D F U L of Art ic les 56 and 58 of the Rev ised 
Treaty in wh ich M e m b e r S ta tes under take to 
cooperate on political matters and to safeguard and 
consolidate relations conducive to the maintenance 
of peace, stability and security within the region; 
MINDFUL of the Protocol on Mutual Assistance in 
Defence adopted in Freetwon on 29th May, 1981 
by Heads of State and Government; 
DESIRING to implement existing protocols and to 
deve lop the inst i tut ional fac i l i t ies for conf l ic t 
prevention, management and resolution, peace­
keep ing , human i ta r i an suppor t , s u b - r e g i o n a l 
security and the Control of trans-border crime and 
circulation of small arms; 
R E C A L L I N G T H E O U T C O M E of the meeting of 
Ministers of Defence, Internal Affairs and Security 
held in Banjul on 23rd and 24th July, 1998; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the meeting of 
Ministers of Foreign Affairs held in Abuja from 26th 
to 29th October, 1998; 
D E C I D E S 
Article 1 
1) The post of Deputy Executive Secretary for 
Political Affairs, Defence and Security in the 
Executive Secretariat is hereby created. 
2) The Deputy Executive Secretary shall work 
u n d e r the author i ty of the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretary and shall carry out all the duties 
relevant to his post as approved by the 
Decision-making organs of the Community. 
Article 2 
This Decis ion shal l be publ ished in the Official 
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J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of signature by 
the Chairman of the Authority. 
It shall also be published in the National Gazette of 
each Member State within the same time-frame. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 31st DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
sections of the population with particular reference 
to the mobilisation of women of the sub-region and 
the enhancement of their economic , social and 
cultural conditions; 
MINDFUL of Decisions A /DEC.3 /7 /87 and A / D E C . 4 / 
7/87 of the Author i ty of H e a d s of S ta te and 
G o v e r n m e n t grant ing W A W A the s ta tus of a 
s p e c i a l i s e d inst i tut ion of the C o m m u n i t y and 
approving the W A W A Statutes respectively; 
H.E. GENERAL ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR THE AUTHORITY. 
D E S I R I N G to ensure greater and more effective 
participation by W o m e n in the development and 
i m p l e m e n t a t i o n of C o m m u n i t y p o l i c i e s and 
programmes; 
D E C I D E S 
Article 1 
The attached revised Statutes and the Rules of 
Procedure , both adopted by the Sixth Genera l 
Assembly of the West African Women 's Association 
(WAWA) held in Abidjan, Cote d'lvoire from 21st to 
26th September, 1998 are hereby approved. 
Article 2 
DECISION A/DEC.13/10/98 APPROVING THE 
REVISED S T A T U T E S AND THE R U L E S OF 
P R O C E D U R E OF T H E W E S T A F R I C A N 
WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION (WAWA) 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND 
GOVERNMENT, 
M I N D F U L of Art icles 7, 8 and 9 of the Rev ised 
Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government and defining its composition and 
functions; 
M I N D F U L of Art icles 61 and 63 of the Rev ised 
Treaty relat ing to the mobi l isa t ion of var ious 
This Dec is ion shal l be publ ished in the Official 
J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Authority. 
It shall also be published withinlne same time-frame 
by each Member State in its National Gazette. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 31st DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
H.E. GENERAL'ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR THE AUTHORITY. 
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THE REVISED STATUTES 
A D O P T E D BY T H E SIXTH G E N E R A L A S S E M B L Y O F 
W E S T A F R I C A N W O M E N ' S ASSOCIATION (WAWA) 
A B I D J A N , 2 1 S T - 2 6 T H S E P T E M B E R , 1998 
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REVISED STATUTES ADOPTED BY THE SIXTH 
G E N E R A L A S S E M B L Y O F W E S T AFRICAN 
WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION (WAWA) 
P R E A M B L E 
E s t a b l i s h e d in 1 9 8 3 in i m p l e m e n t a t i o n of 
Recommendat ion A / R E C . 1 / 5 / 8 3 of the Authority of 
H e a d s of S ta te and Government of E C O W A S 
relating to the mobilisation of the different sections 
of the population in the integration process, the 
West African Women 's Associat ion (WAWA) has 
been granted the status of a special ised institution 
of E C O W A S (Decision A/DEC.3/7/87) and has been 
making every effort to carry out its mission, within 
the limits of its resources. 
Today, committed more than ever before to seeking 
w a y s of ensu r ing g rea te r and more ef fect ive 
participation by women in the implementation of 
Community policies, W A W A is engaged in activities 
w h i c h a re g e a r e d e s s e n t i a l l y t o w a r d s the 
achievement of the following objectives: 
the development of human resources which 
constitute Afr ica 's most important asset , 
and more par t i cu la r l y the w o m e n , on 
account of their potentially and justifiably 
crucial role in all aspects of development; 
the elimination, as a matter of urgency, of 
all problems impeding the mobilisation of 
r e s o u r c e s a n d h i n d e r i n g a c c e s s to 
information, commun ica t ion , educat ion, 
health care, credit, land and potable water; 
the a c h i e v e m e n t of p e a c e , th rough 
concerted efforts, and the implementation 
of act ivi t ies that would enab le the sub-
region to face the economic, socio-cultural 
a n d po l i t i ca l c h a l l e n g e s of the th i rd 
millenium. 
In the spirit of the phi losophy underpinning the 
Rev i sed Treaty of E C O W A S , particularly in its 
Art ic les 63 and 80 , W A W A also reafflrmes its 
determination to work in collaboration with E C O W A S 
to support efforts by Member States to achieve 
sustainable human development and to promote 
activities by women, with a view to ensuring that 
they participate fully in the integration process. 
Moreover, having identified the problems being 
e n c o u n t e r e d both in its o p e r a t i o n s and in 
constituting its network, W A W A , as part of its on­
going efforts to work out more effective strategies, 
has decided to review its statutes as follows 
CHAPTER I 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Article 1 
There is hereby established between the women's 
o r g a n i s a t i o n s of the M e m b e r S t a t e s of the 
E c o n o m i c C o m m u n i t y of W e s t A f r i can S ta tes 
( E C O W A S ) a West African Women 's Associat ion 
( W A W A ) , he re i na f t e r re fe r red to a s " the 
Associat ion" , which shall be governed by these 
statutes and by the Revised Treaty of E C O W A S . 
Article 2 
The Associat ion shall be a special ised institution 
of E C O W A S . 
Article 3 
The Headquarters of the Associat ion shall be in 
Dakar and may be transferred to any other site 
within the sub-region at the request of 2/3 of the 
members and with the consent of the future host 
country, upon approval by the Authority of Heads 
of State and Government of E C O W A S . 
Article 4 
A nat ional chapter of the Assoc ia t ion shal l be 
es tab l ished in e a c h E C O W A S M e m b e r State, 
p laced under the authority of the government 
agency in charge of women's affairs. The national 
chapter shal l represent the Assoc ia t i on in the 
Member State. 
Article 5 
The national chapter of each Member State shall 
be represented within the Assoc ia t i on by two 
delegates entitled to a single vote. 
Article 6 
The objective of the W A W A are : 
a) to e n s u r e g rea te r mob i l i sa t i on of the 
women of the sub-region in the Community-
building process ; 
b) to contribute to peace-keeping and to the 
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ach ievement and consol idat ion of unity 
within the sub-region in order to be able to 
contribute fully to the process of liberating 
the creative potential of each individual ; 
c) to initiate, in collaboration with the national 
chapters, Communi ty projects in priority 
s e c t o r s , pa r t i cu la r l y ag r i cu l t u ra l 
development, trade, water supply, poverty 
alleviation, desertification control, etc. ; 
d) to participate fully in the establishment of a 
new economic and social order; taking into 
account gender issues and the aspirations 
of the peoples of the sub-region, and to 
benefit from such an order ; 
e) to urge and encou rage by all poss ib le 
m e a n s pr ivate init iat ive on the part of 
women through access to credit for women 
a n d the i m p r o v e m e n t of d is t r ibu t ion 
channels ; 
f) to foster sub-regional cooperation with a 
v iew to acce le ra t ing the integrat ion of 
E C O W A S in the economic, legal, social and 
cultural spheres, in order to ensure a better 
future for the peoples of the sub-region ; 
g) to o rgan ise co l loqu ia and seminars on 
topics of interest to the sub-region, aimed 
at improving living conditions in all sectors 
c a p a b l e of e n h a n c i n g the overa l l and 
lasting development of mankind ; 
h) to in i t iate a n d d e v e l o p r e s e a r c h 
p rog rammes on the l iving and work ing 
conditions of women and to urge Member 
States to accord greater attention and more 
effective support to the implementation of 
such programmes; 
i) to p romo te e x c h a n g e of e x p e r i e n c e s 
between Member States of E C O W A S and 
the national chapters with a view to deriving 
m a x i m u m bene f i t f rom c o m p a r a t i v e 
advantages ; 
j) to cooperate in the interests of the sub-
reg ion wi th al l s im i la r or in ternat ional 
o r g a n i s a t i o n s l ike ly to con t r i bu te to 
a t t a i nmen t of the a b o v e - m e n t i o n e d 
objectives. 
Article 7 
The working languages of the Associat ion shall be 
the dec l a red off ic ial l a n g u a g e s of E C O W A S ; 
French, English and Portuguese. 
Article 8 
The Association shall be constituted for an unlimited 
period. 
CHAPTER II 
STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS 
Article 9 
The organs of the Associat ion shall be : 
The Genera l Assembly; 
The Counc i l of Chai rpersons of National 
Chapters; 
The Bureau; 
The Committee of Experts. 
Article 10 
The General Assembly 
The Genera l Assembly shall be the supreme organ 
of the Associat ion. 
It shall be composed of at least two officers of 
national chapters of W A W A . 
It shall meet once every two (2) years and may be 
convened in an extraordinary session by the Bureau 
or at the request of 2/3 of the member associations. 
Article 11 
The Genera l Assembly shall : 
define the general policy of the Associat ion 
and draw up its programmes of activity ; 
select the Headquarters of the Associat ion 
in consultation with the host country and 
upon approval by the Authority of Heads 
of State and Government of E C O W A S ; 
amend and adopt the Associat ion's statutes 
and rules of procedure ; 
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elect members of the Bureau ; 
adopt the budget of the Associat ion; 
app rove the repor ts submi t ted by the 
Bureau; 
d e t e r m i n e the v e n u e of m e e t i n g s in 
consultation with the E C O W A S Executive 
Secretariat; 
app rove the reports of the Sec re ta r y -
Genera l . 
Article 12 
Members of international organisations responsible 
for women's affairs resident in the sub-region as 
well as experts from other organisations may be 
invited to meetings of the Associat ion as observers. 
Article 13 
The Associat ion may be informed of any problems 
concerning the activities of women in the sub-region 
and may adopt any recommendations consistent 
with the spirit and object ives of the Econom ic 
Community of West African States. 
Article 14 
T h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y sha l l appo in t a s 
Chairperson for a non-renewable two-year term the 
national officer of the host country and shall elect 
other members of the Bureau. 
Article 15 
Decis ions of the Assoc ia t ion shall be taken by 
consensus. In case of a vote, a simple majority 
shall be required. 
There shall be no voting by proxy. 
Article 16 
The Council of Chairpersons of National 
Chapters 
The Counci l of Chairpersons of National Chapters 
shall be the governing body of the Association. It 
shall be made up of Chai rpersons in charge of 
women's affairs in E C O W A S Member States. 
T h e C o u n c i l s h a l l be p r e s i d e d over by the 
Chairperson of W A W A . 
Article 17 
The Counci l of Chairpersons shall meet once every 
year together with the members of the Bureau. 
The C o u n c i l of C h a i r p e r s o n s sha l l fo rmula te 
policies, evaluate and monitor the activities of the 
Bureau. 
It shall determine the measures to be taken in order 
to achieve the objectives of W A W A . 
Article 18 
The Bureau of the Associat ion shall be made up of 
five persons : 
the Chairperson; 
the 1st Vice-Chairperson; 
the 2nd Vice-Chairperson; 
the Secretary General ; 
the Treasurer. 
Article 19 
The Bureau, with the exception of the Chairperson, 
shall be elected by the Genera l Assembly for a two-
year term of office renewable once. Two Auditors 
shall be elected from within the General Assembly 
for a non-renewabie two-year term. They shall 
submit a report before each Genera l Assemb ly 
during which a new Bureau is to be elected. The 
Auditors shall be nationals of two countries not 
represented on the Bureau. 
Article 20 
The Bureau shall : 
mee t tw i ce a y e a r and w h e n 
necessary at the invitation of the 
Chairperson ; 
prepare meetings of the Association 
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in collaboration with the Executive 
Secretariat of the Community; 
imp lement the d i rec t ives of the 
Genera l Assembly ; 
represent the Associat ion within the 
t e c h n i c a l and s p e c i a l i s e d 
commiss ions of E C O W A S ; 
m a i n t a i n c o n t a c t b e t w e e n the 
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y and o ther 
African and international institutions 
pursuing the same objectives. 
Ar t i c le 21 
The Chairperson shall be the legal representative 
of the A s s o c i a t i o n . S h e s h a l l r e p r e s e n t the 
A s s o c i a t i o n at a l l na t i ona l and in te rna t iona l 
institutions, and shall act in c lose collaboration with 
the Executive Secretariat of E C O W A S . 
Ar t ic le 22 
Composition of the General Secretariat 
The Genera l Secretar iat shall be made up of a 
Secretary Genera l and any other officer the Bureau 
may decide to recruit. 
The staff of the G e n e r a l Secre ta r ia t shal l be 
appointed by the Secretary General , in consultation 
with the Bureau, through a process of competition, 
tak ing a c c o u n t of g e o g r a p h i c a l s p r e a d . T h e 
emoluments of the staff members shall be paid by 
W A W A 
Ar t i c le 23 
The Secretary Genera l shall be responsible for 
coordinating the administrative and financial affairs 
of the Associat ion and she shall be answerable 
therefor to the Genera l Assembly. 
The Secretary Genera l shall implement policies and 
programmes defined by the Genera l Assembly and 
shall coordinate the execution of the tasks assigned 
to the staff of the General Secretariat. 
National chapters ot the Associat ion shall send any 
proposals for amendment or revision of the Statutes 
of Associat ion to the Secretary-General who shall 
communicate these to the Chairperson. 
Article 24 
The Committee of Experts 
The Committee of Experts shall be made up of at 
least two experts from each national chapter. 
The Commi t tee of Exper ts shal l examine and 
formulate recommendations on all documents to 
be submitted to the Counci l of Chairpersons. 
Article 25 
The Committee of Experts shall meet at least once 
a year at the Headquarters of W A W A , before the 
meeting of the Counci l of Chairpersons. 
Article 26 
National Chapters 
In accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of 
these Statutes, the nat ional chapters shal l be 
composed as follows 
1 Chairperson; 
1 1st Vice-Chairperson; 
1 2nd Vice-Chairperson; 
1 Secretary Genera l ; 
1 Assistant Secretary General ; 
1 Treasurer; 
Local associat ions; 
H e a d s of na t i ona l t e c h n i c a l 
commissions. 
Ar t i c le 27 
The Minister in charge of women affairs shall be 
the Cha i rperson of the national chapter of the 
Associat ion. 
However, in countries where no Minister of women 
affairs has been appointed, the governmental body 
r e s p o n s i b l e for w o m e n a f fa i rs s h a l l be the 
Chairperson. 
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Article 28 
Ati members of the bureau of the national chapters, 
with the except ion of the Cha i rperson , shal l be 
elected for a period of two years, renewable once. 
Article 29 
Members of the bureaux of national chapters shall 
be e l e c t e d f rom a m o n g w o m e n w h o have 
distinguished themselves in their areas of activity 
and/or representatives of women's organisations, 
associations or cooperative societies. 
CHAPTER 111 
BUDGET 
Article 30 
The resources of the Associat ion shall be as defined 
in the Rules of Procedure. 
Article 31 
The Secretary Genera l shall be responsible for the 
financial management of the Associat ion. She shall 
m a k e p a y m e n t s on the i ns t ruc t i ons of the 
Chairperson and check the validity of all expenses. 
Article 32 
Any member association which does not pay up its 
contributions for a period of two years shall, as from 
the third y e a r : 
be ineligible for any elective post; 
lose its voting right; 
be suspended from the activities of 
the Associat ion. 
The sanctions applicable shall be as decided by 
the Genera l Assembly. 
CHAPTER IV 
SPECIAL CLAUSES 
Article 33 
Dissolution 
In c a s e of d i sso lu t ion of the A s s o c i a t i o n , its 
movable and immovable assets shall be handed 
over to E C O W A S . 
Article 34 
Entry into force 
These Statutes shall enter into force upon adoption 
by the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y and approva l by the 
Authority of Heads of State and Government of 
E C O W A S . 
DONE AT ABIDJAN, 
THIS 26TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1998. 
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DECISION A/DEC.14/10/98 RELATING TO THE 
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AD-HOC COMMITTEE 
FOR T H E A L L O C A T I O N O F S T A T U T O R Y 
POSITIONS TO MEMBER STATES 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND 
GOVERNMENT, 
M I N D F U L of Art icles 7, 8 and 9 of the Rev ised 
Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government and defining its composit ion and 
functions; 
M I N D F U L of Art ic les 17 and 18 of the Rev ised 
Treaty, paragraph 4, Art ic le 28 of the Protocol 
relating to the E C O W A S Fund for Cooperat ion 
Compensat ion and Development and Article IX of 
the Protocol on the establ ishment of the W e s t 
A f r i c a n H e a l t h O r g a n i s a t i o n , re la t ing to the 
a p p o i n t m e n t s of S ta tu to ry O f f i c e r s in the 
Secreariat, the Fund, and the West African Health 
Organisation respectively; 
M I N D F U L of D e c i s i o n A / D E C , 11/7 /93 on the 
appointment of Statutory Appointees; 
C O N S I D E R I N G that apart from the post of Executive 
S e c r e t a r y , a l l o the r p o s i t i o n s of S ta tu to ry 
Appointees have, remained vacant and had been 
occupied by officers in acting capacit ies, 
R E C A L L I N G Decision A / D E C . 12/10/98 creating the 
post of Deputy Execut ive Secretary for Polit ical 
Affairs, Defence and Security in the Secretariat; 
DESIRING to fill immediately these positions in order 
to enhance the efficiency of the institutions of the 
Community; 
D E C I D E S 
Article 1 
Establishment 
An Ad-hoc Committee for the allocation of statutory 
positions is hereby establ ished. 
Article 2 
Composition 
The Ad-hoc Committee shall be composed of the 
fallowing Member States : 
Republic of C A B O V E R D E ; 
Republ ic of C O T E D' lVOIRE; 
Republ ic of G H A N A ; 
Republic of LIBERIA; 
Republ ic of MALI; 
Federal Republ ic of NIGERIA. 
Article 3 
Mandate 
The Ad-hoc Committee shall act on behalf of the 
Authority of Heads of State and Government and 
sha l l p ropose a fo rmula for the a l locat ion of 
statutory posts to Member States, before 1 st March, 
1999. 
Article 4 
Report 
The Ad-hoc Committee shall meet at the Ministerial 
and Heads of State levels. 
The proposals of the meeting of Heads of State of 
the Ad-hoc Committee shall be presented to the 
current Cha i rman who shal l take appropr iate 
action after due consultations with other Heads of 
State and Government. 
Ar t ic le 5 
P u b l i c a t i o n 
This Decis ion shal l be publ ished in the Official 
J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Authority. 
It shall also be published in the National Gazette of 
each Member State within the same time-frame. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 31st DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
H.E. GENERAL\ABDULSALAMI A B U B A K A R , 
C H A I R M A N , 
F O R T H E A U T H O R I T Y . 
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DECISION WAD-HOC/COMSMZJDEC. 1/2/98 ON 
THE SETTING UP OF A STANDING TECHNICAL 
COMMITTEE ON ECOWAS SINGLE MONETARY 
ZONE 
THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ON 
THE AD-HOC MONITORING COMMITTEE FOR 
T H E CREATION OF T H E E C O W A S SINGLE 
MONETARY ZONE, (THE AD-HOC MONITORING 
COMMITTEE) 
M I N D F U L of Art ic les 7, 8 and 9 of the Rev ised 
Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government and defining its composition and 
functions; 
MINDFUL of Decision A/DEC.4/8 /97 of the Authority 
of Heads of State and Government establishing an 
ad-hoc Monitoring Committee for the creation of a 
Single Monetary Zone by the year 2000, 
M I N D F U L of Art ic le 3 of the above-ment ioned 
Decis ion which mandates the ad-hoc Monitoring 
Committee to act on behalf of theAuthority and to 
take all measures necessary to ensure the speedy 
and timely attainment of a Single Monetary Zone; 
A W A R E that the creation of such a zone would 
facilitate the free movement of persons, goods and 
services within the region; 
D E S I R I N G to acce lera te the harmonisat ion of 
macro-economic policies of Member States in order 
to a c h i e v e c o n v e r g e n c e in m a c r o - e c o n o m i c 
indicators and speed up preparations towards the 
achievement of the E C O W A S Single Monetary Zone 
by the target date; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the Ministers of 
Finance and Governors of Central Bank of the ad-
hoc Commit tee of Heads of State on E C O W A S 
Single Monetary Zone held in Abuja October 28th, 
1998; 
A C T I N G for the Authority , 
D E C I D E S 
Article 1 
Establishment 
A permanent standing technical committee on the 
establishment of an E C O W A S single monetary zone 
is hereby established. 
Article 2 
Composition 
The technical commit tee shal l be c o m p o s e d of 
Directors of Resea rch of Centra l Bank, relevant 
officials of Ministr ies of F inance , P lann ing and 
Ministries of Just ice as well as any other relevant 
officials of Member States. 
Article 3 
M a n d a t e 
1. The Committee shall undertake all relevant 
technical preparatory activities relating to 
the establ ishment of the single Monetary 
Zone in particular: 
i) monitor the achievement of macro-
economic convergence; 
ii) e n s u r e the def in i t ion of the 
indicators of convergence required 
to a c h i e v e , m a c r o - e c o n o m i c 
convergence; 
iii) make proposals on harmonisation 
of macro-economic concepts; 
iv) propose the relevant institutional, 
administrative and legal framework; 
v) advise the ad-hoc Committee on all 
preparatory activities needed to be 
undertaken to achieve the objective 
of a Single Monetary Zone; 
vi) study the modalities for setting up 
a permanent stabil ization fund to 
provide support to Member States 
against the effects of unanticipated 
financial and other shocks during 
the transitional period. 
2. In addition the Committee shall undertake 
s u c h s t u d i e s a n d c o n s u l t a t i o n s with 
relevant institutions as may be necessary. 
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Article 4 
Functions of Executive Secretariat and WAMA 
The Executive Secretary and the Director General 
of W A M A sha l l a s s i s t the C o m m i t t e e in the 
discharge of its mandate. 
Article 5 
Publication 
This Dec is ion shal l be publ ished in the Official 
J o u r n a l o f the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Authority. 
It shall also be published within the same time-frame 
by each Member State in its National Gazette. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 31th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
H.E. GENERAL'ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR THE AD-HOC COMMITTEE. 
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R E S O L U T I O N A/RES.1 /10 /98 ON T H E 
RECOMMENDATIONS OF SIXTH G E N E R A L 
ASSEMBLY OF THE WEST AFRICAN WOMEN'S 
ASSOCIATION RELATING TO PEACE, CONFLICT 
M A N A G E M E N T A N D ERADICATION OF 
POVERTY 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND 
GOVERNMENT, 
M I N D F U L of Art ic les 7, 8 and 9 of the Rev ised 
Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government and defining its composition and 
functions; 
MINDFUL of Article 63 of the Revised Treaty relating 
to women and development; 
MINDFUL of Decisions A /DEC.3 /7 /87 and A / D E C . 4 / 
7/87 granting W A W A the status of a special ised 
institution of the Communi ty and approving the 
W A W A Statutes respectively; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the recommendations of the Sixth 
General Assembly of the Wes t African Women 's 
Associat ion held in Abidjan. Cote d'lvoire from 24th 
to 26th September, 1998, 
7) support activities of W A W A at the national 
and regional levels. 
REQUEST the Executive Secretariat to: 
encourage women 's participation in negotiations 
with a view to ensuring that they contribute more 
actively in the search for peace within the sub-
region. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 31ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
H.E. GENERALABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR THE AUTHORITY. 
APPEALS to Member States to: 
1) adopt the gender approach in the planning 
and implementation of development policies 
and programmes, with a view to ensuring 
equitable development; 
2) take necessary measures to ratify all texts 
aimed at promoting women as partners in 
attempts to ach ieve susta inable human 
development; 
3) r e d u c e mi l i ta ry b u d g e t s in o rde r to 
strengthen human securi ty and poverty 
alleviation programmes; 
4) work towards the achievement of lasting 
peace by promoting democracy and good 
governance; 
5) take concrete measu res to ensure that 
w o m e n h a v e a c c e s s to pos i t i ons of 
responsibility; 
6) take needs of women into consideration 
when drawing up national policies; 
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A G R E E M E N T R E L A T I N G T O T H E 
STATUS OF ECOMOG IN LIBERIA 
B E T W E E N 
T H E E C O N O M I C C O M M U N I T Y 
O F W E S T A F R I C A N S T A T E S ( E C O W A S ) 
A N D 
T H E R E P U B L I C O F L IBERIA . 
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AGREEMENT RELATING TO THE STATUS OF 
E C O M O G IN LIBERIA B E T W E E N T H E 
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN 
STATES (ECOWAS) AND THE REPUBLIC OF 
LIBERIA 
STATUS OF ECOMOG AGREEMENT 
THIS S T A T U S O F E C O M O G A G R E E M E N T is made 
and entered into this 5TH day of J U N E A.D. 1998, 
by and between the Economic Community of West 
Afr ican States, represented by and through its 
Executive Secretary, Lansana Kouyate, hereinafter 
known and referred to a s " E C O W A S " , and the 
Republ ic of Liberia, represented by and through 
its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Monie R, Captan, 
he re ina f te r known and re fe r red to a s " T H E 
G O V E R N M E N T " , hereby: 
W I T N E S S E T H 
W H E R E A S , the Republ ic of Liberia, was plunged 
into a civil war on December 24 . 1989, resulting 
into massive destruction of property, loss of lives, 
and breakdown of law and order. 
C O N S I D E R I N G the pathet ic plight of innocent 
civilians as a result of the civil war and its threat to 
international peace and security, particularly to 
neighbouring countries and the West African sub-
region as a whole; 
C O N S C I O U S of the need for a stable and secure 
regional environment as an essential ingredient for 
effective regional cooperation; 
C O N S I D E R I N G that the E C O W A S S t a n d i n g 
Mediation Committee established by the Authority 
of Heads of States and Government of E C O W A S 
at its First Summi t Meet ing held in Banjul , the 
Gambia from 6 to 7 August, 1990, decided to deploy 
an E C O W A S C e a s e f i r e Mon i t o r i ng G r o u p 
( E C O M O G ) to restore peace and stability to Liberia 
and to enforce a ceasef i re amongst the warring 
factions; 
A W A R E that the aforesaid E C O W A S Ceasef i re 
Monitoring Group ( E C O M O G ) was deployed in the 
Republic of Liberia in August 1990, and has since 
its d e p l o y m e n t , not on ly u n d e r t a k e n v i ta l 
humanitarian activities to alleviate the hardship of 
the people of Liberia, but has also provided security, 
maintained law and order, and has successful ly 
contributed to providing a conducive environment 
which faci l i tated the ho ld ing of f ree, fair, and 
democratic presidential and legislative elections in 
Liberia on July 19th, 1997; 
M I N D F U L that a d e m o c r a t i c a l l y e l e c t e d 
Government has now been inaugurated and has 
assumed all sovereign powers of the Republic; 
A W A R E H O W E V E R , of the need for E C O M O G to 
rema in on L i b e r i a n s o i l not on l y for the 
implementat ion of the remaining aspects of its 
mandate under the Abuja Accord, but also to assist 
the Gove rnmen t in providing secur i ty and the 
maintenance of law and order; 
A W A R E of the enormous commitment and the 
s u s t a i n e d ef for ts exe r t ed by the E c o n o m i c 
Communi ty of Wes t Afr ican States ( E C O W A S ) 
towards the peaceful resolution of the Liberian 
conflict, and its desire to ensure that peace is 
maintained m Liberia even after elections and the 
installation of an elected government; 
A W A R E A L S O that E C O M O G is made up of military, 
paramilitary and police personnel contributed on a 
voluntary basis from E C O W A S Member States; 
R E C A L L I N G the E C O W A S Peace Plan for Liberia 
as contained in the Yammoussoukro IV Accord of 
30th October, 1991; 
R E C A L L I N G A L S O the Peace Agreement (Cotonou 
A c c o r d ) ; the A k o s o m b o A g r e e m e n t and its 
Clarification signed in Acc ra on 21st December, 
1994; and the Supplement to the Cotonou and 
Akosombo Agreements signed in Abuja on 19th 
August,1995 (The Abuja Agreement); 
C O N S C I O U S of the sovereignty of the Republic of 
L ibe r ia and the need to de f ine the s ta tus of 
E C O M O G , its Members and its operations within 
the Republic of Liberia; 
NOW T H E R E F O R E THE PARTIES H E R E B Y 
AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 
ARTICLE I 
DEFINITIONS 
For the purpose of this Agreement, the following 
definitions shall apply: 
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"ECOMOG" or "The Group" m e a n s the 
E C O W A S C e a s e f i r e Moni tor ing Group 
( G R O U P ) es tab l i shed pursuant to the 
E C O W A S Authority Decision A / D E C . 1/8/ 
90, and includes troops contributed by other 
A f r i can S t a t e s to ass i s t in the p e a c e ­
keeping mission. E C O M O G consists of : 
(a) "Special Representative of the 
Chairman" a p p o i n t e d by the 
Chairman of the Authority of Heads 
of S t a t e and G o v e r n m e n t to 
exercise such powers and functions 
as are entrusted to him. 
(b) "Executive Secretary's Special 
Representative" appointed by the 
Executive Secretary of E C O W A S to 
exercise, under his authority, such 
p o w e r s and func t i ons a s a re 
entrusted to him by the Authority. 
(c) "The Force Commander" appointsd 
a s C h i e f of the E C O M O G 
Operations by the Chairman of the 
Authority; 
(d) "Civilian Section" c o m p o s e d of 
E C O W A S o f f i c ia l s and o ther 
persons assigned to assist any of 
the Specia l Representatives; 
(e) A "Military Section" composed of 
mi l i tary, parami l i ta ry or c iv i l ian 
s e c t i o n , but u n l e s s spec i f i ca l l y 
stated otherwise, does not include 
service personnel assigned by the 
participating States to serve as part 
of E C O M O G . 
"Member of ECOMOG" means any member 
of the mil i tary, parami l i tary, or c iv i l ian 
sec t i on , but u n l e s s spec i f i ca l l y s tated 
o t h e r w i s e , d o e ? not i n c l u d e s e r v i c e 
personnel . 
"Participating State" means a member state 
that contributed personnel to E C O M O G . A 
" P a r t i c i p a t i n g G o v e r n m e n t " is the 
government of a Participating State. 
"Government" means the Government of 
the Republ ic of Liberia and includes all its 
officials and local authorities. 
5. "Territory" means Liberia. 
6. "Treaty" means the Revised Treaty of the 
E c o n o m i c C o m m u n i t y of W e s t A f r i can 
States. 
7. "Community" m e a n s the E c o n o m i c 
C o m m u n i t y of W e s t A f r i c a n S t a t e s 
establ ished pursuant to Article 2 of the 
Treaty. 
8. "Chairman" or "Chairman of the Authority" 
m e a n s the cu r ren t C h a i r m a n of the 
Au thor i t y of H e a d s of S t a t e s and 
Government of the Community. 
9. "Executive Secretary" means the Executive 
Secretary of the Commun i t y appoin ted 
under Article 18 of the Treaty. 
10. "Special Representative" means , as the 
case may be, either the Chairman's Special 
Representative or the E C O W A S Executive 
Secretary's Special Representative. 
11. "Cotonou Accord" m e a n s the P e a c e 
A g r e e m e n t b e t w e e n the Inter im 
Government of National Unity of Liberia 
( IGNU), the Nat ional Patr iot ic Front of 
Liberia (NPFL) and the United Liberation 
M o v e m e n t of L i b e r i a for D e m o c r a c y 
(ULIMO) signed in Cotonou on 25th July, 
1993. 
12. "Akosombo Agreement" m e a n s the 
agreement between the National Patriotic 
F ron t of L i be r i a ( N P F L ) , the Un i ted 
L i be ra t i on M o v e m e n t of L i be r i a for 
D e m o c r a c y ( U L I M O ) , and the A r m e d 
F o r c e s of L i b e r i a ( A F L ) s i g n e d in 
Akosombo , Republ ic of G h a n a on 12th 
S e p t e m b e r , 1994 a n d i n c l u d e s the 
Clarification of the Akosombo Agreement 
and the A c c e p t a n c e and A c c e s s i o n 
Agreement s igned in Accra , Republ ic of 
Ghana on 21st December, 1994. 
13. "Abuja Agreement" means the agreement 
which incorporated the A k o s o m b o and 
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Accra Agreements and signed in Abuja on 
19th Augus t , 1995 between the N P F L , 
ULIMO, L P C , A F L , UL IMO-J , LDF, N P F L 
( C R C ) and L N C . 
14. "Committee of Nine Communique" means 
the Communique of the Fourth Meeting of 
Heads of State and Government of the 
E C O W A S Committee of Nine on Liberia 
issued in Abuja on August 17th, 1996. 
15. "Final Communique" m e a n s the 
communique of the Twentieth Ordinary 
Session of the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government of the E C O W A S issued 
in Abuja on August 29th, 1997. 
16. 'Convention" m e a n s the Convent ion of 
Pr iv i leges and Immunit ies of E C O W A S 
dated 22nd April, 1978, 
17. "Service personnel" means locally recruited 
personnel working with E C O M O G who do 
not enjoy i ip lomatic immunit ies and tax 
exemption privileges. 
A R T I C L E II 
A P P L I C A T I O N O F T H E A G R E E M E N T 
U n l e s s s p e c i f i c a l l y p rov i ded o the rw i se , the 
provisions of this Agreement and any obligation 
undertaken by the Government or any privileges, 
immuni ty , fac i l i ty or c o n c e s s i o n g ran ted to 
E C O M O G or any member thereof, apply in the 
Territory only. 
A R T I C L E III 
A P P L I C A T I O N O F T H E C O N V E N T I O N : 
P R I V I L E G E S & IMMUNITIES O F E C O M O G 
1. The Convention shall apply to E C O M O G , 
subject to the special provisions specified 
in this Agreement. 
2 Notwi ths tanding the app l ica t ion of the 
Convention, E C O M O G shall enjoy the most 
favourable of any privilege, immunity, facility 
or c o n c e s s i o n g ran ted under the 
Convention as may be applicable to the 
parties concerned and the subject matter 
under consideration. 
3. E C O M O G a s a s u b s i d i a r y o r g a n of 
E C O W A S , enjoys the status, privileges and 
immunities of E C O W A S in accordance with 
the Convention and as provided for in the 
present Agreement. The provision of Article 
3 of the Convention shall also apply to the 
property, funds, and assets of Participating 
States used in the Territory in connection 
with the national cont ingents serving in 
E C O M O G operations, as provided for in 
Article II of the present Agreement. The 
Government recognizes the right of the 
E C O M O G operations in particular: 
(a) To import, free of duty and taxes, 
equipment, provisions, supplies and 
o ther g o o d s w h i c h are for the 
exc lus ive and official use of the 
E C O M O G operations or for resale 
in the commissar ies provided for 
hereafter. 
(b) To establish, maintain and operate 
commissar ies at its headquarters, 
camps and post for the benefit of 
the m e m b e r s of the E C O M O G 
o p e r a t i o n s , but not of s e r v i c e 
personnel . 
(c) To c lear ex - cus toms and exc ise 
warehouse, free of duty and taxes, 
equipment, provisions, supplies and 
o ther g o o d s w h i c h are for the 
e x c l u s i v e use of the E C O M O G 
ope ra t i ons or for r esa le in the 
commissar ies provided for above. 
(d) To re-export or otherwise dispose 
of such equipment free of duty and 
taxes, all provisions, supplies and 
other goods so imported or cleared 
ex-customs and excise warehouse; 
To ensure that such importation, clearance, 
transfer or exportation may be effected with 
the leas t p o s s i b l e de lay , a mutua l l y 
sa t i s fac to ry p r o c e d u r e , i nc l ud ing 
documentation, shall be agreed between 
E C O M O G and the Government. 
4, The Spec ia l Representat ive, the Force 
Commander and such other senior officials 
as the Special Representative or the Force 
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Commander may designate shall be entitled 
to diplomatic privi leges, immunit ies and 
facilities in accordance with the provisions 
of the Convention. 
5. Military personnel assigned to the military 
s e c t i o n of E C O M O G s h a l l h a v e the 
p r i v i l eges and immun i t i es spec i f i ca l l y 
provided for in this Agreement. 
6. Members of the E C O W A S assigned to the 
civilian section to serve with the E C O M O G 
o p e r a t i o n s r e m a i n o f f i c i a l s of the i r 
respect ive Organizat ions entitled to the 
privileges and immunities provided by the 
Convention. 
7. Other pe rsons ass igned to the Civ i l ian 
sect ion of E C O M O G as wel l as civil ian 
personnel assigned to the military section 
whose names are for the purpose notified 
to the Government by any of the Special 
Representat ives, shall be considered as 
experts, on mission, within the meaning of 
the Convention. 
8. Service personnel of E C O M O G shall not 
en joy d i p l o m a t i c i m m u n i t i e s and tax 
exemptions. The Government agrees to 
inform the Specia l Representative or the 
F o r c e C o m m a n d e r of any inc iden t 
concerning a service personnel. 
ARTICLE IV 
STATUS OF ECOMOG 
1. Recogn iz ing the sovereignty of L iber ia, 
members of E C O M O G shall refrain from 
any activity incompatible with the impartial 
and international nature of their duties or 
inconsistent with the spirit of the present 
a r r angemen ts . T h e y sha l l respec t the 
sovereignty of Liberia and observe all its 
local laws and regulations. 
2. Without limiting the generality of paragraph 
1 above, members of E C O M O G shall: 
(i) refrain f rom any invo lvement in 
pr ivate c iv i l d i spu tes be tween 
c i t i zens of L ibe r ia ; or o therwise 
a t tempt to se t t le s u c h pr iva te 
disputes; 
(ii) not e n g a g e in any c o m m e r c i a l 
business activity within the Territory. 
The Specia l Representative and the Force 
C o m m a n d e r sha l l take al l appropr ia te 
measures to ensure the obse rvance of 
these obligations. 
3. E C O M O G sha l l c o l l a b o r a t e with the 
Government in the implementation of its 
r e m a i n i n g m a n d a t e in l ine with the 
P r o t o c o l s to be en te red into be tween 
E C O W A S and the Government. 
The above notwithstanding, nothing in this 
Agreement shall be interpreted to mean that 
the E C O M O G Opera t i ons , the S p e c i a l 
Representative, the Force Commander or 
any member of E C O M O G shall be under 
the control or authority of the Government 
They are under the command and authority 
of the E C O W A S Authority. 
4. The Government undertakes to respect tht 
e x c l u s i v e l y i n te rna t i ona l na tu re 
E C O M O G . 
Taxation 
5. Members of E C O M O G shall be exempted 
from taxation on the pay and emoluments 
r e c e i v e d f rom the G o v e r n m e n t , a 
Par t i c ipa t i ng S t a t e or f rom any other 
source. They shall also be exempted from 
al l o ther d i rec t t axes and f rom al l 
registration fees and charges. 
Customs and Fiscal Regu la t i ons 
6. Members of E C O M O G operations shall 
have the right to import free of duty their 
personal effects in connect ion with their 
a r r i va l in the Terr i tory. S p e c i a l 
a r r a n g e m e n t s b e t w e e n the F o r c e 
Commander and the Liberian authorities 
shall be made for the implementation of the 
foregoing provisions in the interests of the 
L iber ian Gove rnmen t and M e m b e r s of 
E C O M O G . The Force Commander shall 
take all necessary measures to prevent any 
abuse of the exemption and to prevent the 
sale or resale cf such goods to persons 
other than members of E C O M O G . 
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7. Specia l facilities for entry or exit shall be 
g r a n t e d by the L i b e r i a n immig ra t i on 
authority to regularly constituted units of 
E C O M O G , provided that the authorities 
concerned have been duly notified. O n the 
departure from the Territory, members of 
E C O M O G may take with them such funds 
as the Special Representative or the Force 
C o m m a n d e r cert i f ies were rece ived by 
E C O M O G . 
Entry, Residence and Departure 
8. The S p e c i a l Representa t ive , the Force 
Commander and members of E C O M O G , 
shall, wherever so required, have the right 
to enter into, reside in and depart from the 
Territory. 
9. The Government of Liberia undertakes to 
facilitate the entry into and departure from 
the Territory, of the Specia l Representative, 
the Force C o m m a n d e r and members of 
E C O M O G E C O M O G undertakes to keep 
the G o v e r n m e n t i n f o r m e d of s u c h 
movements. For that purpose, the Special 
Representative. the Force Commander and 
members of E C O M O G shall be exempt from 
p a s s p o r t and v i s a r egu la t i ons and 
immigration inspection and restrictions on 
entering into or departing from the Territory. 
They shal l a lso be exempted from any 
regulat ions govern ing the res idence of 
aliens in the Territory including registration, 
but shall not be considered as acquiring 
the r ight to p e r m a n e n t r e s i d e n c e or 
domicile in Liberia. 
10. For the purpose of such entry or departure, 
m e m b e r s of E C O M O G sha l l on ly be 
required to have: 
(a) an individual or collective movement 
o rde r i s s u e d by or under the 
au thor i t y of the S p e c i a l 
R e p r e s e n t a t i v e or the F o r c e 
C o m m a n d e r or any appropr ia te 
authority of a Participating State: 
and 
(b) a personal identity card issued in 
a c c o r d a n c e with A r t i c l e IV 
p a r a g r a p h 11, of the p resen t 
Agreement, except in the case of 
f i rst entry, w h e n the p e r s o n a l 
ident i ty c a r d i s s u e d by the 
a p p r o p r i a t e au tho r i t i es of a 
Participating State shall be accepted 
in lieu of the said identity card. 
11. The Specia l Representat ive or the Force 
Commander shall issue to each member 
of E C O M O G before or as soon as possible 
after such member 's first entry into the 
Territory, as well as to all service personnel, 
a numbered E C O M O G identity card, which 
shall show full name, date of birth, title or 
rank , s e r v i c e (if app rop r i a te ) and 
photograph. Except as provided in Article 
IV, paragraph 10 of this Agreement, such 
identity card shall be the only document 
required of a member of E C O M O G . 
12. Members of E C O M O G as well as service 
personnel shall be required to present, but 
not to surrender, their E C O M O G identity 
card upon demand by any such official of 
the Government. 
13 If a member of E C O M O G leaves the service 
of the Par t ic ipa t ing Sta te to wh ich he 
belongs and is not repatriated, the Force 
Commander shall immediately inform the 
Government, giving such particulars as may 
be required. The Force Commander shall 
similarly inform the Government of any 
member of E C O M O G who has absented 
himself for more than twenty-one days. In 
e i ther of the a b o v e two i n s t a n c e s , 
E C O M O G shall ensure, with the assistance 
of the Government, that such member of 
E C O M O G is apprehended and repatriated 
to the Participating State concerned. If an 
expulsion order against an ex-member of 
E C O M O G ' h a s been m a d e , the Fo rce 
C o m m a n d e r sha l l be r e s p o n s i b l e for 
ensuring that the person concerned shall 
be rece ived within the terr i tory of the 
Participating concerned, at the expense of 
E C O M O G . 
Uniform and Arms 
T4. Military members of E C O M O G operations 
shall wear, while performing official duties, 
the national military or police uniform of 
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the i r r e s p e c t i v e S t a t e s wi th s t a n d a r d 
E C O W A S accoutrements. The wearing of 
c iv i l ian d r e s s by the above-men t ione5 
members of E C O M O G may by authorized 
by any of the Specia l Representatives or 
the Fo rce C o m m a n d e r at other t imes. 
Military members of E C O M O G and such 
civilian personnel as may be designated by 
the Force Commander may possess and 
carry arms while on duty in accordance with 
their functions. 
No civilian personnel of E C O M O G shall be 
a l lowed to carry a rms except where 
authorized by the Force Commander. 
Pe rm i t s and Licenses 
15 The Government agrees to accept as valid, 
without tax or fee, a permit or l icense issued 
by the Force Commander for any member 
of E C O M O G except service personnel, or 
any E C O M O G transport or communication 
equ ipment and for the pract ice of any 
profession or occupation in connection with 
the funct ions of E C O M O G opera t ions ; 
provided that no l icense to drive a vehicle 
or pilot an aircraft shall be issued to any 
person who is not already in possession of 
an appropriate and valid l icense. 
Mi l i tary Police, Arrest and Transfer of Custody, 
P r o s e c u t i o n and Mutual Assistance 
16. The F o r c e C o m m a n d e r sha l l take al l 
a p p r o p r i a t e m e a s u r e s to e n s u r e the 
maintenance of discipline and good order 
among members of E C O M O G as well as 
service personnel. To this end, personnel 
designated by the Force Commander shall 
p o l i c e the p r e m i s e s of E C O M O G 
ope ra t i ons a n d s u c h a r e a s whe re its 
members are deployed. Elsewhere such 
personnel shall be employed only subject 
to arrangements with the Government, if 
necessary, to maintain discipline and order 
among members of E C O M O G . 
17. The military police of E C O M O G shall have 
the p o w e r of a r res t ove r the mi l i tary 
members of E C O M O G . Military personnel 
p l aced under arrest outs ide their own 
contingent a reas shal l be transferred to 
the i r c o n t i n g e n t ' s C o m m a n d e r for 
app rop r i a t e d i s c i p l i n a r y a c t i o n . T h e 
pe rsonne l ment ioned in paragraph 16 
above may also take into custody any other 
person on the premises of E C O M O G . Such 
other person shall be delivered immediately 
to the nearest appropriate official of the 
Government for the purpose of dealing with 
any o f f e n s e or d i s t u r b a n c e on s u c h 
premises. 
18. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 16 
and 17 above, the Government may take 
into custody any member of E C O M O G : 
(a) When so requested by the Force 
Commander ; or 
(b) When such a member of E C O M O G 
is apprehended in the commission 
or a t t e m p t e d c o m m i s s i o n of a 
criminal offense, such person shall 
be delivered immediately, together 
with any w e a p o n s or other item 
seized, to the nearest appropriate 
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of E C O M O G , 
w h e r e a f t e r the p r o v i s i o n s of 
paragraph 24 of this Article shall 
apply mutatis mutandis. 
19. When a person is taken into custody under 
paragraph 17 or paragraph 18(b) of this 
Article, E C O M O G or the Government, as 
the case may be, may make a preliminary 
interrogation but may not delay the transfer 
of custody. Fol lowing such transfer, the 
person concerned shall be made available 
upon request to the arresting authority for 
further interrogation in the presence of a 
representative of the Force Commander. 
20. E C O M O G and the Government shall assist 
each other in carrying out all necessary 
investigations into offenses in respect of 
which either or both have an interest, in 
the product ion of w i tnesses and in the 
co l lect ion and product ion of ev idence , 
including the seizure of, and, if appropriate, 
the handling over of items connected with 
an offense. The handing over of any such 
items may be made subject to their return 
within the terms specified by the authority 
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dBftvaring ttwm. Each shall notify the other 
o# the disposition of any case, in the 
outcome of which the other may have an 
inter eat or in which there has been a 
transfer of custody under the provisions of 
paragraph 17,18 and 19 of this Article. 
21. The Government snail ensure the 
pcoeecubon of persons subject of its 
owwiaiji«isdtction who are accused of acts 
in relation to E C O M O G or its members 
which, if committed in relation to the 
Government, would haue rendered such 
acts table to prosecution. 
The following arrangements respecting 
criminal' and civil jurisdiction are made 
having regard to the special functions of 
E C O M O G and to the interest of ECOWAS 
and not for the personal benefit of the 
members of ECOMOG. 
22. Subject to paragraph 26 of this Article, all 
members of ECOMOG; excluding service 
personnel shall be immune from legal 
process in respect of all acts, performed 
by them in their official capacity. Such 
immunity shall continue even after they 
cease to be members of ECOMOG and 
after the expiration of the other provisions 
of this Agreement 
23. Should the Government consider that any 
member of E C O M O G has committed a 
criminal offense, it shall promptly inform the 
Commander and present to him any 
evidence available to it. 
24. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 18 
and 25(a) of this Article, members of 
ECOMOG shall be subject to the exclusive 
jurisdiction of their respective Participating 
States in respect of any criminal offenses 
which may be committed by them in the 
Territory. They shall not be subject to the 
criminal Jurisdiction of the courts of Liberia. 
25. tf any member of ECOMOG is apprehended 
pursuant to paragraph 18 of this Article for 
violating the criminal laws of Liberia; or if 
the Government considers that any member 
of E C O M O G has committed a criminal 
offense, pursuant to paragraphs 23 and 24 
of this Article, the Force Commander shall 
immediately: 
(a) Cc4Jrt-marbal in the Territory such 
a member of E C O M O G in 
accordance with the criminal laws of 
the Participating State of origin of 
such a member; or 
(b) Repatriate such member of 
E C O M O G to his state of origin for 
trial if the Force Commander 
determines that a court martial in the 
Territory would be prejudicial to the 
attainment of justice. 
The member of E C O M O G so repatriated 
Shalt not be eligible to return to Liberia as 
a member of E C O M O G if convicted of the 
crime charge. 
The Force Commander shall notify the 
Government of the outcome of the trial in 
both (a) and (b) above. 
26. If any civil proceeding is instituted against 
a member of E C O M O G before any court 
of the Territory, the Special Representative 
shall be notified immediately, and he shall 
certify to the court whether or not the 
proceeding is related to the official duties 
of such member. 
(a) If the Special Representative 
certifies that the proceeding is 
related to the official duties, such 
proceeding shall be discontinued 
and the provisions of paragraph 1 
Article X of this Agreement shall 
apply. 
(b) if the Special Representative 
certifies that the proceeding is not 
related to official duties, the 
proceeding may continue. The 
Force commander or the Special 
Representative, as the case may 
be, shall ensure that such member 
of E C O M O G attends the trial, as 
assigned by the Court If the Force 
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Commander or the Special 
Representative certifies that a 
member of E C O M O G is unable, 
because of official duties or 
authorized absence from the 
Territory, to protect his interests in 
the proceedings, the court shall, 
upon the certification of the Force 
Commander or the Special 
Representative, suspend the 
proceeding until the elimination of 
the disability, but for not more than 
ninety days. No personal property 
of the member of E C O M O G , 
including wages, shall be exempted 
from seizure for the satisfaction of 
judgement, except such property as 
shall be certified by the Special 
Representative to be needed by the 
defendant for the fulfilment of his 
official duties. The personal liberty 
of a member of ECOMOG shall not 
be restricted in the civil proceeding, 
decision or order, to compel an oath 
or for any other reason. 
Deceased Members 
27. Any of the Special Representative or the 
Force Commander shall have the right to 
take charge of and dispose of the body of 
a member of E C O M O G who dies in the 
Territory, and may dispose of his personal 
property in accordance with directives 
issued by the Executive Secretary. 
ARTICLE V 
ECOWAS FLAGS AND VEHICLE MARKINGS 
1. The Government recognizes the right of the 
ECOMOG operations to display within the 
Territory, the E C O W A S flag on its 
headquarters, camps or other premises, 
vehicles or vessels as decided by the 
Executive Secretary. Other flags or 
pennants may be displayed in exceptional, 
cases subject to prior consultation with the 
Government. 
2. Vehicles, vessels and aircraft* of ECOMOG 
shall cany a distinct ECOWAS iderrtffication 
which shal be nc4ified to trie Government 
Alt vehicles shall be conspicuously marked 
and numbered for the purpose of 
identification. ECOMOG w i give records of 
ail vehicles to the Government 
3. Vessels and aircrafts under the authority 
of E C O M O G and bearing the insignia and 
flag of ECOMOG shad enjoy safe passage 
within the Territory. 
ARTICLE VI 
COMMUNICATIONS 
1. E C O M O G shall enjoy the facilities in 
respect of communications provided for in 
the Convention only for the purpose of 
executing its task. Issues with respect to 
communications which may arise and which 
are not specifically provided for in this 
Agreement shaft be dealt with pursuant to 
the relevant provisions of the Convention. 
2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 
above: 
(a) E C O M O G shall have authority to 
install and operate radio sending 
and receiving stations as well as 
satellite systems to connect 
appropriate points within the 
Territory with each other and with 
ECOWAS, UN and OAU officials in 
other countries, and to exchange 
traffic with their communications 
network. 
The telecommunications services 
shall be operated in accordance 
with the United Nations International 
Telecommunications Convention 
and Regulations and the frequencies 
on which any such station may be 
operated shall be decided upon in 
cooperation with the Government. 
(b) E C O M O G shall enjoy, within the 
Territory, the right to unrestricted 
communication by radio (including 
satellite, mobile and hand-held 
radio), telephone, telegraph, 
facsimile or any other means, and 
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of e s t a b l i s h i n g the n e c e s s a r y 
fac i l i t i es for ma in ta in i ng s u c h 
communications within and between 
the premises of E C O M O G including 
the laying of cables and land lines 
and the repea te r s ta t ions . The 
frequencies on which the radio will 
operate shal l be decided upon in 
consultation with the Government. 
It is understood that connect ions 
with the local system of telegraphs, 
telex and telephones shall be made 
in c o n s u l t a t i o n with the 
G o v e r n m e n t ; it be ing fur ther 
understood that the use of the local 
s ys tem of te legraphs, telex and 
telephones shall be at no cost to 
E C O M O G . 
(c) Mail emanating from all designated 
for E C O M O G shall be transported 
via diplomatic pouches. 
(d) Subject to the provis ions of this 
Agreement regarding privileges of 
E C O M O G and its pe rsonne l so 
s p e c i f i e d , p a r c e l s en ter ing the 
Territory through the regular mailing 
and courier systems may be subject 
to the postal laws and regulations 
of Liberia. 
ARTICLE VII 
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT 
1. E C O M O G and its members shall enjoy, 
together with its vehicles, vessels, aircraft 
and equipment , f reedom of movement 
th roughou t the Territory. The S p e c i a l 
Representative and the Force Commander 
shall inform the Government of planned 
movements of personnel, stores or vehicles 
through airports, railways or roads used for 
genera l traffic within the Territory. The 
G o v e r n m e n t u n d e r t a k e s to s u p p l y 
E C O M O G , where necessary, with maps and 
other information that may be useful in 
facilitating its movements. 
2. Veh ic les , including all military vehic les, 
vessels and aircraft of E C O M O G shall not 
be subject to registration or l icensing by 
the Government. 
3. A mutually satisfactory mechanism for the 
funding and set t lement of Third Par ty 
claims shall be agreed upon by the parties 
to this Agreement. 
4. E C O M O G may use roads, bridges, canals 
and other waters, port facilities and airfields 
wi thout the paymen t of d u e s , tol ls or 
charges, including wharfage charges, other 
than charges for service rendered. 
ARTICLE VIII 
DEPLOYMENT OF ECOMOG TROOPS 
In the deployment of its troops, E C O M O G shall 
collaborate with the Government to ensure the free 
and uninterrupted flow of goods and services. 
T h e a b o v e no tw i ths tand ing , the o p e r a t i o n a l 
s i tua t ion wi l l d i c ta te what ac t i on E C O M O G 
considers appropriate. 
ARTICLE IX 
FACILITIES FOR THE ECOMOG OPERATIONS 
Premises Required for Conducting the Operational 
and Admin is t ra t ive Act iv i t ies of the E C O M O G 
Operations and for Accommodat ion of Members of 
the Peace-keeping Operation. 
1, The Government of Liberia shall provide, 
without cost to E C O M O G and in agreement 
with the Specia l Representat ive and the 
F o r c e C o m m a n d e r , s u c h a r e a s for 
headquarters, camps or other premises as 
may be necessary for the conduct of the 
operational and administrative activities of 
E C O M O G and for the accommodation of 
its members. Without prejudice to the fact 
that all such p remises remain Liber ian 
territory, they shall be inviolable and shall 
be subject to the exc lus ive control and 
authority of E C O W A S . Where E C O M O G 
troops are co- located with any Liberian 
military/security personnel , a permanent, 
direct and immediate access by E C O M O G 
to those premises shall be guaranteed. 
2. The G o v e r n m e n t under takes to ass is t 
E C O M O G in ob ta in ing and m a k i n g 
a v a i l a b l e , w h e r e a p p l i c a b l e , water , 
electricity and other facilities free of charge 
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a n d , in the c a s e of in te r rup t ion or 
threatened interruption of service, to give 
as far as is within its powers the same 
priority to the needs of the Group as to 
essential government services. E C O M O G 
shall be responsible for the maintenance 
and up-keep of facilities so provided. 
3. E C O M O G sha l l have the right, where 
necessary, to generate electricity for its use 
and m a y t ransmi t and d is t r ibute s u c h 
electr ic i ty ou ts ide its p r e m i s e s free of 
charge. 
4. On l y the F o r c e C o m m a n d e r or a duly 
a u t h o r i z e d o f f i c ia l of E C O M O G m a y 
consent to the entry of any government 
official or any other person not a member 
of the Group to such premises. 
Provisions, Supplies and Service and Sanitary 
Arrangements 
5. T h e G o v e r n m e n t under takes to ass is t 
E C O M O G , as far as possible, in obtaining 
equipment, provisions, supplies and other 
goods and serv ices from local sources 
required for its subsistence and operations. 
In making purchases on the local market, 
E C O M O G s h a l l , on the b a s i s of 
o b s e r v a t i o n s m a d e and i n fo rma t ion 
provided by the Government in that respect, 
avo id any a d v e r s e effect on the loca l 
economy. 
G o v e r n m e n t s h a l l e x e m p t E C O M O G 
operat ions from genera l sa les taxes in 
respect of all local purchases. 
6. E C O M O G a n d the G o v e r n m e n t s h a l l 
cooperate with respect to sanitary services 
and shall extend to each other the fullest 
cooperation in matters concerning health, 
particularly with respect to the control of 
commun icab le d i seases , in acco rdance 
with International Conventions. 
Recruitment of Local Personnel 
7. E C O M O G m a y recru i t l oca l l y s u c h 
personnel as it requires. Upon the request 
of the Special Representative cr the Force 
Commander, the Government undertakes 
to facilitate the recruitment of qualified local 
staff by E C O M O G and to accelerate the 
process of such recruitment. 
Currency 
8. T h e G o v e r n m e n t unde r takes to m a k e 
a v a i l a b l e to E C O M O G a g a i n s t 
re imbursement in mutual ly accep tab le 
currency, Liberian currency required for the 
use of E C O M O G , including the pay of its 
members, at the rate of exchange most 
favourable to E C O M O G . 
ARTICLE X 
SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES 
1. A n y d ispu te or c l a im of a pr ivate law 
c h a r a c t e r to w h i c h E C O M O G or any 
member thereof is a party and over which 
the courts of the Territory do not have 
jurisdiction because of any provision of this 
Agreement shall be settled by a Standing 
Claim Commission to be established for that 
purpose. One member of the Commiss ion 
s h a l l be a p p o i n t e d by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretary, one member by the Government, 
and a Chai rman jointly appointed by the 
Government and the Executive Secretary, 
The Cha i rman shal l be a jurist from an 
A f r i c a n coun t ry o ther than t h o s e 
contr ibut ing or which have contr ibuted 
troops to E C O M O G . If no agreement as to 
the Chairman is reached within thirty days 
of the appointment of the first member of 
the C o m m i s s i o n , the P res iden t of the 
International Court of Justice may, at the 
request of either the Executive Secretary 
or the Government, appoint the Chairman, 
Any vacancy on the Commiss ion shall be 
filled by the same method prescribed for 
the original appointment, provided that the 
thirty-day period therein prescr ibed shall 
start as soon as there is a vacancy in the 
c h a i r m a n s h i p . T h e C o m m i s s i o n sha l l 
determine its own procedures, provided that 
any two memherc shall constitute a quorum 
for all purposes (except for a period of thirty 
days after the creation of a vacancy) and 
all decisions shall require the approval of 
any two m e m b e r s . The awa rds of the 
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Commiss ion shall be final and binding The 
awards of the Commiss ion shall be notified 
to the parties. The Execut ive Secretary 
shall use his best endeavours to ensure 
compl iance. 
privileges, immunities, rights and facilities. 
2. N o t w i t h s t a n d i n g the du ra t ion of th is 
A g r e e m e n t a s p rov ided in Ar t i c le XIII 
hereof, the following exceptions shall apply: 
2. Dispute concerning terms of employment 
and conditions of service personnel shall 
be settled by the administrative procedures 
to be established by the Force Commander 
in consultation with the Executive Secretary. 
3. Subject to the Agreement of the parties for 
the funding hereof, the Commiss ion shall 
commence its activities within sixty (60) days 
as of the date of this agreement. 
ARTICLE XI 
SUPPLEMENTARY ARRANGEMENTS 
The part ies to this A g r e e m e n t may conc lude 
supplementary arrangements to this Agreement. 
ARTICLE XII 
LIAISON 
(a) The provisions of paragraph 23 Article IV, 
and Article X shall remain in force. 
(b) The provision of paragraph 1 Article X shall 
remain in force until all c la ims have ben 
settled that arose prior to the termination 
of the p resen t A g r e e m e n t and we re 
submitted prior to or within three months of 
such termination. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF THE UNDERSIGNED, 
DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN 
STATES (ECOWAS) AND THE GOVERNMENT OF 
THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA RESPECTIVELY, 
HAVE SIGNED THIS A G R E E M E N T IN FOUR 
ORIGINALS IN THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH 
LANGUAGES. 
DONE AT OUAGADOUGOU, 
THIS 5TH DAY OF JUNE, 1998. 
T h e S p e c i a l R e p r e s e n t a t i v e , the F o r c e 
C o m m a n d e r a n d the G o v e r n m e n t sha l l take 
a p p r o p r i a t e m e a s u r e s to e n s u r e c l o s e and 
reciprocal liaison at every appropriate level. 
FOR: 
THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST 
AFRICAN STATES, 
ARTICLE Xlll 
DURATION 
This Agreement shall enter into force on the date 
of signature. Its duration shal l be set forth in a 
supplementary arrangement to be negotiated by 
the parties. 
ARTICLE XIV 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
LANSANA KOUYAT 
EXECUTIVE SECRETAf 
FOR: 
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF 
LIBERIA, 
1. Wherever the present Agreement refers to 
the pr iv i leges, immunit ies and rights of 
E C O M O G and its members and to the 
facil i t ies and territory to be provided to 
E C O M O G and its m e m b e r s , the 
G o v e r n m e n t s h a l l e n s u r e the 
imp lementa t ion and ful f i lment of such 
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 
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REGULATION C/REG. 1/10/98 APPROVING THE 
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE 
E X E C U T I V E S E C R E T A R I A T FOR THE 1997 
FINANCIAL YEAR 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establ ishing the Counci l of Ministers and 
defining its composit ion and functions; 
M I N D F U L of paragraph 3(d), Art ic le 10 of the 
Rev ised Treaty relating to the appointment of the 
External Auditors; 
MINDFUL of the Financial Regulations and Manual 
of Accoun t ing P rocedu re of the Institutions of 
E C O W A S adopted in Lome by Decision C / D E C . 4 / 
11/89 of 30th November, 1989; 
MINDFUL of the Authority Decision A /DEC.3 /7 /92 
dated 29th July, 1992 on the appointment of the 
firm of Akintola Wil l iams and Company as External 
Auditors of the Community; 
HAVING E X A M I N E D the report of Akintola Wil l iams 
and Company on the financial statements of the 
Executive Secretariat for the 1997 Financial Year; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the twenty-second 
m e e t i n g of the A d m i n i s t r a t i o n and F i n a n c e 
C o m m i s s i o n held in Abu ja , f rom 13th to 22nd 
October, 1998; 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
The Audited Financial Statements of the Executive 
Secretariat for the 1997 financial year is hereby 
approved. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall be published in the Official 
J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Counci l of Ministers. 
It shall also be published within the same time-frame 
by each Member State in its National Gazette. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSl, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. 
REGULATION C/REG.2/10/98 APPROVING THE 
W O R K P R O G R A M M E OF T H E E X E C U T I V E 
SECRETARIAT FOR THE 1999 FINANCIAL YEAR 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Counci l of Ministers and 
defining its composition and functions; 
HAVING EXAMINED the Work Programme proposed 
by the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Administration 
and Finance Commiss ion held in Abuja from 13th 
to 22nd October, 1998; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the Twenty-
Second meeting of the Administration and Finance 
C o m m i s s i o n held in Abu ja from 13th to 22nd 
October, 1998; 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
T h e a t t ached W o r k P r o g r a m m e is he reby 
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approved and shall be executed by the Executive 
Secretariat during the 1999 Financial Year. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall be published in the Official 
J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Counci l of Ministers. 
It shall also be published within the same time-frame 
by each Member State in its National Gazette. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. 
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1999 BUDGET 
WORK PROGRAMME 
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EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT 
1999 BUDGET 
WORK PROGRAMME 
A - L E G A L AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 
1. Elaboration of Institutional Texts. 
Draft Tenders Code. P M 
Preparation of a mechanism for Prevention,management, 
conflict resolution and peace- keeping and security. P.M. 
2. Enhancement of Institutional capacities. 
Constitution of a law library. 5 431 
3. Technical co-operation meetings. 5 000 
TOTAL LEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 10 431 
B - INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT 
1. Industry Division 
1. Implementation of action program on industrial master plan. 9 758 
2. E U / E C O W A S industrial forum. 3 719 
T O T A L 1 13 477 
II. Agriculture Division 
1. Agricultural production support program. 14 424 
2. Livestock development. 27 158 
T O T A L II 41 582 
III. NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 
Environmental protection and natural resources management program 56 893 
T O T A L III 56 893 
IV. Technical Cooperation 5 000 
TOTAL AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY AND 
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT 116 952 
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C - SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND CULTURAL DEPARTMENT UA 
1. Social Affairs Division 
1. Health. 17 723 
2. W A W A 49 806 
3. W A W A Subvention. 10 000 
T O T A L 1 77 529 
II. Cultural Affairs Division 
1. E C O W A S Prize for Excel lence. 12 684 
2. Meeting of Ministers responsible for Coordinating drug control. 14 530 
3. Cultural Exchanges. 5 797 
4. Meeting of Ministers of Youth and Sports ( C M Y S / E C O W A S ) . 9 606 
5. F E S P A C O . 5 313 
T O T A L II 47 930 
III. O C C G E - WAHC Merger 242 524 
IV. ECODRUG Lottery 41 361 
V. Technical Cooperation. 5 000 
TOTAL SOCIAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 414 344 
0 - TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATIONS AND ENERGY DEPARTMENT 
1. Transport Division 
1. Follow up of the construction of the Trans-West African Highway. 3 186 
2. Facilitation of road transports. 12 899 
3. Meeting of Directors of railways. 3 000 
4. Improvement of Air Transport. 20 034 
5. Improvement of Maritime Transport. 3 000 
T O T A L 1 42 119 
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II. Communications Division 
1. Development of Telecommunications infrastructure. 18 700 
T O T A L II 18 700 
III. Energy Division 
1. Development of Energy production and 
Interconnection of electricity grids. 48 604 
2. Development of renewable energy sources. 2 871 
T O T A L III 51 475 
IV. Technical Cooperation. 5 000 
TOTAL TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATION AND 
ENERGY DEPARTMENT 117 294 
E - TRADE, CUSTOMS, IMMIGRATION, MONEY AND 
PAYMENTS DEPARTMENT 
1. Trade Division: Trade promotion. 
1. Fifth meeting of regional organising Committee. 11 835 
2. Evaluation meeting of the regional Committee. 4 656 
3. Meeting of the consultation committee. 3 000 
4. Two workshops on S IGOA - T O P S . 6 874 
5. Participation at the Abidjan International Trade Fair. 2 284 
TOTAL 1 28 649 
II. Customs Division. Trade liberalisation. 
1. Harmonisation and simplification of Customs documents. 12 588 
2. Implementation of trade liberalisation Scheme. 6 371 
3. I m plementation of I. S. R .T. 9 247 
4. Establishment of a common external tariff. 7 954 
TOTAL II 36 160 
III. Immigration Division: Free movement of Community citizens. 
1. Consultative meeting in Conakry. 22 226 
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UA 
2, Consultative meeting in Malanville. 18 102 
TOTAL III 40 328 
IV. Money and Payment Division 
Implementation of monetary cooperation Programme. 25 654 
TOTAL IV 25 654 
V. Tourism Division 
1. Promotion and marketing of tourism products. 4 464 
2. Harmonisation of rules. 11 548 
3. Facilitation. 12 946 
4. Tourism and leisure fair. 28 837 
TOTAL V 57 795 
VI. Technical Cooperation 10 000 
VII. 2nd Ecowas Trade Fair 
1. Participation of the Secretariat 53 701 
2. Participation of the Regional organising committee. 9 090 
3. Subvention to National Committees. 145 804 
4. Miscel laneous expenses on activities of the Fair 
(expenses on invited resource Persons, hostesses, 
ticket sellers, publicity e t c . ) . 62 428 
TOTAL VI 271 023 
VIM. Community levy 67 939 
TOTAL TRADE, CUSTOMS, IMMIGRATION, 
MONEY AND PAYMENTS AND TOURISM 
537 548 
F - ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT 
I. Economic Research Division 
1. Macro-economic Cooperation programme. 7 814 
2. Strengthening the Institutional arrangements. 
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a. Meeting of Heads of E C O W A S National Units. 3 448 
b. Meeting of Permanent committee on studies. 8 683 
c. Rationalisation of West African IGOs. 37 906 
3. Mobilisation of External Resources for E C O W A S program. 20 045 
4. Development of the E C O W A S Statistical System. 
a. Up-dating of Statistical data. 9 730 
b. Meeting of Permanent committee on Statistics. 15 040 
5. Technical Cooperation meetings. 10 000 
TOTAL ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT 112 666 
G - INFORMATION DEPARTMENT 
1. Community Information Policy 
Seminar for Journalists. 26 817 
Meeting of the Ministers of Information. 20 814 
Regional Forum. 20 465 
TOTAL I 68 096 
2. Promoting awareness of ECOWAS 
Broadcast on the State of the Community. 1 860 
Journalists in West Africa. 5 207 
E C O W A S Time. 14 878 
E C O W A S Anthem. 4 841 
Publicity and Promotion. 14 878 
Publicity on free movement. 33 048 
TOTAL II 74 712 
3. Publication & Diffusion of Information 
E C O W A S Briefs. 12 500 
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- The West African Bulletin. 
TOTAL III 12 500 
4. Cooperation Technique 5 000 
TOTAL DEPARTEMENT INFORMATION 160 308 
H - COMMUNITY COMPUTER CENTRE 
1. Technical Development Division 
1. Development of E C O T R A D E and E C O S T A R S . 
External Funding: 20 000 E C U . 
E C O W A S financing: 9 000 UA. 
for info, 
only 
2. Development of Data Processing Software for 
E C O W A S Institutions. 
E C O W A S Financing: 9 000 UA 
for info, 
only 
II. OPERATIONS DIVISION 
1. Implementation of E C O W A S 
Trade Information Network (ECOTINET). 
External Funding: 30 000 E C U . 
for info, 
only 
2. Data Services for E C O W A S Institutions. 
External Funding: $40 000 
E C O W A S Financing: 14 0 0 0 U A 
for info, 
only 
III. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DIVISION 36 000 
1. Organisation and Participation in A S Y C U D A and 
E U R O T R A C E Training Programmes. 
External Funding: 100 000 E C U 
E C O W A S Counterpart financing: 9 000 UA 
2. Technical Assistance to Member States. 
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External Funding: 40 000 E C U 
E C O W A S Counterpart financing; 27 000 UA 
IV. Technical Cooperation meetings. 5 000 
TOTAL COMMUNITY COMPUTER CENTRE 41 000 
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REGULATION C/REG.3/10/98 APPROVING THE 
BUDGET OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT FOR 
THE 1999 FINANCIAL YEAR 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Council of Ministers and 
defining its composit ion and functions; 
M I N D F U L of the provisions of Article 69 of the 
Revised Treaty which relates to the budget of the 
Community; 
M INDFUL of the Financial Regulations and Manual 
of Accoun t ing P rocedu re of the Institutions of 
E C O W A S adopted in Lome through Decision 
C/DEC.4/11/89 of 30th November, 1989; 
HAVING E X A M I N E D the budget proposed by the 
Twenty-second meeting of the Administration and 
Finance Commiss ion , held in Abuja from 13th to 
22nd October, 1998; 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
The budget of the Execut ive Secretar iat for the 
1999 Financial Year, balanced out in revenue and 
expenditure at Seven million, five hundred and 
twenty -one thousand, seven hundred and 
nineteen Units of Account (7.521.719 UA). 
Article 2 
An amount of Five million, six hundred and 
eighty-five thousand, three hundred Units of 
Account (5.685.300 UA) shall be derived from the 
annual contributions of Member States. Another 
sum of Three hundred and thirty-six thousand, 
four hundred and nineteen Units of Account 
(336.419 UA) shall be derived from the internal 
resources of the Executive Secretariat, while the 
balance of One million, Five hundred thousand 
Unites of Account (1.500.000 UA) sha l l be 
obtained from past budgets. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall be published in the Official 
J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Counci l of Ministers. 
It shall also be published within the same time-frame 
by each Member State in its National Gazette. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEEDGBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
REGULATION C/REG.4/10/98 APPROVING THE 
COMPENSATION B U D G E T S FOR L O S S OF 
REVENUE SUFFERED BY ECOWAS MEMBER 
STATES IN 1996 AND 1997 AS A RESULT OF THE 
LIBERALISATION OF INTRA-ECOWAS TRADE 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the revised 
Treaty establishing the Counci l of Ministers and 
defining its composition and functions; 
M I N D F U L of D e c i s i o n A / D E C . 8 / 5 / 7 9 of the 
Authority of Heads of State and Government, dated 
29th May, 1979 relating to the consol idat ion of 
customs duties and taxes of equivalent effect and 
non-tariff barriers; 
M I N D F U L of D e c i s i o n A / D E C . 19 /5 /80 of the 
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Authority of Heads of State and Government, dated 
28th May, 1980 relating to compensation procedure 
for loss of revenue suffered by E C O W A S Member 
States as a result of the l iberal isat ion of intra-
E C O W A S trade; 
M I N D F U L of D e c i s i o n A / D E C . 1 / 5 / 8 3 of the 
Author i ty of H e a d s of S ta te and Gove rnmen t 
relating to the adoption and implementation of the 
single trade l iberal isation s c h e m e for industrial 
products originating from Member States and 
the amendment thereto embodied in Decision 
A /DEC-6 /6 /89 , dated 30th June, 1989; 
MINDFUL of the decisions and regulations listing 
enterprises and products approved to benefit under 
the E C O W A S trade liberalisation scheme; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the applications for compensation 
for loss of revenue received from Member States 
having imported approved industrial products; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the twenty-second 
m e e t i n g of the A d m i n i s t r a t i o n and F i n a n c e 
c o m m i s s i o n he ld in A b u j a f rom 13th to 22nd 
October, 1998; 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
The following budget estimates for compensation 
of loss of revenue suffered by E C O W A S Member 
States as a result of the l iberal isation of intra-
E C O W A S trade are hereby approved: 
a) two hundred and eighteen million seven 
hundred and thirty nine thousand three 
hundred and forty four (218,739,344) C F A 
francs for 1996; 
b) seventy eight million one hundred and thirty 
four thousand seven hundred and eighty 
six (78,134,786) C F A francs for 1997. 
The tables annexed hereto indicate the share of 
contributions owed to the compensation budget by 
each exporting Member State. 
Article 2 
A n expo r t i ng M e m b e r S t a i e w h i c h h a s not 
contributed to the estimated compensation budget 
•or whose contribution is less than the amount of its 
debt, shall pay into the fund the amount of the 
compensation for losses incurred as a result of its 
exports. 
Article 3 
The E C O W A S Execu t i ve Sec re ta r i a t and the 
E C O W A S F u n d sha l l be r e s p o n s i b l e for the 
payment to the Member State that have suffered 
the loss of revenue of the amounts recorded in the 
compensation budgets for 1996 and 1997, 
Article 4 
This regulation shall be published in the Official 
J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Counci l of Ministers 
It shall also be published in the National Gazette 
by each Member State within the same time frame. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
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Authority of Heads of State and Government, dated 
28th May, 1980 relating to compensation procedure 
for loss of revenue suffered by E C O W A S Member 
States as a result of the l iberal isation of intra-
E C O W A S trade; 
M I N D F U L of D e c i s i o n A / D E C . 1 / 5 / 8 3 of the 
Authori ty of H e a d s of S ta te and G o v e r n m e n t 
relating to the adoption and implementation of the 
single trade l iberal isation s c h e m e for industrial 
products originating from Member States and 
the amendment thereto embodied in Decision 
A /DEC.6 /6 /89 , dated 30th June, 1989; 
M INDFUL of the decisions and regulations listing 
enterprises and products approved to benefit under 
the E C O W A S trade liberalisation scheme; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the applications for compensation 
for loss of revenue received from Member States 
having imported approved industrial products; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the twenty-second 
m e e t i n g of the A d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d F i n a n c e 
c o m m i s s i o n held in A b u j a f rom 13th to 22nd 
October, 1998; 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
The following budget estimates for compensation 
of loss of revenue suffered by E C O W A S Member 
States as a result of the l iberal isation of intra-
E C O W A S trade are hereby approved: 
a) two hundred and eighteen million seven 
hundred and thirty nine thousand three 
hundred and forty four (218,739,344) C F A 
francs for 1996; 
b) seventy eight million one hundred and thirty 
four thousand seven hundred and eighty 
six (78,134,786) C F A francs for 1997. 
The tables annexed hereto indicate the share of 
contributions owed to the compensation budget by 
each exporting Member State. 
Article 2 
A n expo r t i ng M e m b e r S t a t e w h i c h has not 
contributed to the estimated compensation budget 
•or whose contribution is less than the amount of its 
debt, shall pay into the fund the amount of the 
compensation for losses incurred as a result of its 
exports. 
Article 3 
T h e E C O W A S Execu t i ve Sec re ta r ia t and the 
E C O W A S F u n d sha l l be r e s p o n s i b l e for the 
payment to the Member State that have suffered 
the loss of revenue of the amounts recorded in the 
compensation budgets for 1996 and 1997, 
Article 4 
This regulation shall be published in the Official 
J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Counci l of Ministers 
It shall also be published in the National Gazette 
by each Member State within the same time frame. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
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COMPENSATION BUDGET FOR LOSS OF REVENUE FOR 1996 
(IN CFA FRANCS) 
MEMBER STATE AMOUNT DUE 
1, Ghana 395,493 
2. Nigeria 5,426,348 
3. Togo 212,917,503 
TOTAL 218,739,344 
COMPENSATION BUDGET FOR LOSS OF REVENUE FOR 1997 
(IN CFA FRANCS) 
MEMBER STATE AMOUNT DUE 
1. Ghana 939,407 
2. Nigeria 1,860,386 
3. Togo 75.334,993 
TOTAL 78,134,786 
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REGULATION C/REG.5/10/98 RELATING TO THE 
CANCELLATION OF THE ESTIMATED BUDGETS 
FOR COMPENSATION OF LOSS OF REVENUE 
FROM 1990 TO 1997 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
M I N D F U L of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establ ishing the Counci l of Ministers and 
defining its composit ion and functions; 
MINDFUL of the Protocol dated 5th November, 1976 
relating to assessment of toss of revenue incurred 
by E C O W A S Member States as a result cf the 
liberalisation of intra-Community trade; 
M I N D F U L of D e c i s i o n A / D E C . 19 /5 /80 of the 
Authority of Heads of State and Government of 
E C O W A S of 28th May, 1980 on the application of 
compensa t i on p rocedures for loss of revenue 
incurred by M e m b e r S ta tes as a result of the 
E C O W A S Trade Liberalisation Scheme; 
M INDFUL of Decisions C / D E C . 5/12/88, C / D E C . 
8/7/91, C / D E C . 1/11/91, C / D E C . 5/12/92, C / D E C . 
11/12/93, C / D E C . 18/12/94, and Regulations 
C / R E G . 13/12/95 and C/REG.3/11 /96 of the Counci l 
of Ministers approving the compensat ion budget 
estimates for the period 1990 to 1997; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the twenty-second 
m e e t i n g of the A d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d F i n a n c e 
C o m m i s s i o n he ld in Abu ja from 13th to 22nd 
October, 1998; 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
The estimated compensat ion estimates for loss of 
revenue approved for the years 1990 ,1991 ,1992 , 
1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 are hereby 
cancel led. 
Article 2 
A m o u n t s p a i d by M e m b e r s ta tes to the 
compensation budget estimates for the above years 
and the interest accruing thereon shall constitute 
assets belonging to the contributor Member States. 
Such amounts shall be utilised in settlement of the 
a r r e a r s o w e d by the s a i d S t a t e s to the 
compensation budgets approved by the Counci l of 
Ministers for loss of revenue. 
Article 3 
The Executive Secretary and the Managing Director 
of the E C O W A S F u n d sha l l , e a c h in his own 
capacity, oversee implementation of this regulation. 
Article 4 
This regulation shall be published by the Executive 
Secretariat in the Official Journal of the Community 
within thirty days of signature by the Chairman of 
the Counci l of Ministers. 
It shall also be published by each Member State in 
its National Gazette within the same time frame. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RAS HE ED G BADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
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R E G U L A T I O N C/REG.6/10/98 ON T H E 
ORGANISATION OF AN E C O D R U G R A F F L E 
DRAW (LOTTERY). 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS', 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Counci l of Ministers and 
defining its composit ion and functions; 
MINDFUL of Resolution A /RES.2 /8 /97 relating to 
drug prevention and control in W e s t Afr ica and 
endorsing the Praia Political Declaration and Plan 
of Action; 
M I N D F U L of Regu la t ion C / R E G . 4 / 8 / 9 7 on the 
f inancing of drug control activities and granting 
funds to the Regional Fund for Financing Drug 
Control Activities in West Africa ( E C O D R U G FUND); 
C O N S I D E R I N G Article 17 of the Statutes of the 
Regional Fund for financing Drug Control activities 
in West Africa ( E C O D R U G Fund) which provides 
that tne resources for the control of drug activities 
may be derived from any sources approved by the 
Counci l of Ministers; 
D E S I R I N G to gather substant ia l funds for the 
execution of Community programmes in the war 
against drug a b u s e and illicit traff icking in all 
member States; 
C O N S I D E R I N G that a lottery project, through its 
grassroots orientation, will help to popularise the 
aims and objectives of E C O W A S in all the Member 
S t a t e s , p romo te mu tua l u n d e r s t a n d i n g and 
cooperat ion, complement the efforts of Member 
States in the fight against drug abuse and raise 
funds for Community programmes; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the 22nd Meeting 
of the Administration and Finance Commission held 
in Abuja from 13th to 22nd October, 1998; 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
The Executive Secretariat is hereby authorised to 
o rgan ise , in al l M e m b e r S ta tes , a raffle draw 
(Lottery) a s a m e a n s of ra is ing funds for the 
E C O D R U G Fund. 
Article 2 
In carrying out the activity in Article 1 above, the 
Sec re ta r ia t sha l l c o o p e r a t e with the re levant 
authorities of the Member States and shall, to the 
extent of its i n te rna t iona l s ta tus , d i p l oma t i c 
immunities and privileges, abide by the rules and 
regulations governing such activity in the Member 
States. 
Article 3 
The sum of $56,848 (fifty-six t housand , eight 
hundred and forty-eight United States dollars) is 
hereby approved as a loan to pre-finance the initial 
raffle draw to be conducted in the Federal Republ ic 
of Nigeria. All subsequent activities of the raffle 
d raw sha l l be f i nanced from the r e s o u r c e s it 
generates. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall be published by the Executive 
Secretariat in the Official Journal of the Community 
within thirty (30) days of its s ignature by the 
Chairman of the Counci l of Ministers, 
It shall also be published in the National Gazette of 
each Member State within the same time frame. 
DON EAT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
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REGULATION C/REG.7/10/98 AUTHORISING DONE AT ABUJA, 
R E C R U I T M E N T OF O N E P E R M A N E N T THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
BILINGUAL S E C R E T A R Y (G5) FOR T H E 
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10. 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establ ishing the Counci l of Ministers and 
defining its composit ion and functions; 
M I N D F U L of the r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of the 
Administration and Finance Commiss ion, endorsed 
by the Counci l of Ministers at its thirty-sixth session 
held in Lome from 15th to 17th December, 1994, 
to the effect that vacant non-quota posts should 
be considered on an individual bas is and filled 
where necessary; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the need to recruit a permanent G 5 
bilingual secretary in order to complement the staff 
strength of the Secretariat and ensure its smooth 
functioning; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the twenty-second 
m e e t i n g of the A d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d F i n a n c e 
C o m m i s s i o n he ld in A b u j a from 13th to 22nd 
October, 1998; 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
Authorisation is hereby given for the recruitment 
of a permanent bilingual secretary G 5 . 
Article 2 
The sec re ta ry re fe r red to in Ar t ic le 1 of this 
Regulation shall be p national of a Member State 
which is free of the sanct ions set out in Article 77 
of the Revised Treaty, and in Article 1 of Decision 
A /DEC.5 /7 /95 dated 29th July, 1995. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall be published by the Executive 
Secretariat in the Official Journal of the Community 
within thirty (30) d a y s of its s ignature by the 
Chairman of the Counci l of Ministers. 
It shall also be published in the National Gazette of 
each Member State within the same time frame. 
REGULATION C/REG.8/10/98 WAIVING THE 
PROVISIONS OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS 
GOVERNING RENEWAL OF APPOINTMENTS 
FOR TEMPORARY STAFF 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establ ishing the Counc i l of Ministers and 
defining its composition and functions; 
MINDFUL of Article 77 of the Revised Treaty and 
Article 1, Decision A /DEC.5 /7 /95 , dated 29th July, 
1995 prescribing sanctions against Member States 
which fail to honour their obligations; 
M I N D F U L of the r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of the 
Administration and Finance Commiss ion endorsed 
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by the thirty-sixth session of the Counci l of Ministers 
wh ich took p l ace in L o m e f rom 15th to 17th 
D e c e m b e r , 1 9 9 4 , a n d w h i c h p r o v i d e s that 
temporary appointments to vacant non-quota posts 
should be examined on an individual basis and as 
the need arises; 
A W A R E of the need for prompt measures to resolve 
the very real prob lems arising from the fact of 
certain departments in the Executive Secretariat 
being understaffed; 
D E S I R O U S , for this purpose, and as an exceptional 
measure , of waiv ing the provisions of the staff 
regulations governing the renewal of appointments 
for temporary staff; 
ON T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the twenty-second 
m e e t i n g of the A d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d F i n a n c e 
C o m m i s s i o n held in A b u j a f rom 13th to 22nd 
October, 1998; 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
A s an exceptional measure, the provisions of the 
staf f r egu la t i ons g o v e r n i n g t e m p o r a r y 
appointments shall be waived to permit the renewal, 
a maximum of three t imes, of the appointments of 
temporary staff. Each renewal shall be for a period 
not exceeding six-months. 
Article 2 
The officers whose temporary appointments may 
be renewed as provided for in Article 1 of this 
Regulat ion shall be nationals of Member States 
which are free of sanctions set out in Article 77 of 
the Rev ised Treaty and in Article 1, Decis ion A / 
DEC.5 /7 /95 dated 29th July, 1995. 
Article 3 
A temporary appointment renewed in accordance 
with Ar t i c le 1 of th is R e g u l a t i o n sha l l l a p s e 
immediately a national of the Member State to 
which the post is allocated assumes office. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall be published by the Executive 
Secretariat in the Official Journal of the Community 
within thirty (30) days of its s ignature by the 
Chairman of the Counci l of Ministers. 
It shall also be published by each Member State in 
its National Gazette within the same time frame. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998, 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
REGULATION C/REG.9/10/98 AUTHORISING 
T H E R E C R U I T M E N T OF T E M P O R A R Y 
PROFESSIONAL STAFF FORTHE DEPARTMENT 
OF LEGAL AFFAIRS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establ ishing the Counc i l of Ministers and 
defining its composit ion and functions; 
M I N D F U L of the r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of the 
Administration and Finance Commiss ion, endorsed 
by the Counci l of Ministers at its thirty-sixth session 
held in Lome from 15th to 17th December, 1994, 
to the effect that vacant non-quota posts should 
be cons idered on an individual bas is and filled 
where necessary; 
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C O N S I D E R I N G the ever-increasing volume of work 
within the Department of Legal Affairs and the 
Department of Social and Cultural Affairs; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the gross inadequacy of the current 
staff strength in the afore-mentioned departments 
and the urgent need for additional staff in order to 
e n s u r e e f fec t i ve i m p l e m e n t a t i o n of the i r 
programmes; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the twenty-second 
m e e t i n g of the A d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d F i n a n c e 
C o m m i s s i o n held in A b u j a from 13th to 22nd 
October, 1998; 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
Authorisation is hereby given for the recruitment 
of the following temporary professional staff: 
Department of Legal Affairs: 1 P4 
and 1 P 2 officers; 
Department of Social and Cultural 
Affairs : 1 P5 officer. 
Article 2 
The officers to be recruited shall be nationals of 
Member States which are free of the sanctions set 
out in Article 77 of the Revised Treaty, and in Article 
1 of Decision A /DEC.5 /7 /95 dated 29th July, 1995. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall be published by the Executive 
Secretariat in the Official Journal of the Community 
within thirty (30) d a y s of its s ignature by the 
Chairman of the Counci l of Ministers. 
It shall also be published by each Member State in 
its National Gazette within the same time frame . 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
REGULATION C/REG.10/10/98 APPROVING THE 
S U B S T A N T I V E C O S T OF T H E PARTIAL 
M O V E M E N T OF S T A F F TO A B U J A A N D 
ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE 
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT TO COMPLETE THE 
EXERCISE 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Counci l of Ministers and 
defining its composit ion and functions; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the recommendation made at the 
41st Sess ion of the Counc i l of Ministers on the 
transfer of the Executive Secretariat to Abuja and 
the need to move the staff from Lagos to Abuja in 
stages; 
C O N S I D E R I N G that the Counci l Decision to allocate 
a special reinstallation al lowance to staff, and the 
authorisation given by the Chairman of Counci l to 
pay 3 days perdiem to the said staff have incurred 
expenditure which was not included in the Executive 
Secretariat budget for 1998; 
O B S E R V I N G that the s u b s t a n t i v e c o s t of 
accommodation in Abuja is higher than estimated; 
NOTING that a first group of officers has already 
been moved to Abuja; 
D E S I R O U S of facilitating the movement of those 
off icers remain ing in Lagos before the end of 
December, 1998 and of allocating necessary funds 
for the purpose; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the 22nd Meeting 
of the Administration and Finance Commission held 
in Abuja, from 13th to 22nd October, 1998; 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
The part ial cos t of the part ia l t ransfer of the 
Executive Secretariat to Abuja amounting to two 
hundred and twenty two thousand one hundred and 
ninety nine units of account (UA 222,199) is hereby 
approved. 
This sum which was spent in 1998 was deducted 
from paid up arrears of contribution, and covers 
payment of the special reinstallation al lowance, 3 
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Article 2 
The Executive Secretariat shall give each enterprise 
concerned, an approval number which must feature 
on the certificate of origin and on the E C O W A S 
customs declaration and inform Member States 
accordingly. 
A r t i c le 3 
Member States and the Execut ive Secretariat shall 
take a l l n e c e s s a r y m e a s u r e s to e n s u r e the 
implementation of this decision. 
Ar t ic le 4 
This regulation shall be publ ished in the Official 
J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days after signature 
by the Chairman of the Counci l of Ministers. 
It shall also be published within the same time frame 
in the National Gazette of each Member State. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASH EE D GBADAMOSf, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL 
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LIST OF AGREED 
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS AND 
ENTERPRISES 
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LIST OF AGREED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS AND ENTERPRISES 
LISTE DES PRODUITS ET BNTRSPRISESINDUSTRIELS AGREES 
Identity of enterprises 
by Member States 
Position No. PRODUCT Approval Number 
Numeros d'agr&ment 
Identite des 
Entreprises par 
Etats Membres 
Tahfaire No/ PRODUIT Ctry. 
Code 
Pays 
Code 
Entr. 
No. 
No. 
Entr. 
Prod. 
No. 
No. 
Prod 
Year 
Annee 
1. COTED'IVOIRE 
1. ACIPAC 
05 Abidjan 05 
4820.20.00 
4818.10.00 
Exercise books / Cahiers scolaires 
Toilet paper / Papier hygienique 
384 
384 
001 
001 
01 
02 
98 
98 
4818.40.00 Sanitary towels / 
Serviettes hygie'niques 
384 001 03 98 
4818.20.00 Handkerchiefs / Mouchoirs 384 001 04 98 
4817.10.00 Envelopes / Enveloppes 384 001 05 98 
2. ZENITH PLASTIC 
C.I. 04 BP. 892 
Abidjan. 
6402.99.00 Other footwearwith outer soles and 
uppers of rubber or plastics 
Autres chaussures a semelles 
exterieures et dessus en 
caoutchouc ou en matiere plastique. 
384 002 01 98 
6402.91.00 Other footwear with outer soles and 
uppers of rubber or plastics covering 
the ankle. / Autres chaussures a 
semelles ext6rieures et dessus en 
caoutchouc ou en matiere plastique 
couvrant la cheville. 
384 002 02 98 
3923.21.00 Sacks and bags of polymers of 
ethylene. /Sacs, sachets, pochettes 
et comets en polymere de ('ethylene 
384 002 03 98 
3923.29.00 Sacks and bags of other plastics 
Sacs, sachets, pochettes en autres 
matieres plastiques. 
384 002 04 98 
3920.42.00 Other plates of P V C . 
Autres plaques en polymeres du 
chlorure de vinyle souples. 
384 002 05 98 
3920.99.00 Other plates of other plastics 
Autres plaques en autres matieres 
plastiques. 
384 002 06 98 
3. TOLESIVOIRE 7210.61.00 Sheets plated or coated with 
aluminium zinc alloys. / Toles 
revalues d'atliage d'aluminium et 
de zinc 
384 003 01 98 
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Identity of enterprises 
by Member States 
Position No. PRODUCT Approval Number 
Nume'ros d'agrement 
Identite des 
Entreprises par 
Etats Membres 
Tarifaire No/ PRODUtT Ctry. 
Code 
Pays 
Code 
Entr. 
No. 
No. 
Entr. 
Prod. 
No. 
Wo. 
Prod 
Year 
Ann6e 
7210.49.00 Galvanised sheets / 
Totes gatvanisSes. 
384 003 02 98 
4. IVOIRAL 7612.10.00 Collapsible containers/Tufces souptes. 384 004 01 98 
7615.19.00 Other household articles / 
Articles de manage domestique. 
384 004 02 98 
7606.12.10 Aluminium sheets. / 
Toles en aluminium. 
384 004 03 98 
7308.90.90 Tubes / Buses mMaliiques. 384 004 04 98 
5. S .N.C.V(Soc ie te 
Nlede confiserie 
deVRIDl) 
1704.10.00 
1704.90.00 
Chewing Gum / Gommes a macher. 
Other sugar confectionery not 
containing cocoa /Autres sucreries 
sans cacao 
384 
384 
005 
005 
01 
02 
98 
98 
6. Manufacture Lion 
d"or(M.L.D.) 
5511.10.00 
5508.10.00 
Knitting thread / Fil it tricoter. 
Sewing thread / Fil a coudre. 
384 
384 
006 
006 
01 
02 
98 
98 
5403.31.00/ 
5406.20.00 
Weaving thread / Fil a broder. 384 006 03 98 
7. PLASTICABLE 
01 BP.8160 
Abidjan 01 
3917.21.90 
3917.23.10 
Tubes of polymers of ethylene / 
Tubes isoranges. 
Pipes for water supply / 
Tuyaux pour canalisation d'eau. 
384 
384 
007 
007 
01 
02 
98 
98 
8544.11.00/ 
8544.19.00 
Electrical wire / Fils eiectriques. 384 007 03 98 
8544.20.00 Electrical cables/Cab/es eiectriques. 384 007 04 98 
9405.10.00 Lighting fittings / 
Reglettes e~lectriques. 
334 007 05 98 
8. NESTLE C.I. 2101.11.00/ 
2101.12.00 
Coffee (NESCAFE). 
Extraits, essences et concentres de 
cafe" et preparation a base de ces 
extraits etc. 
384 008 01 98 
1806.10.00 Cocoa powder containing added sugar/ 
Poudrede cacao, avec addStori de sucre 
oud'autres e~dulcorants. (NESQUIK). 
384 008 02 98 
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by Member States 
Position No. PRODUCT Approval Number 
Numeros d'agrement 
Identite des 
Entreprises par 
Etats Membres 
Tarifaire No/ PRODU1T Ctry. 
Code 
Pays 
Code 
Entr. 
No. 
No. 
Entr. 
Prod. 
No. 
No. 
Prod 
Year 
An nee 
2104.10.90 Soups and broths and preparation 
therefore (fv1AGGI)/P/Bparaf/ons pour 
soupesetc. (MAGGI). 
384 008 03 98 
2106.90.90 Food preparations (MAGGI) / 
Autres preparations alimentaires 
384 008 04 98 
9. S O F O P L A S T 3921.90.00 Other plates, films.... of plast ics/ 
Graines, rouleaux en matieres 
plastiques. 
384 009 01 98 
3923.29.00 Sacks & b a g s / 
Sacs, sachets plastiques. 
384 009 02 93 
3904.22.00 Polyvinyl chloride/ 
Polychlorure de vinyle granule. 
384 009 03 98 
6401.99.00 Plastic footwear/ 
Chaussures plastiques. 
384 009 04 98 
10. IRANAbidjanOI 
BP.3903 
3406.00.00 Candles / Bougies. 384 010 01 98 
11. GroupeFIBAKO 
IVOIREMBAL 
5404.10.00 
5607.49.00 
Monofilament. / Fil polypopylene. 
Twine and cordage polypropylene / 
Ficelles et cordages de polypopylene. 
354 
384 
011 
011 
01 
02 
98 
98 
5607.50.00 Twine and cordage of other 
synthetic fibres /Ficelles et cordages 
d'autres fibres synthetiques. 
384 011 03 98 
5407.20.00 Woven fabrics / 
Toiles polypropylene tissus. 
384 011 04 98 
5903.90.00 Textiles fabrics / 
Toiles polypropylene laminae. 
384 011 05 98 
6305.39.00 Sacks / Sacs polypropylene. 384 011 06 96 
12. AFRIBACHE 
11 BP.2344 
5903.10.00 Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, 
covered....with polyvinyl chloride / 
Tissus impregnds, enduits ou 
recouverts de ..polychlorure de 
polyvinyle. 
384 012 01 98 
3926.90.00 Other articles of plastics 
(protective bags) 
Aufres ouvrages en matieres 
plastiques ...etc: (housses, Baches). 
384 012 02 98 
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by Member States 
Pos i t ion No. PRODUCT Approval Number 
Numeros d'agrement 
Identite des 
Entreprises par 
Etats Membres 
Tarifaire No/ PRODUIT Ctry. 
Code 
Pays 
Code 
Entr. 
No. 
No. 
Entr. 
Prod. 
No. 
No. 
Prod 
Year 
Annee 
5903.90.00 Textile fabrics impregnated / 
Autres produits de Polymerisation et 
copolymerisation(toSes a bache). 
384 012 03 98 
13. STE ATOU 2009.40.00 Pineapple juice / Jus d'ananas. 384 013 01 98 
2009.19.00 Orange juice / Jus dorange. 384 013 02 98 
2009.80.90 Juice of any other single fruit or 
vegetable / Jus de gingembre 
et de passion 
384 013 03 98 
2009.80.30 Mango juice / Jus de mangue. 384 013 04 96 
2009.80.10 Guava juice / Jus de goyage. 384 013 05 98 
2009.90.00 Mixture of juices / Melanges de jus. 384 013 06 98 
2006.90.10 Syrups containing added flavouring 
and/orcolouring matter/S/rop de fmits 
384 013 07 98 
14. NESTLE C.I. 2104.10.10 Preparation in blocks or loaves 
form (maggi) /Preparations presentees 
sous forme de tablettes et de cubes 
(cube maggi). 
384 014 01 98 
15. S A P L E D 
18 BP. 786 
Abidjan 18 
0405.10.00 
1517.10.00 
Butter 1 Beune. 
Margarine / Margarine. 
384 
384 
015 
015 
01 
02 
98 
98 
16. SAB I 
(Societe Africaine 
de Biscuiterie) 
1905.30.00 Sweet biscuits / Biscuits sees. 384 016 01 98 
II. GHANA 
1. Ghana Aluminium 
Products Limited. 
7604.10.00 Aluminium profiles / rods / 
Barres et profile's en aluminium 
288 001 01 98 
7606.11.10 Aluminium roofing sheets/ 
T&les en aluminium. 
288 001 02 98 
7610.10.00 Aluminium fabricated structures / 
Portes, fen&tres et leurs cadres. 
288 001 03 98 
2. DARK 
AND LOVELY 
3305.20.00 Hair-care relaxers / 
Preparations pourle defrissage. 
288 002 01 98 
3305.10.00 Shampoos / Shampooing. 288 002 02 98 
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Identity of enterprises 
by Member States 
Position No. PRODUCT Approval Number 
Numeros d'agrement 
Identite des 
Entrephses par 
Etats Membres 
Tarifaire No/ PRODUIT Ctry. 
Code 
Pays 
Code 
Entr. 
No. 
No. 
Entr. 
Prod. 
No. 
No. 
Prod 
Year 
Annee 
3305.30.00 Hair lacques (restorer) / 
Laques pourcheveux. 
288 002 03 98 
3305.90.00 Other preparation for use on the hair: 
pomades, colours. / 
Autres preparations capillaires 
288 002 04 98 
3307.10.00 Pre-shave, shaving or aftershave 
preparation / Preparations pourle 
prerasage, le rasage, I'apres rasage. 
288 002 05 98 
3. P H A R M A C A R E 
INDUSTRIES LTD. 
3306.10.00 
7608.10.00 
Dentrifices / Dentrifices 
Aluminium collapsible tube / T 
ubes aluminium. 
288 
288 
003 
003 
01 
02 
98 
98 
4823.11.00 Adhesive tapes / Rubans adhesifs. 288 003 03 98 
4. BEN INVEST 
A C C R A N O R T H 
(GHANA) 
4412.13.00 
4412.22.00 
Plywood / Contreplaques. 
Blackboards / Bois plaquSs. 
288 
288 
004 
004 
01 
02 
98 
98 
4418.20.00 Doors / Portes en bois. 288 004 03 98 
III. NIGERIA 
1. DANGOTE G E N . 
TEXTILE 
5208.52.10 
5810.10.00 
Wax prints / Tissus imprimes. 
Embroidery / Broderies. 
566 
566 
001 
001 
01 
02 
98 
98 
5207.10.00 Cotton yam/Fte de coton conditionnes 
pourla vente an detail. 
566 001 03 98 
2. NESTLE FOODS 
NIGERIA 
1902.19.00 Noodles / Nouilles. 566 002 01 98 
3. LIBERTY 
INDUSTRIES 
3924.90.10 Wash basins and buckets / 
Cuvettes et seaux. 
566 003 01 98 
3924.90.90 Other household articles of plastics / 
Autres articles de.. ou d'economie 
domestique en matiere plastique. 
566 003 02 98 
7323.93.00 Kitchen or other, and articles of steel./ 
Articles de menage ou d'economie 
domestique en ferou en acier. 
566 003 03 98 
7323.94.00 Enamelware products / Articles de 
menage en ferou acier emaille. 
566 003 04 98 
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by Member States 
Position No. PRODUCT Approval Number 
Numeros d'agrement 
Identite des 
Entreprises par 
Etats Membres 
Tarifaire No/ PRODUIT Ctry. 
Code 
Pays 
Code 
Entr. 
No. 
No. 
Entr. 
Prod. 
No. 
No. 
Prod 
Year 
Annee 
4. M A B B S (NIG.) 
LIMITED 
3209.90.20 Paints:- Emulsion, - Gloss, -Texcote / 
Autres peintures. 
566 004 01 98 
5. B A Z A M R I P V C 
TILES 
3918.10.00 Tiles P V C / Carreaux plastiques. 566 005 01 98 
6. C Y B E L E 
COSMETICS 
3303.00.90 Perfumes and toilet waters / 
Parfums et eaux de toilette. 
566 006 01 98 
3307.20.00 Personal deodorants / . 
Desodorisants corporels 
566 006 02 98 
3307.49.00 Preparations for perfuming rooms / 
Preparations pourparfumerles locaux. 
566 006 03 98 
3304.99.00 Preparations for the care of skin / 
Preparations pour les soins de la peau 
566 006 04 98 
3305.30.00 Hair lacques / Laques pourcheveux. 566 006 05 98 
3305.90.00 Other hair preparations / 
Autres Preparations capillaires. 
566 006 06 98 
3305.20.00 Relaxers / 
Preparations pourdefrissage. 
566 006 07 98 
3305.10.00 Shampoos / Shampooings. 566 006 08 98 
• 3304.91.00 Powder/ Poudres. 566 006 09 98 
3304.30.00 Manicure and pedicure preparations / 
Preparations pour manucures 
ou pedicures. 
566 006 10 98 
3307.10.00 After shave preparations / 
Preparations pour I'apres rasage. 
566 006 11 98 
2712.10.00 Petroleum Jelly / Vaseline. 566 006 12 98 
3401.11.10 Soap for toilet use including 
medicated products / Savons de 
toilette y compris ceux a usages 
medicaux. 
566 006 14 98 
3304.10.00 Lip make up preparations / 
Produits de maquillage pourles levies. 
566 006 15 98 
3402.20.00 Organic surface active agents / 
Agents de surface organique. 
566 006 16 98 
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Identity of enterprises 
by Member States 
Position No. PRODUCT Approval Number 
Numeros d'agrement 
Identite des 
Entreprises par 
Etats Membres 
Tarifaire No/ PRODUIT Ctry. 
Code 
Pays 
Code 
Entr. 
No. 
No. 
Entr. 
Prod. 
No. 
No 
Prod 
Year 
Annee 
3405.90.00 Glass cleaner pol ish/ 
Produits pour nettoyage des vitres. 
566 006 17 98 
3808.40.00 Disinfectants / Disinfectants. 556 006 18 98 
7. C O M A D E N (NIG.) 9404,90.00 Pillows / Oreillers. 566 007 01 98 
8. BETA 
INDUSTRIES 
8418.10.00 
8418.30.00 
Refrigerators / Refrigerateurs. 
Freezers / Congelateurs. 
566 
566 
008 
008 
01 
02 
98 
98 
S418.50.00 Bottle coolers/Autres coffres, 
vitrine... pour la production du froid. 
566 008 03 98 
8415.10.00 Air Conditioners / Climatiseurs. 566 008 04 98 
8309.10.00 Crown-corks / Bouchons-couronnes. 566 008 05 98 
3923.10.00 Crates / Casiers. 566 008 06 98 
8707.10.00 Vehicles carrier bodies / 
Carrosseries de vehicules. 
566 008 07 98 
9. CACIL PAINTS 
LIMITED 
3209.90.00 Paints / Peintures. 566 009 01 98 
10. NIGERIA 
BALLPOINT P E N 
9608.10.00 Pen / Stylos. 566 010 01 98 
11. HOLBON (NIG.) 
LIMITED 
5802.20.00 Terry towels / 
Tissus boucles du genre eponge 
en aufres mafrere textiles. 
566 011 01 98 
6002,43.00 Velour fabric/ 
Autres etoffes de bonneterie. 
566 011 02 98 
6001.91.00 Knitted cotton fabric / 
Autres §toffes a boucles de coton. 
566 011 03 98 
6001.92.00 Knitted polyester fabric / 
Autres etoffes a boucles de fibres 
synthetique. 
566 011 04 98 
5508.10.00 Sewing thread / 
Fil a coudre de fibres synthetique. 
566 011 05 98 
5207.10.00 Cotton hand loom yarn IFils de coton 
conditiennes pour la vente au detail. 
566 011 06 98 
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by Member States 
Position No. PRODUCT Approval Number 
Numeros d'agrement 
Identite des 
Entreprises par 
Etats Membres 
Tarifaire No/ PRODUIT Ctry. 
Code 
Pays 
Code 
Entr. 
No. 
No. 
Entr. 
Prod. 
No. 
No. 
Prod 
Year 
Ann§e 
12. CENTURY 
POLYESTER 
LIMITED 
5503.20.00 
9404.90.00 
Polyester chips /Fibres synthetique. 
Pillow and Cushion / 
Oreillers et coussins. 
566 
566 
012 
012 
01 
02 
98 
98 
9404.29.00 Mattress / Matelas. 566 012 03 98 
13. NIGERIA 
ENGINEERING 
W O R K S LTD. 
8418.10.00 
8415.10.00 
Refrigerators / Refrigerateurs. 
Air conditioners / Climatiseurs. 
566 
566 
013 
013 
01 
02 
98 
98 
8414.30.00 
8414.51.00 
Freezers / CongGlateurs. 
Fans / Ventilateurs. 
566 
566 
013 
013 
03 
04 
98 
98 
9403.10.00 Metal furniture (classeurs) 
/ Meubtes en metal. 
566 013 05 98 
9403.20.00 Cupboard 1Annoires. CCD S O D 013 06 98 
9403.30.00 Wooden furniture / Meubtes en bois. 566 013 07 98 
9402.10.00 Medicine trolleys / Tables roulantes. 566 013 08 98 
IV. SIERRA LEONE 
1. NATIONAL 
CONFECTIONNER 
CO. LTD. 
1905.10.00 
1704.90.00 
Biscuits / Pain croustillant. 
Candies (Sweets)/ 
Sucreries (bonbons). 
694 
694 
001 
001 
01 
02 
98 
98 
V. TOGO 
1. NIOTO.SA 1508.90.90 Ground nut seed oil refined/ 
Huile raffinee d'arachide. 
768 001 01 98 
1512.29.00 Cotton seed oil refined/ 
Huile raffinee de coton. 
768 001 02 98 
2. FAN MILK SA. 0403.10.10 Yogurt nature/Yoghourt nature. 768 002 01 98 
0403.10.20 Yogurt containing added fruits / 
Yoghourt additionne de fruits. 
768 002 02 98 
2105.00.00 Ice cream IGlaces de consommation 
meme contenant du cacao. 
768 002 03 98 
2009.90.00 Mixture of juice / Melange de jus. 768 002 04 98 
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REGULATION C/REG.12/10/98 APPROVING THE DONE AT ABUJA, 
S T A T U T E S OF T H E REGIONAL FUND FOR THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
FINANCING DRUG CONTROL ACTIVITIES IN 
WEST AFRICA (ECODRUG FUND) 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10,11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Council of Ministers and 
defining its composition and functions; 
MINDFUL of Resolution A/RES.2/8/97 relating to 
drug prevention and control in West Africa and 
endorsing the Praia Political Declaration and Plan 
of Action; 
MINDFUL of Regulation C/REG.4/8/97 on the 
financing of drug control activities and granting 
funds to the Regional Fund for Financing Drug 
Control Activities in West Africa (ECODRUG FUND); 
ON T H E RECOMMENDATION of the Second 
meeting of Co-ordinators of Inter-ministerial Drug 
Control Committees, held in Banjul from 7th to 11th 
September, 1998; 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
The Statutes of the Regional Fund for financing 
Drug Control Activities in West Africa (ECODRUG) 
attached hereto are hereby approved. 
Article 2 
This regulation shall be published in the Official 
Journal of the Community by the Executive 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers. 
It shall also be published in the National Gazette of 
each Member State within the same time frame. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
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STATUTES OF THE REGIONAL FUND FOR 
DRUG CONTROL IN WEST AFRICA 
(ECODRUG FUND) 
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STATUTES OF THE REGIONAL FUND FOR DRUG 
CONTROL IN WEST AFRICA (ECODRUG FUND) 
CHAPTERI 
DEFINITION 
Article 1 
The fo l lowing def in i t ions sha l l app ly in these 
Statutes: 
1. "Revised Treaty'' means the Revised Treaty 
of E C O W A S adopted on July 24th, 1993; 
2. "Statutes" m e a n s the S ta tu tes of the 
Reg iona l Fund for drug Control in W e s t 
Africa ( E C O D R U G FUND) ; 
3. "Community" m e a n s the E c o n o m i c 
C o m m u n i t y of W e s t A f r i c a n S t a t e s 
( E C O W A S ) ; 
4. "Member State(s)" means a member State 
or member States.of the Community; 
5. "Conference" means the Con fe rence of 
Heads of State and Government of the 
Community, established by Article 7 of the 
Revised Treaty of E C O W A S ; 
6. "Council" or "Council of Ministers" means 
the Counci l of Ministers of the Community 
as provided for in Article 10 of the Revised 
Treaty of E C O W A S ; 
7. "Executive Secretariat" means the Executive 
Secretariat of the Community as provided 
for in Article 17 of the Rev ised Treaty of 
E C O W A S ; 
8. "Executive Secretary" means the Executive 
S e c r e t a r y a p p o i n t e d in l ine wi th the 
Prov is ions of Art ic le 18 of the R e v i s e d 
Treaty of E C O W A S ; 
9. "ECODRUG FUND or Special Fund" means 
the Regional Fund for Drug control in West 
Afr ica; 
10. "IDCC" means the national Interministerial 
Drug Control Committee; 
11. " M a n a g e m e n t C o m m i t t e e " m e a n s the 
M a n a g e m e n t Commi t tee of E C O D R U G 
F U N D For which provision is made in Article 
6 of the Statutes of the Special Fund; 
12. "Drug Control Unit" means the E C O W A S 
Drug Control Unit established by Edict No. 
1/ES/12/96; 
13. "Social and Cultural Affairs Commission" 
m e a n s the t e c h n i c a l c o m m i s s i o n 
established under Article 22 of the Revised 
Treaty of E C O W A S ; 
14. "UNDCP" m e a n s the U n i t e d N a t i o n s 
International Drug Control Programme; 
15. "Director, Social and Cultural Affairs" means 
the Director of the Department of Social and 
Cultural Affairs of the Executive Secretariat 
of E C O W A S ; 
16. "Director of Audit" means the Director of the 
Aud i t D e p a r t m e n t of the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat of E C O W A S ; 
17. "Director Legal Affairs" means the Director 
of the Lega l Af fa i rs Depar tment of the 
Executive Secretariat of E C O W A S ; 
18. "Director of Finance" means the Director 
of the D e p a r t m e n t of F i n a n c e of the 
Executive Secretariat of E C O W A S ; 
19. "External 1 Audi tors" m e a n s the External 
Auditors of E C O W A S ; 
20. "NGO" m e a n s N o n - G o v e r n m e n t a l 
Organisat ions. 
CHAPTER II 
ESTABLISHMENT 
Article 2 
There is hereby estab l ished a regional fund to 
finance drug control activities in West Afr ica, which 
shall be known as E C O D R U G F U N D . 
Article 3 
E C O D R U G F U N D sha l l be a fund for mutual 
financial assistance in the conduct of drug control 
activities within the Community. 
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CHAPTER III 
PURPOSE 
Article 4 
The E C O D R U G F U N D shall be used: 
a. To provide grants to national IDCCs which 
request subvent ions for the purpose of 
e x e c u t i n g na t i ona l a n d r e g i o n a l 
programmes; 
b. To f inance the Regional Plan of Action on 
drug control. 
Article 5 
E C O D R U G F U N D shall also provide assistance to 
IDCCs and N G O s operating in Member States and 
which may put forward projects and activities which 
present a regional character by virtue of their being 
beneficial to two or more countries. 
CHAPTER IV 
ADMINISTRATION OF ECODRUG FUND 
Article 6 
The E C O D R U G Fund shall be administered by a 
Management Committee made up of: 
Executive Secretary, Chairman; 
2 Representat ives of donors, Members; 
C h a i r m a n , S o c i a l and Cu l tu ra l A f fa i rs 
Commiss ion, Member; 
Direc tor , S o c i a l and C u l t u r a l A f f a i r s , 
Member; 
Director of Finance, Member; 
Director, Legal Affairs, Member; 
C o o r d i n a t o r , D rug C o n t r o l Unit ; 
Rapporteur. 
The Management Committee shall administer and 
oversee the E C O D R U G Fund. 
Article 7 
The Management committee shall meet twice a year 
when so c o n v e n e d by its cha i rman and shal l 
deliberate when a quorum of 273 of its member, 
attained. 
Article 8 
1. The Management Committee shall: 
approve the budget; 
assess the eligibility of requests for 
g rants r e c e i v e d f rom the Inter-
ministerial Commit tees. 
2. The recommendations of the Management 
Committee shall be adopted by a two-thirds 
major i ty and sha l l be r eco rded in the 
proceedings of the meeting which shall be 
approved by all members. 
Article 9 
The Executive Secretary shall have responsibility 
for the E C O D R U G F U N D . H e is the budget 
authorizing officer for the Fund. 
Article 10 
The Execut ive Secretary of E C O W A S shal l be 
a s s i s t e d by staff of the Sec re ta r i a t . H e may 
however, also engage the services of drug control 
experts to evaluate technical documents received 
from the IDCCs. 
Article 11 
The Executive Secretary shall receive and forward 
all requests for grants or funds submitted by the 
I D C C s and the D rug C o n t r o l Uni t , to the 
Coordinator of the Unit, who is the administrator of 
the Special Fund. The Administrator of the F U N D 
shall process and thereafter, present the requests 
to the Management Committee. 
Article 12 
The Executive Secretary shall report to the Counci l 
of Ministers on the operations of the Special Fund. 
Article 13 
The Coordinator of the Drug Control Unit shall be 
responsible for the day-to-day administration of the 
E C O D R U G F U N D . He shall manage the budget 
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which he shal l have prepared, prepare vouchers 
for commi tment of expendi ture which he shal l 
forward to the authorising officer of the E C O D R U G 
Fund for approval. 
Article 14 
The Director of the Department of F inance shall 
keep the resources of the E C O D R U G Fund in a 
b a n k a c c o u n t d i s t inc t f r om the a c c o u n t s of 
E C O W A S . He shall also keep separate books of 
account. The Director of Finance, having obtained 
approval from the authorising officer to commit 
expend i t u re , sha l l set t le s u c h expend i tu re in 
conformi ty with the F inanc ia l Regu la t ions and 
M a n u a l o f A c c o u n t i n g P r o c e d u r e s of the 
Community. 
C H A P T E R V 
RESOURCES 
Article 15 
The resources of the E C O D R U G F U N D shall be 
derived from: 
the initial endowment made to the 
E C O W A S Executive Secretariat; 
annual contributions from Member 
States; 
grants and gifts; 
interests on placements, 
i n c o m e f rom al l o ther s o u r c e s 
a p p r o v e d by the C o u n c i l of 
Ministers. 
A r t i c le 16 
E a c h M e m b e r S t a t e s h a l l con t r ibu te to the 
E C O D R U G F U N D 2 .0% of its a s s e s s e d annual 
contribution to E C O W A S . The Inter-ministerial Drug 
Control Committee and the E C O W A S Unit in each 
Member State shall take appropriate measures to 
ensure payment of their country's contributions. 
C H A P T E R VI 
O P E R A T I O N OF T H E ECODRUG FUND 
Article 17 
1. A budge t s h a l l be e s t a b l i s h e d at the 
commencement of each budget year for 
the operation of the E C O D R U G F U N D . 
2. The budget shall contain entries of income 
derived from the sources enumerated in 
Article 15, and detail expenditure relating 
to: 
cost of activities set out in Article 4; 
operational costs; 
all other expenses incurred in the 
operation of the E C O D R U G F U N D , 
within the limits of available financial 
resources. 
Article 18 
E C O D R U G F U N D shall provide the IDCCs with a 
Standard application form for grants. 
Article 19 
The I D C C in each country shal l central ise and 
supervise all requests for funding and shall, before 
forwarding them to the E C O W A S , the supervisory 
Minister, shall ensure that the activities for which 
the funds are being sought fall within the areas set 
out in Article 4 of these statutes. E C O D R U G F U N D 
sha l l not cons i de r app l i ca t ions wh ich are not 
transmitted to the Executive Secretary through the 
Minister responsible for E C O W A S affairs in the 
Member State concerned. 
Article 20 
In processing application for grants, the following 
principles, inter alia, shall apply: 
1. priority shall be given to projects related to 
the C o m m u n i t y d rug p reven t i on and 
rehabilitation programmes; 
2. applications for grants emanat ing from a 
M e m b e r S ta te wh ich h a s not pa id its 
contribution to E C O D R U G F U N D , shall not 
be given priority consideration. 
3. E C O D R U G F U N D shall not award more 
than 10% of its total grant budget to a single 
project. 
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4. E C O D R U G F U N D shall notfund more than 
50% of the total cost of a project. 
Article 21 
Any grant received from E C O D R U G F U N D shall be 
utilised solely for the project in respect of which it 
was allocated. 
Article 22 
The Executive Secretariat shall have the right to 
conduct spot inspections of beneficiary projects, 
with a view to verifying their level of implementation. 
CHAPTER VII 
ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS 
Article 23 
The f inanc ia l year of the S p e c i a l F u n d sha l l 
commence on 1 January and end on 31 December. 
Article 24 
The budget and the accounts of the E C O D R U G 
FUND shal l be denominated and presented in 
E C O W A S Units of Account (UC). 
Art ic le 25 
All transactions of the Fund shall be recorded in 
accounts which shall be kept separate from the 
accounts of the Executive Secretariat. 
Article 26 
The day-to-day management of the E C O D R U G 
FUND shal l be subject to the provisions of the 
E C O W A S Financia l Regulat ions and Manual of 
Accounting Procedures. 
Article 27 
The E C O W A S External Auditors shall audit the 
accounts of the E C O D R U G F U N D at the close of 
each financial year. 
Article 28 
The Executive Secretariat shall prepare an annua) 
report setting out the audited accounts which he 
shall communicate to the Management Committee 
of the E C O D R U G F U N D and to the Soc ia l and 
Cultural Affairs Commiss ion. 
CHAPTER VIII 
COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS 
Article 29 
O p e r a t i o n s of the E C O D R U G F U N D m a y 
commence upon adoption of the present Statutes 
and payment of the init ial e n d o w m e n t to the 
Executive Secretariat. The Execut ive Secretariat 
shall, in collaboration with the U N D C P , immediately 
undertake negotiations with development partners, 
with a view to securing their ass is tance for the 
effective operation of the Fund. 
CHAPTER IX 
DISPUTES AND ARBITRATION 
Article 30 
1. Without prejudice to the provisions of the 
S ta tu tes a n d its re levan t R u l e s of 
P r o c e d u r e , any d ispute regard ing the 
interpretat ion or the app l ica t ion of the 
p rov i s i ons of t hese S ta tu tes sha l l be 
amicably settled through direct agreement. 
2. Fa i l ing this, ei ther party may refer the 
matter to the Counci l of Ministers whose 
decision shall be final. 
CHAPTERX 
REVISION AND AMENDMENT OF THE 
STATUTES 
Article 31 
Any provision of these Statutes may be reviewed 
or amended by the Counci l of Ministers upon a 
proposal to that effect by the Social and Cultural 
Affairs Commission. 
Article 32 
Any necessary additions, encapsulated in the rules 
of procedure, may be made to the provisions of 
the present Statutes. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
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REGULATION C/REG.13/10/98 RELATING TO 
THE ADOPTION OF JOB PROFILES OF ECOWAS 
STATUTORY APPOINTEES OTHER THAN THE 
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10,11 and 12 of the E C O W A S 
R e v i s e d T rea ty e s t a b l i s h i n g the C o u n c i l of 
Ministers and defining its composition and functions; 
M I N D F U L of Art icles 17 and 18 of the Rev ised 
Treaty relating to the appointments of staff of 
Community Institutions; 
MINDFUL of Decision A/DEC.3/7/91 of the Authority 
of Heads of State and Government on the selection 
and evaluation of statutory appointees; 
M INDFUL of Article 28 of the Protocol relating to 
the Fund for Coopera t i on , Compensa t i on and 
Development on the appointments of the Managing 
Directorand Deputy Managing Director of the Fund; 
MINDFUL of Article IX of the Protocol establishing 
the Wes t Afr ican Health Organisation relating to 
the appo in tments of the D i rec to r -Genera l and 
Deputy Director-General; 
C O N S I D E R I N G that apart from the post of the 
Executive Secretary whose functions as the Chief 
Executive Officer of the Community Institutions, are 
fully spelt-out in Article 19 of the Revised Treaty, 
there had been no specific description of the jobs 
of other statutory appointees of the Community 
Institutions; 
C O N V I N C E D that in order for the Community to 
appo in t only o f f icers p o s s e s s i n g the h ighest 
standards of efficiency and technical competence, 
it has to clearly define the role and main tasks to 
be carried out by the statutory officers as well as 
their qua l i f ica t ions, expe r i ences and persona l 
qualities; 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S of the Meeting of 
the Ad-Hoc Ministerial Committee on Selection and 
Evaluation of Statutory Appointees held in Abuja 
on 12th October, 1998, the Meeting of Ministers of 
Health held in Lome on 30th and 31st July, 1998 
and the Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs held 
in Abuja from 26th to 28th October, 1998; 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
1. The attached job profiles and qualifications 
of the following Statutory Appointees are 
hereby adopted: 
i} D e p u t y E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y 
(Po l i t i ca l A f f a i r s , D e f e n c e and 
Security); 
ii) Depu ty E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y 
(Administration and Finance); 
iii) Depu ty E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y 
(Economic Affairs): 
iv) Financial Controller; 
v) Managing Directorof the E C O W A S 
Fund ; 
vi) Deputy Manag ing Director of the 
E C O W A S Fund; 
vii) D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l of the W e s t 
A f r i c a n H e a l t h O r g a n i s a t i o n 
(WAHO); 
viii) Deputy Director-General of W A H O . 
2. On ly cand ida tes p o s s e s s i n g the stated 
qualifications and experience for each of 
the pos ts shou ld be e m p l o y e d by the 
Community Institutions. 
3. Unless otherwise provided in the Treaty or 
in a Protocol, all Statutory Appointees shall 
be under the direction and supervision of 
the Executive Secretary and shall carry out 
the functions herein assigned to the post. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall be published by the Executive 
Secretariat in the Official Journal of the Community 
within thirty (30) days of its s ignature by the 
Chairman of the Counci l of Ministers. 
It shall also be published within the same time frame 
in the National Gazette of each Member State. 
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DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
organ ise , m a n a g e and provide support 
measures for all political activities relating 
to conflict preventi6n, management and 
resolution; 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. 
respons ib le for pol icy formulat ion and 
implementation on cross-border crime, the 
circulation of arms, drug control and all 
measures designated to restore peace; 
manage the regional peace and security 
observation system which will collate and 
analyse data on a day to day basis, of all 
factors that may^ impact on p e a c e and 
security within the sub-region; 
r e p r e s e n t the E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y 
whenever necessary; 
coordinate and supervise the activities of 
the Departments under his Authority; 
e x e c u t e al l o ther du t ies that may be 
assigned to him by the Executive Secretary. 
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE 
Candidates should: 
JOB P R O F I L E , QUALIFICATIONS AND 
EXPERIENCE FOR THE POST OF DEPUTY 
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY POLITICAL AFFAIRS, 
DEFENCE AND SECURITY 
The Deputy Executive Secretary (Political Affairs, 
Defence and Secur i t y ) sha l l work under the 
authority of the Executive Secretary and shall: 
be responsible for policy formulation and 
implementation of programmes on conflict 
p r e v e n t i o n , m a n a g e m e n t , r eso lu t i on , 
p e a c e - k e e p i n g a n d h u m a n i t a r i a n 
operations, issues on cross-border crime, 
c i rcu la t ion of l ight w e a p o n s and drug 
control; 
p o s s e s s a h ighe r d e g r e e in Po l i t i ca l 
S c i e n c e , Internat ional Re la t i ons , Law, 
military science or any other Social Science; 
have 12 years exper ience in the area of 
international relations, at least 5 of which 
must have been spent in a manager ia l 
position, experience in conflict management 
and resolution will be an advantage; 
be capable of expressing him/herself in one 
of the official languages of the Community. 
Knowledge of at least one of the other 
official languages will be an asset. 
be between 35 and 55 years of age. 
be in c h a r g e of p l a n n i n g , t ra in ing , 
administration, logistics and monitoring of 
all field operations ; 
work in collaboration with national armed 
forces, special ised institutions, the O A U , 
U N , i n te rna t i ona l h u m a n i t a r i a n 
organisations, and N G O s ; 
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J O B PROFILE FOR THE POST OF DEPUTY 
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ADMINISTRATION AND 
FINANCE 
RESPONSIBILITIES: 
The holder of this post will work under the supervision 
of the Execut ive Secre tary and he /she will be 
responsible for the following. 
f o rmu la t i on and i m p l e m e n t a t i o n of 
s t ra teg ies, pol ic ies and projects of the 
departments under his/her supervision, as 
may be directed by the Executive Secretary, 
to further the integration process; 
s t imu la t i ng a c o n d u c i v e wo rk ing 
environment, including preparat ion of a 
t ra in ing p r o g r a m m e , wi th a v iew to 
enhancing the institution's capacit ies; 
overseeing the administrative and financial 
management of the institution; 
c o o r d i n a t i n g a n d s u p e r v i s i n g the 
departments under his/her purview; 
rational allocation and distribution of human, 
material and financial resources; 
preparation of a four-year programme of 
act ion and annua l work programmes to 
enable implementation of tasks assigned; 
th is wi l l s e r v e a s the b a s i s for a 
performance evaluation of the incumbent; 
carrying out all other responsibilit ies that 
may be assigned to him/her by the Executive 
Secretary; 
QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE: 
A M a s t e r s d e g r e e in M a n a g e m e n t , 
E c o n o m i c s , F i n a n c e , Law , or 
Administration; 
must have a sound knowledge of human 
resource management as well as financial 
and accounts management; 
m u s t h a v e at l eas t 12 y e a r s pos t 
qualification experience in administration 
and f inancial management , at least five 
years of which should have been spent at 
s e n i o r m a n a g e m e n t l e v e l . R e l e v a n t 
exper ience or sound knowledge of the 
workings of an international organisation 
will be an advantage; 
mus t b e f luent in o n e of the o f f i c ia l 
languages of E C O W A S (English, French, 
Portuguese). A working knowledge of either 
of the other official languages would be an 
asset ; 
must be computer literate, 
must be aged between 35 and 50 years. 
J O B PROFILE FOR THE POST OF DEPUTY 
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ECONOMIC AFFAIRS 
RESPONSIBILITIES: 
The holder of this post will work under the authority 
of the Execut ive Secre ta ry and he /she will be 
responsible for the following: 
f o rmu la t i on and i m p l e m e n t a t i o n of 
s t rategies, po l ic ies and projects of the 
departments under his/her supervision, as 
may be directed by the Executive Secretary, 
to further the regional integration process, 
c o o r d i n a t i o n and s u p e r v i s i o n of the 
activities of the departments under his/her 
purview; 
establ ishment and implementation of an 
E C O W A S P r o j e c t M o n i t o r i n g a n d 
Evaluation System; 
creating a conducive working environment, 
e n s u r i n g the s m o o t h runn ing and 
effectiveness of the departments underhim/ 
her; 
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preparing a four-year programme of action 
and annua l work p r o g r a m m e s for the 
implementation of tasks assigned; 
carrying out all other responsibil it ies that 
may be assigned to him/her by the Executive 
Secretary. 
QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE: 
A Masters degree in Economics with an option in 
Planning, Statist ics, Development Economics or 
International Economic Relat ions; 
mus t h a v e at l eas t 12 y e a r s pos t 
qualif ication exper ience in economics at 
least five years of which should have been 
spent at senior management level; 
relevant experience or sound knowledge of 
the w o r k i n g s of an i n te rna t iona l 
organisation will be an advantage; 
mus t be f l uen t in o n e of the o f f i c ia l 
languages of E C O W A S (English, French, 
Portuguese). Awork ing knowledge of either 
of the other official languages would be an 
asset; 
must be computer literate; 
must be aged between 35 and 50 years. 
JOB PROFILE FOR THE POST OF FINANCIAL 
CONTROLLER OF THE ECOWAS INSTITUTIONS 
RESPONSIBILITIES: 
The holder of this post is responsible for all internal 
f inancial control and pre-audit ing and oversees 
internal auditing within the E C O W A S Institutions' 
He/She shall participate in the formulation 
of regu la t ions a imed at improv ing the 
financial and accounting management of 
the.Community Institutions, 
make proposals to the Heads of Institution 
with a view to ensure proper application of 
the f i nanc ia l regu la t ions and improve 
financial and accounting management in 
the E C O W A S Institutions, 
prepare an annual budgetary and financial 
repor t of the C o m m u n i t y for the 
consideration of the Counci l of Ministers 
and the Board of Directors; 
submit activity reports to the Chairman of 
Counci l or to the Chairman of the Board 
with copies to the Head of the institution 
concerned. 
QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE: 
A degree in Chartered Accountancy and a 
minimum of a masters degree in financial 
management; 
must have a sound knowledge of financial 
analysis, auditing and public accounts; 
must h a v e at leas t 12 y e a r s pos t 
qualif ication exper ience in audit ing and 
f inancial ana lys is , at least five years of 
which should have been spent at senior 
management level. Relevant experience 
or sound knowledge of the workings of an 
i n te rna t i ona l o r g a n i s a t i o n wi l l be an 
advantage; 
mus t be f luent in o n e of the o f f i c ia l 
languages of E C O W A S (English, French, 
Portuguese). A working knowledge of either 
of the other official languages would be an 
asset ; 
must be computer literate; 
must be aged between 35 and 50 years. 
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JOB PROFILE FOR THE POST OF MANAGING 
DIRECTOR OF THE FUND 
RESPONSIBILITIES: 
The holder of this post shall actively pursue 
the attainment of the regional integration 
objectives set out in the E C O W A S Treaty. 
H e / S h e is answerab le to the Board of 
Directors and h is /her dut ies will be as 
follows: 
to conduct, coordinate and superv ise all 
activities of the Fund; 
to implement the policy guidelines laid down 
by the Board of Directors; 
to plan the activit ies and guarantee the 
success of the Fund; 
to create a conducive working environment; 
to manage efficiently the resources of the 
Fund ; 
to p repare a fou r -year p r o g r a m m e of 
action and annual work programmes. 
QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE: 
A minimum of a Masters degree in Banking, 
Finance, Economics or Management; 
mus t h a v e at l e a s t 12 y e a r s pos t 
qualification experience in mobilisation of 
investment f inance and management of 
financial institutions, at least eight of which 
s h o u l d h a v e b e e n s p e n t at s e n i o r 
management level. Relevant experience 
or sound knowledge of the workings of an 
i n te rna t i ona l o r g a n i s a t i o n wi l l be an 
advantage; 
mus t be f luent in o n e of the o f f i c ia l 
languages of E C O W A S (English, French, 
Portuguese). A working knowledge of at 
least one of the other official languages 
would be an asset; 
must be computer literate; 
must be aged between 35 and 50 years. 
J O B PROFILE FOR THE POST OF DEPUTY 
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE FUND 
RESPONSIBILITIES'. 
The Deputy Manag ing Director works under the 
direct supervision of the Managing Director whom 
he/she assists in the discharge of his/her duties 
and particularly in: 
the conduct, coordination and supervision 
of the activities of the Fund; 
implementation of'the policy guidelines laid 
down by the Board of Directors; 
planning the activities of the Fund; 
creating a conducive working environment; 
efficiently managing the resources of the 
Fund ; 
preparing a four-year programme of action 
and annual work programme on the basis 
of the responsibilities assigned to him by 
the Managing Director; 
carry out all other responsibilit ies assigned 
to him by the Managing Director. 
QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE: 
A Masters degree in Bank ing , F inance , 
Economics or Management; 
mus t h a v e at leas t 12 y e a r s pos t -
qual i f icat ion expe r i ence in inves tment 
F i n a n c e and m a n a g e m e n t of f inanc ia l 
institutions, at least five of which should 
have been spent at senior management 
level. Relevant exper ience in or sound 
k n o w l e d g e of the w o r k i n g s of an 
i n te rna t iona l o r g a n i s a t i o n wi l l be an 
advantage; 
mus t be f luent in o n e of the o f f ic ia l 
languages of E C O W A S (English, French, 
Portuguese). A working knowledge of at 
least one of the other official languages will 
be an asset; 
must be computer literate; 
must be aged between 35 and 50 years. 
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JOB PROFILE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF WAHO 
The incumbent must be a citizen of a member State 
of E C O W A S . H e shal l work in pursuit of the 
objectives of regional integration. 
He is answerable to the Assembly of Ministers of 
Health and shall be responsible for the ; 
conduct, coordination and supervision of 
all activities of W A H O ; 
implementation of guidelines defined by the 
Assembly of Ministers of Health; 
planning of activities aimed at ensuring the 
success of the Institution; 
p romo t i on of a c o n d u c i v e w o r k i n g 
a tmosphere and the mobi l isat ion of all 
resources; 
e n h a n c e m e n t and p ro tec t ion of the 
resources of W A H O ; 
qualitative management of the Institution. 
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE: 
Candidates must: 
1. possess a recognised degree in medicine 
and have proven professional experience 
in the field; 
2 have 12 years ' cognate exper ience, 5 of 
which must have been spent in a high 
position of responsibility in the health sector, 
and show evidence of management and 
leadership qualities; 
3. be fluent in one of the official languages of 
the Community; knowledge of at least one 
of the o the r l a n g u a g e s wi l l be an 
advantage; 
4. be computer literate. 
5. be aged between 35 and 50 years. 
JOB PROFILE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF 
WAHO 
He/She is responsible to the Director-General and 
sha l l a s s i s t the lat ter in the c o n d u c t of the 
Organisation's work notably in the: 
conduct, coordination and supervision of 
all activities of W A H O ; 
implementation of guidelines defined by the 
Assembly of Ministers of Health; 
planning of activities aimed at ensuring the 
success of the Institution; 
p romo t i on of a c o n d u c i v e w o r k i n g 
a tmosphe re ; he shou ld be capab le of 
mobilising all staff to achieve the objectives 
of the community; 
administrative and financial management of 
the Inst i tut ion, and e n h a n c e m e n t and 
protection of the resources of W A H O . 
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE: 
Candidates must: 
1. possess a recognised degree in medicine 
and have proven professonal experience 
in the field; 
2. have a m in imum of 12 years ' cognate 
exper ience, 5 of which must have been 
spent in a high position of responsibility in 
the health sector, and show evidence of 
management and leadership qualities; 
3. be fluent in one of the official languages of 
the Community; knowledge of at least one 
of the o ther l a n g u a g e s wi l l be an 
advantage, 
4. be computer literate, 
5. be aged between 35 and 50 years. 
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REGULATION C/REG.14/10/98 ADOPTING THE DONEATABUJA, 
REVISED REGIONAL PLAN OF ACTION AND THE THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
1999 - 2002 REGIONAL PRIORITY PROGRAMME 
FOR DRUG CONTROL IN WEST AFRICA 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Counci l of Ministers and 
defining its composit ion and functions; 
M I N D F U L of Reso lu t ion A / R E S . 2 / 8 / 9 7 on drug 
prevent ion and cont ro l in W e s t A f r i ca , wh i ch 
e n d o r s e d the P r a i a Po l i t i ca l Dec la ra t i on and 
Regional P lan of Act ion; 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. 
O N T H E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the s e c o n d 
meeting of Co-ordinators of Inter- Ministerial Drug 
Control Commit tees, held in Banjul from 7th to 11th 
September, 1998; 
E N A C T S 
Article 1 
The revised Regional Plan of Action and the 1999¬
2002 Regional Priority Programme for Drug Control 
in Wes t Africa, which are attached as an annex, 
are hereby adopted. 
Article 2 
T h e E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y s h a l l mon i to r the 
implementation of the revised P lan of Action and 
Reg iona l Priority P rog ramme and report to the 
Counci l of Ministers on the results achieved, the 
diff iculties encountered and the measures that 
should be taken to attain the objectives of the plan 
and programme. 
Article 3 
This Regulat ion shall be published in the Official 
J o u r n a l of the C o m m u n i t y by the E x e c u t i v e 
Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature 
by the Chai rman of the Counci l of Ministers. 
It shall also be published within the same time frame 
in the National Gazet te of each Member State. 
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THE PRIORITY PROGRAMME 
FOR DRUG CONTROL IN 
WEST AFRICA 
1999 -2002 
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THE PROGRAMME OF PRIORITY ACTIONS 
(1999 - 2000) 
The past five years have seen an intensified sub-
regional approach to the war against drugs. During 
this period, appropr iate coordinat ion structures 
have been establ ished at national and regional 
levels with the assistance of the U N D C P , under the 
framework of Regional Project RAF /893 . These 
efforts received an additional boost in August 1997, 
when leaders of the sixteen E C O W A S Member 
States reaffirmed their political support by adopting 
a political declaration and a regional plan of action 
on drug control. 
With the determination of Member States to wage 
a war against drugs no longer in doubt, the U N D C P 
now has a duty to continue providing States with 
the necessary assistance. Essentially, the Priority 
Programme outlined in this document seeks to set 
out objectives and identify specif ic actions for which 
donor f inance might be obtained immediately, thus 
a l l o w i n g the c o n c e r t e d s u b - r e g i o n a l d rug 
interdiction effort required to continue. Indeed, the 
Pr ior i ty P r o g r a m m e (1999 - 2002) h a s been 
formulated on the basis of the Regional Plan of 
Act ion. 
The programme will focus on a certain number of 
global object ives and concrete act ions, the aim 
being to consolidate the achievements of Project 
R A F / 8 9 3 . 
1. CONSOLIDATION OF C O N T R O L  
AGENCIES ATNATIONALAND REGIONAL  
LEVELS) 
Under Regional Project RAF /893 , inter-ministerial 
commi t tees were es tab l ished in each Member 
State. A drug control coordination unit was also 
e s t a b l i s h e d w i th in the E C O W A S E x e c u t i v e 
Secretar ia t . T h e s e structures will need to be 
reinforced so as to consolidate them further. In 
the same vein, the meeting of national coordinators 
and that of Ministers responsible for coordination 
of drug control have been institutionalised by the 
E C O W A S Regional Plan of Action and these will 
also need to be maintained and given adequate 
support. 
A. INTER-MINISTERIAL DRUG CONTROL 
COMMITTEES 
(NATIONAL LEVEL) 
The establishment of inter-ministerial committees 
and the appointment of coordinators in Member 
S ta tes b e c a m e ef fect ive in 1996 . However , 
although the coordinators, as civil servants, are 
paid by their respect ive governments , ser ious 
logistic problems are being encountered in Member 
States, with the exception of Nigeria where huge 
resources have been set aside to effectively combat 
drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking. It would be 
recalled that within the context of Project RAF /893 , 
the U N D C P had contributed significantly to the take­
off of the inter-ministerial committees by providing 
a grant of U S $40 000 to e a c h commi t tee to 
p u r c h a s e b a s i c r e q u i r e m e n t s ( v e h i c l e s , 
photocopying machines, te lephones, fax). This 
amount however proved inadequate to solve all the 
p rob lems . C o n t i n u e d f inanc ia l a id to S ta tes 
h a m p e r e d by budge ta r y c o n s t r a i n t s s h o u l d 
therefore be treated as a 'Matter of priority The 
amount should also be increased slightly to U S 
$50,000 for every two years, up till the year 2002. 
With that amount, it would be possible to consolidate 
the achievements of the inter-ministerial committees 
and to make them fully operational, pending an 
improvement in the situation of Member States. The 
total amount required would thus come to U S 
$1,600,000. 
B. THE ECOWAS DRUG CONTROL 
COORDINATION UNIT 
(REGIONAL LEVEL) 
The unit which became operational in 1996 now 
provides the main thrust for E C O W A S action in the 
wa r a g a i n s t d r u g s in the s u b - r e g i o n . T h e 
agreement signed in 1995 between the U N D C P and 
E C O W A S under the framework of Project RAF/893 , 
made a provision for financial assistance towards 
the purchase of materials and recruitment of a full-
time consultant to assist the unit head. However, 
because of the sheer scope of its ass ignment 
(promotion of drug control activities, awareness-
raising among national and regional authorities, 
energising new control efforts e t c ) , the unit will 
require an enhanced financial base. It should be 
noted that the unit is also expected to serve as a 
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focal point for the activities of the Cr ime Prevention 
and Criminal Justice Section of the United Nations. 
In view of the above, assistance should be given to 
the Drug Control Unit. Such assistance may be 
financial, in the form of an annual contribution to 
the p roposed Drug Con t ro l F u n d , as we l l as 
technical (posting of experts to the unit to handle 
specific tasks) . A total of U S $ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 will be 
required for the period under consideration. 
C ANNUAL MEETINGS OF COORDINATORS OF 
INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMfTTEES 
The. meet ing of nat ional coord inators of inter-
ministerial drug control commi t tees has been 
institutionalised in the Regional Plan of Action where 
it is referred to a s the R E G I O N A L T E C H N I C A L 
C O M M I T T E E . It is e x p e c t e d to ac t a s an 
in termediary b o d y wi th respons ib i l i t y for 
considering issues concerning implementation of 
the plan of action at national and regional level. 
At this stage in the sub-regional drug control effort, 
an annua l meet ing of the R e g i o n a l Techn ica l 
Committee is crucial, to monitor implementation of 
the plan. The committee will review the Plan of 
Action in the light of the decisions since taken by 
the United Nations Genera l Assembly. The funds 
for the meeting should be earmarked within the 
Priority P r o g r a m m e . T h e budge t shou ld be 
equivalent to the amount voted for similar meetings 
in the past (approximately US$250 ,000 for the 
period under cons ide ra t i on ) and would cover 
o rgan i sa t i on a s we l l a s t ranspor t and 
accommodation for the participants. 
D. BIANNUAL MEETING OF MINISTERS 
RESPONSIBLE FOR CO-ORDINATION OF 
DRUG CONTROL 
The Regional Plan of Action also institutionalises 
the meeting of E C O W A S Ministers responsible for 
coordination of drug control. That body has been 
g iven the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of d i rec t i ng a n d 
coordinating activities envisaged in the plan. Given 
the rekindled enthusiasm for drug control activities 
in the wake of the 20th extraordinary session of 
the United Nations Genera l Assembly, organising 
a similar meeting every other year might act as a 
catalyst at the sub-regional level and ensure that 
the action plan is kept in sharp focus by the highest 
level of authority. 
The Priority Programme (1999 - 2002) affords a 
perfect framework for inclusion of sucn meetings. 
In all, three meetings will be organised during the 
period, the first of which will concentrate on a review 
of the plan. About US$200,000 will be required, 
roughly the total amount spent on the earlier three 
meetings already organised in Abidjan and Praia. 
E. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL DRUG 
INFORMATION AND ABUSE PREVENTION 
CENTRES 
Demand reduction as the surest method of drug 
control has become one of the topmost priorities 
of the international community and of E C O W A S 
M e m b e r S t a t e s pa r t i cu la r l y s i n c e the 20th 
extraordinary session of the United Nations Genera l 
Assembly was organised held to focus attention on 
the drug issue. It is on account of this new shift in 
emphasis that this current meeting is being called 
upon to revise the regional plan of action. 
In o r d e r for the new po l i cy to be p roper l y 
implemented, it will be necessary to establish a drug 
information and abuse prevention centre in each 
Member State. The centre will act as an umbrella 
institution for all activities pertaining to drug control: 
information, education, public enlightenment, early 
prevent ion, counse l l i ng , rehabi l i tat ion, re lapse 
p r e v e n t i o n , pos t - r ehab i l i t a t i on therapy , and 
provision of assistance. 
The cost of establ ishing such a centre in each 
Member State (equipment and technical assistance 
included) may be in the vicinity of U S $40,000. This 
will translate into a total of US$640,000 for the entire 
period. This action will need to be included in the 
priority programme b e c a u s e , despi te the good 
intentions of E C O W A S M e m b e r S ta tes in this 
regard, they lack the budgetary means to embark 
on such actions. 
F. STRENGTHENING OF DATA COLLECTION 
METHODS IN MEMBER STATES 
Knowledge of the major trends in the evolution of 
the drug phenomenon in each Member State is the 
backbone of any s u c c e s s f u l contro l strategy. 
Clearly, absence of a reliable data collection system 
means lack of access to the necessary information. 
The Regional Plan of Action has sought to tackle 
this problem by proposing the establishment of a 
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data bank in each Member State and at the sub-
regional level. This would ease data collection and 
storage, and facilitate exchange of information with 
competent national and international drug control 
services. A lso included in the Plan of Action is a 
suggestion that the national and regional systems 
should be interconnected. 
It is thus imperative to incorporate this important 
a s p e c t of the reg iona l p lan into the Pr io r i t y 
Programme. This would require the mobilisation 
of huge resources, around U S $30,000 for the data 
bank in each Member State and U S $50,000 for 
the regional database. These amounts would cover 
the cost of establ ishment as well as equipment 
m a i n t e n a n c e c o s t s for the du ra t ion of the 
programme. The total amount needed would thus 
add up to U S $530,000. 
II. MONITORING PREPARATION AND  
EXECUTION OF NATIONAL ACTION  
PLANS 
T h e r e g i o n a l p lan of ac t i on e n v i s a g e s the 
establ ishment of nat ional act ion p lans on drug 
control. S o far, the political resolve of E C O W A S 
Member States to implement the plan is no longer 
at issue. However, this is a complex matter and the 
high cos t of s o m e opera t ions invo lved in the 
preparation of the plan poses an insurmountable 
challenge to Member States. The Regional Plan 
of Action has adequately addressed this subject 
by recommending that international technical and 
financial assistance be sought to buttress efforts 
by these courftries. 
It should be noted that under the framework of 
Project RAF /893 , the U N D C P played a pivotal role 
in the collection of the data needed to prepare 
national plans in several countries. It is therefore 
imperative that the U N D C P continue its assistance 
in this regard, particularly as the formulation of 
these plans of action remains an acute problem 
for E C O W A S member countries. 
The financial ass is tance requested to cover this 
aspect of the Priority Programme is US$200,000 
for all Member States. This will cover technical 
assistance, organisation of workshops to finalise 
the documents, and a donors meeting. With this 
amount, Member States would be able to prepare 
a re l iab le and b a n k a b l e ac t ion p lan within a 
reasonable t ime-frame a s recommended in the 
regional plan. 
111. REHABILITATION OF NATIONAL DRUG  
ANALYSIS L A B O R A T O R I E S A N D  
E S T A B L I S H M E N T OF A R E G I O N A L  
LABORATORY 
The work of a specialist in laboratory analysis of 
drugs is an essential element in the war against 
illicit drug trafficking. He /She provides the courts 
wi th n e c e s s a r y c l a r i f i ca t i ons and m a k e s it 
impossible for an offender to confuse the judges. 
W i t h th is in m i n d , the R e g i o n a l P l a n h a s 
r e c o m m e n d e d that a drug ana lys is laboratory 
should be established in each Member State and 
a reference laboratory set up at the sub-regional 
level. 
H o w e v e r , e x p e r i e n c e h a s shown that the 
laboratories established with the help of the former 
Ant i -Drug Fund of the Uni ted Nat ions fai led to 
perform as expec ted . Drug law en forcement 
agenc ies rarely sought their se rv i ces as drug 
t ra f f i ckers n e v e r s e r i o u s l y c o n t e s t e d the i r 
culpability. 
The staff of such laboratories therefore remained 
mostly idle. The result was official neglect by the 
author i t ies , with g o v e r n m e n t s wi thho ld ing or 
reducing their operational budgets. These facts 
should be taken into consideration in preparing the 
Priority Programme. The policy of siting a laboratory 
in Member States should be reviewed, as should 
the policy behind the establishment of a reference 
laboratory. 
The practice of having autonomous laboratories in 
Member States for the sole purpose of carrying out 
drug ana l ys i s shou ld be d i scon t inued . S u c h 
institutions should be integrated into existing public 
or private mult i -purpose estab l ishments which 
would thus acquire the necessary resources and 
manpower to enable them perform to the satisfaction 
of the authorities. 
The Priority Programme will provide assistance to 
t h e s e l abo ra to r i es , turn ing them into v iab le 
inst i tut ions wh ich wou ld mer i t the interest o f 
government. 
A t the regional level , the need to establ ish the 
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reference laboratory recommended in the Regional 
Plan of Action is becoming ever more compell ing. 
This capital project may be included in the Priority 
Programme, once the U N D C P has drawn up the 
necessary criteria. 
However, if these drug analysis laboratories were 
to be strengthened, it would be at a cost of about 
US$30,000 for each country. It will cost around 
US$50,000 to establ ish a reference laboratory. 
The total amount needed will thus add up to U S 
$530,000. 
IV. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DRUG SURVEYS 
It is now unanimously agreed that all attempts to 
reduce demand for drugs and drug addiction as a 
control measure are bound to fail unless efforts 
are made to fully understand the phenomenon's 
main development pattern. 
Consequently, the Regional P lan of Act ion has 
recommended that ep idemio log ica l surveys be 
carried out in each Member State to determine the 
evolution of the drug phenomenon. In the same 
vein, the Regional Plan of Action underlined the 
need to adequately train those who conduct these 
surveys. They should be taught to take into account 
factors such as self-medication as in uncontrolled 
use of psychotropic drugs, the age of drug addicts, 
and, more particularly, the fact that such addicts 
are very often poly-drug users. 
Each M e m b e r Sta te wou ld requi re about U S 
$70,000 to o r g a n i s e and c o n d u c t the 
epidemiological surveys and to train the required 
staff, making a total of U S $1,120,000. 
V. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 
Provision of adequa te training for the var ious 
categories of staff is a major aspect of any drug 
control programme and the Regional Plan of Action 
devotes considerable attention to the issue. The 
plan contains a recommendation that the regional 
character of Regional Drug Control Training Centre 
(UFDA) Abidjan, Cote d 'lvoire, be strengthened, as 
this would give E C O W A S Member States a greater 
say in its operations and teaching methods. 
The organ isat ion of mul t i -d isc ip l inary training 
courses for the various actors in the anti-drug war 
and as a priority action of E C O W A S States, U N D C P 
and other partners, it should be given pride of place 
in the Priority Programme. 
To carry out their mission successfully, the national 
institutions that will provide training should be 
prov ided with a d e q u a t e mate r ia l a n d h u m a n 
resources. The needs of each Member State are 
est imated at U S $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 for the per iod under 
consideration. A n additional U S $500,000 will be 
required during the same period to cover training 
courses organised by UFDA. Total requirements 
under this chapter thus come to U S $1,300,000. 
The consul tant es t ima tes that the s u c c e s s f u l 
implementation of the Priority Programme (1999 -
2002) will require the sum of SIX MILLION FIVE 
H U N D R E D A N D S E V E N T Y T H O U S A N D U S 
D O L L A R S (US $6,570,000). This figure may need 
to be reviewed upwards as time goes on but the 
necessary funds can easily be raised under the 
four-year programme. 
VI. COST OF THE PRIORITY PROGRAMME 
(1999-2002) 
ESTIMATED COST IN FIGURES 
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ESTlrVIATEDCOST(USS) 
Consolidation of national 
and regional structures 3,420,000 
Monitoring of the 
preparation and execution 
of the national action plans. 200,000 
Rehabilitation of 
laboratories and 
establishment of regional 
reference laboratory. 530,000 
Epidemiological drug 
surveys national level. 1,120,000 
Human resource 
development at national 
level and training at regional 
level 1,300,000 
GRAND TOTAL 6,570,000 
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VII. COUNTERPART FUNDING BY MEMBER  
S T A T E S AND E C O W A S E X E C U T I V E 
SECRETARIAT 
Counterpart funding by Member States and the 
E C O W A S Executive Secretariat will be in the form 
of salaries for staff and renting of buildings needed 
dur ing the i m p l e m e n t a t i o n of the Pr io r i t y 
Programme. 
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ECWCMXLII I /18b 
THE REGIONAL PLAN OF ACTION 
PRAIA, 5TH - 9TH MAY, 1997 
REVISED IN CONFORMITY WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS 
OF THE ECOWAS REGIONAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEE 
WHICH MET IN BANJUL, GAMBIA, FROM 7TH TO 11TH 
SEPTEMBER, 1998. 
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REGIONAL PLAN OF ACTION AGAINST THE 
A B U S E AND ILLICIT TRAFFIC OF DRUGS AND 
PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES IN WEST AFRICA 
1997 - 2001 
A. ESTABLISHMENT O R STRENGTHENING 
O F N A T I O N A L A N D R E G I O N A L 
S T R U C T U R E S F O R P O L I C Y 
COORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION. 
ACTION AT NATIONAL LEVEL 
1. S t r e n g t h e n i n g of the i n te rm in i s te r i a l 
coordinat ion commi t tees and inc reased 
surveil lance of drug control activities. The 
Commit tees will operate with a Permanent 
Secretariat headed by a coordinator who 
will work with special ised commiss ions and 
exper ts . T h e C o m m i t t e e s wil l ana l yse , 
in i t iate, p romote and coo rd ina te d rug 
control activities. They will be equipped with 
the ma te r i a l , p e r s o n n e l and f i nanc ia l 
resources needed to carry out their mission 
and provision must be made for this in the 
national budget. It is expected that these 
commiss i ons will evo lve into a Genera l 
Secretariat for Drug Control. 
2. Establ ishment of a Central Bureau for the 
Suppression of Narcotics Traffic staffed by 
officers from all agencies involved in drug 
control and equ ipped with the required 
necessary human and material resources 
and with modem communication equipment. 
3. Establishment of a national laboratory run 
by qualif ied personnel and equipped with 
the requisite equipment. The Laboratory 
s h o u l d be in tegra ted into an ex is t i ng 
medical or scientific structure, and should 
enjoy appropriate technical support. 
4. Setting up of a national drug control data 
bank for da ta c o l l e c t i o n , d e p o s i t and 
dissemination of information on drugs; with 
l i nks to t he c o m p e t e n t na t i ona l a n d 
international bodies which will be connected 
to the regional data bank. 
REGIONAL LEVEL 
1. S t r e n g t h e n i n g of t he E C O W A S 
Coordinat ion Unit against the abuse and 
ill icit traff ic of d rugs and psycho t rop ic 
substances for. 
promoting the drug control policy; 
raising awareness level of political 
authorities at national and regional 
levels; 
b o o s t i n g , c o o r d i n a t i n g and 
harmonizing drug control activities; 
c o o r d i n a t i n g a n d h a r m o n i s i n g 
actions for the war against the drug 
scourge; 
f o l l ow -up ac t i on on the 
implementation of the Regional Plan 
of Action. 
2. Institution of the meeting of the council of 
min is te rs r e s p o n s i b l e for coo rd ina t ing 
national drug policies whose mission will be 
to d i rect and c o o r d i n a t e the d i f ferent 
national drug control programmes within the 
framework of the regional plan of action 
against drugs. 
3. T h e s t r e n g t h e n i n g of the R e g i o n a l 
T e c h n i c a l C o m m i t t e e ( T e c h n i c a l 
Commission) for drug control in West Africa 
c o m p r i s i n g na t i ona l e x p e r t s a n d 
coordinators of inter-ministerial committees. 
They will study issues relating to the control 
of d r u g s . T h e R e g i o n a l T e c h n i c a l 
Commi t tee sha l l meet o n c e every year 
w h e n s o c o n v e n e d by the E C O W A S 
Executive Secretariat. 
4. Establishment of a regional reference and 
training laboratory to train specialists in the 
analysis of se ized narcotics and to provide 
technical assistance in this domain. 
5. Strengthening of the Regional Drug Control 
Training Centre (UFDA) in Abidjan, Cote 
d'lvoire which is an institution establ ished 
under Ivorian law with financial contribution 
from international donors especially U N D C P 
and the French Cooperation. 
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6. Publication of a regional liaison bulletin to 
serve as a medium for the dissemination of 
information and documents on drug control. 
Due account should be taken of the fact 
that Por tuguese is one of the work ing 
languages of E C O W A S . Coordinators of 
the Interministerial Drug Control Committees 
are requested to contribute actively to the 
realisation of this regional publication. 
7. Creation of a regional data bank to collect, 
centralise, store and disseminate data on 
drug abuse and on the illicit traffic in drugs. 
It will be linked to the national drug control 
data banks. 
• B. INTENSIFICATION OF REGIONAL AND 
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. 
1. Recommend that the competent Community 
d e c i s i o n m a k i n g body au tho r i se the 
E C O W A S Executive Secretary to negotiate 
and s ign a g r e e m e n t s wi th S t a t e s , 
i n te rna t iona l g o v e r n m e n t a l and n o n ­
governmenta l organ isat ions involved in 
drug control, in order to obtain funding and 
assistance. 
2. Recommend that the competent Community 
d e c i s i o n m a k i n g b o d y a u t h o r i s e the 
E C O W A S Executive Secretary to accede to 
the 1988 United Nations Convention Against 
Illicit Traffic in Narcotics and Psychotropic 
Substances, in conformity with Article 26 
thereof. 
3. E n c o u r a g e the rat i f icat ion of reg iona l 
conven t ions on extradi t ion and mutual 
assistance, which will be based on the 1988 
United Nations Convention. This shall also 
be in conformity with Resolution A/S/20-4-
III adop ted by the 20th Ex t raord inary 
S e s s i o n of the Uni ted Nat ions G e n e r a l 
Assembly held on the 10th of June, 1998. 
4. S i gn ing of a R e g i o n a l C o n v e n t i o n on 
M o n e y Launder ing and conf iscat ion of 
proceeds from illegal drug trafficking and 
related offenses. This legal instrument aims 
to e n s u r e the p r e v e n t i o n , d e t e c t i o n , 
investigation, seizure, confiscation, judicial 
mu tua l a s s i s t a n c e , ex t rad i t ion and 
prosecut ion in the area of drug money 
laundering crimes. 
ACTION AT NATIONAL LEVEL 
1. Ratification of E C O W A S Conventions: 
A/P1/7/92 dated 29th July, 1992 on 
Mutual Assistance in Legal Matters. 
A/P1/8 /94 dated 6th August, 1994 
on Extradition. 
C. ADAPTATION OF NATIONAL LAWS TO 
THE ECOWAS HARMONISED 
LEGISLATION 
1. Adaptation by the end of 1997 of domestic 
laws or D R U G C O D E S , to the draft 
h a r m o n i s e d law of E C O W A S on drug 
control. This will be implemented with U N D C P 
assis tance. 
2. A d a p t a t i o n of na t i ona l l aws to the 
Convent ion on money launder ing, once 
ratified by member States of E C O W A S . 
3. Adaptation and strengthening of national 
legislation in line with the harmonised law 
on extradition, and judicial cooperation. 
D. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 
ACTION AT NATIONAL LEVEL. 
1. Organisat ion of multidisciplinary training 
courses and seminars for the various actors 
involved in drug control. 
2. Establ ishment and/or strengthening of a 
basic training or advanced training centre 
for officers charged with the war against 
drugs. 
3. Adaptation of regulatory texts to ensure that 
trained personnel are maintained at their 
posts long enough to ensure continuity. 
4. Creat ion of a corps of legal personne l 
special ised in drug control. 
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E. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEYS ON DRUG 
ABUSE 
ACTION AT NATIONAL LEVEL 
1. Training of personnel to carry out research 
into the extent of the drug problem. 
2. Organisat ion of epidemiological surveys 
throughout the country in order to gauge 
the extent of the drug problem. 
F. PREVENTION: MEASURES FOR DRUG 
DEMAND REDUCTION AND FOR THE 
C O N T R O L OF T H E P R O D U C T I O N , 
T R A F F I C A N D A B U S E OF 
AMPHETAMINE - TYPE STIMULANTS 
ACTION AT NATIONAL LEVEL 
1. In line with the provisions of Resolution A / S 
20-II adopted on the 10th June, 1998, by 
the 20th Extraordinary Session of the United 
Nations Genera l Assembly , the policy of 
drug demand reduction in general, and the 
fight against the product ion, traffic and 
abuse of a mph eta mine-type st imulants, 
seek essentially to: 
prevent the illicit consumpt ion of 
drugs and min imise as much as 
poss ib le , the negat ive ef fects of 
their abuse; 
e n c o u r a g e the ac t i ve and 
c o n c e r t e d pa r t i c ipa t ion of the 
individual in group activities; 
take into accoun t soc io-cu l tura l 
contexts, 
contribute to the creation and the 
m a i n t e n a n c e of f a v o u r a b l e 
conditions around the individual; 
establish partnerships between the 
different actors in the field of drug 
control, such as : the civil society, 
g o v e r n m e n t a l 
o r g a n i s a t i o n s , c o m m u n i t y - b a s e d 
organisations, employers, as well as 
workers organisations, parents and 
teachers, etc; 
send the right m e s s a g e through 
t e a c h i n g a n d p r e v e n t i o n 
programmes. Such a message 
should be clear, scientifically 
accurate and rel iable, culturally 
a c c e p t a b l e , t imely, a n d , whe re 
p o s s i b l e , t e s t e d on a ta rget 
population; 
r a i se the a w a r e n e s s of the 
popu la t i on to the p r o b l e m s 
associated with amphetamine-type 
s t imu lan ts , a n d e n c o u r a g e the 
a d o p t i o n , at n a t i o n a l a n d 
international levels, of appropriate 
and coherent measures; 
r e d u c e the d e m a n d for i l l ic i t 
amphetamine-type stimulants, and 
counter the increase in the risks 
posed by their abuse among young 
people; 
provide accurate information on 
amphetamine- type st imulants in 
o rde r to c h e c k the n e g a t i v e 
i n f l u e n c e e n g e n d e r e d by the 
pub l i c i t y g i v e n to t he pos i t i ve 
aspects of their use on media such 
as the Internet; 
l imit the s a l e and of fer of 
amphetamine- type st imulants by 
s t reng then ing m e a s u r e s put in 
p lace by governments, to control 
the production and illicit trafficking 
of such stimulants; 
abolish the sale of drugs on public 
highways in all member States. 
2. To this end, there is the need to design and 
execute training and publ ic a w a r e n e s s 
programmes for all actors in the field of drug 
control , notably, teachers , pa ramed ica l 
p e r s o n n e l , N G O s , C o m m u n i t y - b a s e d 
organisations, professional organisations, 
sports as well as cultural organisations at 
the national and regional levels in Wes t 
Africa. 
T h e s e tra in ing, in format ion and publ ic 
awareness programmes should be carried 
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out in the corresponding national centres 
which member Sta tes of E C O W A S are 
charged to establish. 
3. Each interministerial committee shall be 
required to create, improve and strengthen 
fo rmal and /o r i n fo rma l drug a b u s e 
prevent ion e d u c a t i o n p r o g r a m m e s in 
groups to be actively involved in solving 
drug problems; and international N G O s 
shall be contacted to help with prevention 
p r o g r a m m e s th rough U N D C P , O A U , 
E C O W A S and individual states. 
5. In view of the growing importance of the role 
played by N G O s in drug control matters in 
the West African region, the InterrninTsterial 
Committees are requested, through their 
political leaders, E C O W A S , U N D C P and 
other i n te rna t iona l O r g a n i s a t i o n s , to 
e n h a n c e the ac t i v i t i es of r eg iona l 
associations, in order to foster the regional 
integration in the field of drug control. 
6. G o v e r n m e n t s of m e m b e r S ta tes were 
requested to accord the deserved priority 
to prevention and drug demand reduction, 
and to i m p l e m e n t po l i c i es of c rop 
subst i tut ion for the illicit product ion of 
cannabis. 
7. U N D C P , E C O W A S , O A U and/or Member 
S t a t e s of the W e s t A f r i c a n reg ion to 
encourage the establ ishment of poverty-
a l l ev ia t i on p r o g r a m m e s by re levan t 
governmental bodies. 
8. In view of the foregoing, interministerial 
committees shall be encouraged to show 
c o n c r e t e e v i d e n c e of e n g a g i n g in 
systematised research and evaluation of 
their programmes. 
G. M E A S U R E S FOR INTERNATIONAL 
C O O P E R A T I O N T O W A R D S THE 
ELIMINATION OF ILLICIT CANNABIS 
CULTIVATION AND THE FORMULATION 
OF CROP SUBSTITUTION PROGRAMMES 
AND PROJECTS 
In line with the provisions of Resolution A/S/20-III 
adopted on the 10th of June 1998, by the 20th 
Extraordinary Session of the United Nations General 
Assemb ly , the issue of the illicit product ion of 
C a n n a b i s in the w o r l d , is l i nked wi th the 
development question. Hence the need for strong 
cooperation between the competent UN agencies, 
par t icu lar ly the U N D C P , reg iona l bod ies and 
internat ional f inanc ia l inst i tut ions, in order to 
a d d r e s s the i s s u e by w o r k i n g t owards the 
elimination of the illicit cultivation of that plant and 
the formulation of crop substitution programmes. 
Such programmes should be aimed at elimination 
of such illicit cultivations through rural development 
initiatives specia l ly conce ived for that purpose, 
without neglecting the option of repression. 
The measures recommended in this regard, are: 
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL 
1. T h e e l a b o r a t i o n of a s t ra tegy wh ich 
comb ines activit ies for the substi tut ion, 
repress ion and el iminat ion of the illicit 
cultivation of Cannabis. 
AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL 
1. The adoption of a ba lanced strategy to 
c o p e with the magn i t ude of c a n n a b i s 
cultivation in the region. 
2. The strengthening of regional cooperation 
measu res in the determinat ion of c rop 
substitution activities. 
3. The adoption of innovative and appropriate 
measures in the area of crop substitution 
activities. 
4. The strengthening of fol low-up act ions, 
evaluation and exchange of information on 
c rop subs t i t u t i on p r o g r a m m e s and 
activities. 
5. The setting up of a Working Group whose 
mission will be to elaborate the programme 
of activities for crop substitution, as soon 
as the revised Regional Plan of Action is 
adopted. 
H. HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECTOR 
ACTION AT NATIONAL LEVEL 
I. O r g a n i s a t i o n of t ra in ing c o u r s e s and 
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seminars for med ica l , paramed ica l and 
social services personnel. 
2. Establ ishment of a consultation centre to 
offer treatment to drug addicts. 
3. Es tab l i shmen t of vocat iona l cent res to 
facilitate rehabilitation of drug abuse victims. 
4. Preparat ion of a nat ional pol icy for the 
treatment and social reintegration of drug 
abuse victims. 
I. F I N A N C I N G T H E P L A N O F A C T I O N 
ACTION AT NATIONAL LEVEL 
1. Inclusion of activities envisaged in the Plan 
of Action within the general economic and 
s o c i a l d e v e l o p m e n t p r o g r a m m e and 
al location of funds for such activit ies in 
na t i ona l b u d g e t s and i n v e s t m e n t 
programmes of member States. 
2 N e g o t i a t i o n a n d s i g n i n g of f i n a n c i n g 
agreements with international donors to 
obtain funding for the implementation of 
activities contained in the plan of action. 
ACTION AT REGIONAL LEVEL 
1. Establ ishment of a regional drug control 
fund with contributions from Member States, 
l oca l c o m m u n i t i e s and reg iona l a n d 
international donors. 
K. FOLLOW-UP ON THE IMPLEMENTATION 
OF THE PLAN OF ACTION 
1. The E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r i a t s h a l l be 
r e s p o n s i b l e for the fo l l ow-up on the 
implementat ion of the regional P lan of 
Action. It shall present a report thereon, to 
the S u m m i t of H e a d s of S t a t e a n d 
Government of E C O W A S . 
2. In this perspective, the Regional Technical 
Commit tee shal l , at its annual meetings, 
ca r ry out an e v a l u a t i o n of the 
implementation of the Plan of Action both 
at the national and regional levels. 
L REVISION AND AMENDMENT OF THE 
REGIONAL PLAN OF ACTION 
1. Any provision of this Plan of Action may be 
reviewed or amended by the Counc i l of 
Ministers upon proposal to that effect by 
the Regional Technical Committee. 
J . ADOPTION OF THE PLAN OF ACTION 
1. Th is P l a n of A c t i o n w a s unan imous l y 
adopted by the Conference of Ministers in 
charge of drug control matters, held in 
Praia, Cape Verde, on 9 May, 1997, and 
rat i f ied on 20 A u g u s t , 1997 , by the 
Conference of Heads of State of E C O W A S . 
2. The Regional Plan of Action was revised 
and adopted by the Reg iona l Technical 
Committee at its meeting held in Banjul, The 
Gambia from 7 to 11 September, 1998, and 
subsequently approved in Abuja, Nigeria, 
on 28 October, 1998, by the 43rd Session 
of the E C O W A S Counci l of Ministers. 
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RECOMMENDATION C/REC.1/10/98 RELATING 
TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SURVEILLANCE 
MECHANISM FOR THE HARMONISATION OF 
THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL POLICIES OF 
MEMBER STATES 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Counc i l of Ministers and 
defining its composition and functions; 
MINDFUL of Decision A /DEC.2 /7 /87 relating to the 
adoption of an E C O W A S Monetary Cooperat ion 
Programme which provides for the establishment 
of a single monetary zone for E C O W A S Member 
States; 
C O N V I N C E D that the h a r m o n i s a t i o n of the 
economic and financial policies of Member States 
will accelerate the creation of the E C O W A S Single 
Monetary zone and enhance the overall integration 
effort; 
RECOMMENDS to the Authority of Heads of State 
and Gove rnmen t to adopt the a t tached draft 
Decision establishing a Surveil lance Mechanism for 
the harmonisation of the economic and financial 
policies of Member States. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
RECOMMENDATION C/REC.2/10/98 RELATING 
TO THE OFFICIAL LAUNCHING OF THE ECOWAS 
TRAVELLERS CHEQUE 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establ ishing the Counci l of Ministers and 
defining its composit ion and functions; 
MINDFUL of Decision A /DEC.2 /7 /87 of Authority in 
July 1987 relating to the adoption of the E C O W A S 
Mone ta ry C o o p e r a t i o n P r o g r a m m e a i m e d at 
establishing a Single Monetary Zone; 
WISHING to promote the use of a common regional 
payments instrument to facilitate, trade, tourism and 
cross-border transactions; 
B E A R I N G in mind that the use of a reg iona l 
payments instrument will enhance the integration 
effort and in part icular the ach ievement of the 
objective of a single monetary zone; 
A W A R E of the d e s i r e of the C o m m i t t e e of 
Governors of Central Banks for the introduction of 
an E C O W A S Travellers Cheque, as expressed at 
its meeting, held in Abuja on 26th October, 1998; 
R E C O M M E N D S to the Authority of Heads of State 
and G o v e r n m e n t to adopt the a t tached draft 
Decision on the official launching of the E C O W A S 
Travellers Cheque. 
DONEAT ABUJA, 
THIS 28th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
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RECOMMENDATION C/REC.3/10/98 RELATING DONEATABUJA, 
TO THE REGULATION ON TRANSHUMANCE THIS 28th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
BETWEEN ECOWAS MEMBER STATES 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty of the Economic Community of West African 
States ( E C O W A S ) establ ish ing the Counc i l of 
Ministers and defining its composition and functions; 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
MINDFUL of Article 25 of the Treaty relating to co­
opera t ion be tween M e m b e r S ta tes to ensu re 
agr icu l tura l deve lopment and to ach ieve food 
security; 
C O N V I N C E D that the development of l ivestock 
breeding is an integral part of any food security 
policy; 
A W A R E that livestock breeding in Member States 
is faced with numerous technical, climatic, legal and 
socio-economic constraints; 
C O N V I N C E D also that, given the current situation 
of the resources avai lable in E C O W A S Member 
States, t ranshumance is essential for saveguarding 
and increasing agricultural production; 
A W A R E that t ranshumance is, however, a source 
of health, soc ia l , env i ronmenta l , economic and 
political problems; 
DESIRING to enhance the environment for livestock 
breeding in Member States and to formulate, for 
that p u r p o s e , a h a r m o n i o u s regu la t i on on 
transhumance within the Community; 
ON T H E P R O P O S I T I O N of the experts meeting for 
the preparation of an E C O W A S Transhumance 
Ce r t i f i ca te , he ld in L a g o s f rom 11th to 14th 
December, 1996, 
RECOMMENDS to the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government to adopt the attached decision 
relating to the regulation on transhumance between 
E C O W A S Member States. 
R E C O M M E N D A T I O N C/REG.4/10/98 
AMENDING ARTICLE 9 OF DECISION A/DEC. 19/ 
5/80 RELATING TO APPLICATION OF 
PROCEDURES FOR COMPENSATION OF LOSS 
OF REVENUE SUFFERED BY MEMBER STATES 
AS A RESULT OF LIBERALISATION OF INTRA-
COMMUNITY TRADE. 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Counci l of Ministers and 
defining its composition and functions; 
M I N D F U L of Pro toco l of 5th November , 1976 
relating to assessment of loss in revenue suffered 
by Member States as a result of liberalisation of 
intra-Community trade; 
M I N D F U L of Dec i s i on A / D E C . 19 /5 /80 of the 
Authority of Heads of State and Government dated 
28th May, 1980 relating to application of procedures 
for compensat ion of loss of revenue suffered by 
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ECOWAS Member States as a result of liberalisation 
of intra-Community trade; 
D E T E R M I N E D to s imp l i f y p r o c e d u r e s for 
assessment and compensat ion of revenue loss 
incurred through trade l iberalisation in order to 
expedite payment of compensation to States having 
incurred loss of revenue; 
DESIRING to harmonise the provisions of Article 9 
of Decision A/DEC.19/5 /80 and those of Article 2 
(1b) of the Protocol of 5th November, 1976 relating 
to assessment of loss of revenue suf fered by 
ECOWAS Member States; 
ON THE R E C O M M E N D A T I O N of the thirty-eighth 
meeting of the Trade, Customs, Immigration, Money 
and Payment Commiss ion held in Abuja from 2nd 
to'4th June, 1998; 
RECOMMENDS to the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government to adopt the draft decision hereto 
attached amending Article 9 of Decision A / D E C . 19/ 
5/80 dated 28th May, 1980 of the Authority of Heads 
of State and Government relating to application of 
procedures for compensat ion of loss of revenue 
suffered by E C O W A S Member States as a result 
of liberalisation of intra-Community trade. 
DON EAT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
RECOMMENDATION C/REC.5/10/98 RELATING 
TO THE RATIONALISATION OF WEST AFRICAN 
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10. 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Counc i l of Ministers and 
defining its composit ion and functions; 
A W A R E that the existence in West Africa of a large 
number of i n t e r - gove rnmen ta l o r g a n i s a t i o n s 
s h a r i n g i den t i ca l o b j e c t i v e s is a s o u r c e of 
duplication and wastage of resources in Member 
States; 
R E C O G N I S I N G the need for a more effect ive 
rationalisation and coordination of the activities of 
West African inter-governmental organisations in 
order to speed up the regional integration process 
and achieve sustained growth and development for 
West Afr ica; 
R E C A L L I N G Decision A /DEC.5 /5 /90 dated 30 May, 
1990 , manda t i ng the E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y to 
conduct the necessary studies for the formulation 
of f lexib le and p ragmat i c p r o g r a m m e for the 
rationalisation of integration measures in the sub-
region; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the study prepared by the Institute 
for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) in 
Dakar, which was examined by the meeting of 
expe r t s f rom M e m b e r S t a t e s and in ter­
governmental organisations, held in Abuja on 8th 
and 9th June, 1998, and by the Counci l of Ministers 
at its 43rd Sess ion held in Abuja from 23rd to 28th 
October, 1998; 
N O T I N G the efforts deployed by the Execut ive 
H e a d s of E C O W A S , U E M O A and C I L S S to 
harmonise the cooperation programmes involving 
the organisations; 
RECOMMENDS to the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government to adopt the draft decision on the 
rationalisation of Wes t African inter-governmental 
organisations annexed hereto. 
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DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
RECOMMENDATION C/REC.6/10/98 ON THE 
ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL FUND FOR 
FINANCING DRUG C O N T R O L ACTIVITIES IN 
WEST AFRICA 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establ ishing the Counci l of Ministers and 
defining its composit ion and functions; 
C O N C E R N E D with the rapid expansion of the drug 
phenomenon in the entire Member States of the 
sub-region, and the recrudescence of drug-related 
crimes; 
C O N V I N C E D of the need for concerted and co­
o r d i n a t e d s t r a t e g i e s c o m b i n i n g p r e v e n t i o n , 
repress ion, treatment and rehabilitation of drug 
addicts; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the meagre f inancial resources 
ava i lab le to the inter-minister ia l Drug Cont ro l 
Commi t t ees ( IDCC) for the execut ion of their 
assignments; 
B E A R I N G IN MIND Resolut ion A / R E S . 2 / 8 / 9 7 on 
drug prevention and control in West Afr ica, and 
endors ing the P r a i a Po l i t i ca l Dec la ra t ion and 
Regional Plan of Action on drug abuse and illicit 
drug trafficking and the regional activities being 
undertaken by the IDCC require immense financial 
r e s o u r c e s wh ich c a n n o t be p rov i ded by the 
Executive Secretariat budget; 
DESIR ING to seek adequate financial resources for 
drug control activities in West Africa and to create 
a regional fund for that purpose; 
RECOMMENDS to the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government to adopt the draft decision on the 
establishment of a regional fund for financing drug 
control activities in west Africa annexed hereto. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
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RECOMMENDATION C/REC.7/10/98 ON THE 
REQUEST OF BURKINA FASO TO HOST THE 
HEADQUARTERS OF T H E W E S T AFRICAN 
HEALTH ORGANISATION 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Counci l of Ministers and 
defining its composition and functions; 
C O N S I D E R I N G the establ ishment of the W e s t 
African Health Organisation by Protocol A/P.2/7/87 
signed in Abuja on 9th July, 1987; 
MINDFUL of Article XI of the said Protocol relating 
to the selection of the headquarters of the West 
African Health Organisation; 
DESIRING to pool efforts of all Member States in 
order to resolve the health problems of the sub-
region by the establ ishment of a s ingle health 
organisation for the Community; 
CONSIDERING the verbal request made by the 
representative of Burkina Faso coring the Forty-
third Sess ion of the Counc i l of Ministers for his 
country to be allowed to host the headquarters of 
WAHO; 
CONSIDERING also that Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina 
Faso has all the faci l i t ies needed to host the 
headquarters of W A H O ; 
ON THE P R O P O S I T I O N of the Third Meeting of 
the Assembly of E C O W A S Health Ministers held in 
Lome, Togo on 30th and 31st July, 1998; 
RECOMMENDS to the Authority of Heads of State 
and G o v e r n m e n t to adop t the draft dec i s i on 
approving the request of Burkina Faso to host the 
headquar te rs of the W e s t A f r i c a n Hea l th 
Organisation annexed hereto. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
RECOMMENDATION C/REC.8/10/98 RELATING 
TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AD HOC 
MINISTERIAL C O M M I T T E E FOR T H E 
RESTRUCTURING OF THE ECOWAS EXECUTIVE 
SECRETARIAT 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
MINDFUL of Articles 10. 11 and 12 of the Revised 
Treaty establishing the Counci l of Ministers and 
defining its composition and functions; 
D E S I R I N G to enhance the ef fect iveness of the 
Executive Secretariat and to make it more suitable 
to face the new chal lenges facing the Community: 
DESIRING also to put more impetus to the regional 
integration process; 
O N T H E P R O P O S I T I O N of the 22nd meeting of the 
Administration and F inance Commiss ion held in 
Abuja, from 23rd to 28th October, 1998; 
RECOMMENDS to the Authority of Heads of State 
and Government to adopt the draft decision hereto 
a t tached es tab l i sh ing an A d H o c Min is te r ia l 
Committee for the restructuring of the E C O W A S 
Executive Secretariat. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
RASHEED GBADAMOSI, 
CHAIRMAN, 
FOR COUNCIL. 
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FINAL COMMUNIQUE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST 
SESSION OF THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF 
STATE AND GOVERNMENT 
30TH A N D 31ST O C T O B E R , 1998. 
ABUJA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 
The Authority of Heads of State and Government 
of the Economic Community of West African States 
( E C O W A S ) met in its Twenty-first session on 30th 
and 31st October, 1998 in Abuja, Federal Republic 
of Nigeria under the Chairmanship of His Excellency 
G e n e r a l Abdu l sa lam i A . A B U B A K A R , Head of 
State, Commander- in-Chief of the Armed Forces 
of the Federa l Repub l i c of Niger ia and current 
Chairman of the E C O W A S Authority of Heads of 
State and Government. 
2. Present at the session were the following 
Heads of State and Government or their 
duly accredited representatives: 
His Excel lency Mathieu K E R E K O U , 
President of the Republ ic of BENIN; 
H i s E x c e l l e n c y C a p t a i n B l a i s e 
C O M P A O R E , President of F A S O , 
Chairman of the Council of Ministers 
B U R K I N A F A S O ; 
H is E x c e l l e n c y An ton io M a n u e l 
M A S C A R E N H A S , President of the 
Republ ic of C a b o Verde; 
His Excel lency Henri Konan BEDIE, 
President of the Republ ic of C O T E 
DTVOIRE; 
His Excel lency Colonel Yahya A . J . J . 
J A M M E H , President of the Republic 
of The G A M B I A ; 
His Exce l lency Flt-Lt Jerry John 
R A W L I N G S , P r e s i d e n t of the 
Republic of G H A N A ; 
His Exce l lency Genera l Lansana 
C O N T E , President of the Republ ic 
of GUINEA; 
His E x c e l l e n c y G e n e r a l J o a o 
Bernardo VIEIRA, President of the 
Republ ic of G U I N E A B ISSAU; 
His Exce l lency Char les Ghankay 
TAYLOR, President of the Republic 
of LIBERIA; 
H i s E x c e l l e n c y A l p h a O u m a r 
K O N A R E , President of the Republic 
of MALI; 
H is E x c e l l e n c y G e n e r a l Ibrahim 
Mainassara B A R E , President of the 
Republ ic of N IGER; 
His Excellency General Abdulsalami 
A. A B U B A K A R , Head of State and 
Commander- in-Chief of the Armed 
Forces of the Federal Republ ic of 
NIGERIA; 
H i s E x c e l l e n c y A b d o u D I O U F , 
P r e s i d e n t of the R e p u b l i c of 
S E N E G A L ; 
H i s E x c e l l e n c y A h m a d Te jan 
K A B B A H , President of the Republ ic 
of S I E R R A L E O N E ; 
His Excellency General Gnassingbe 
E Y A D E M A , P r e s i d e n t of the 
T O G O L E S E Republic; 
T h e A m b a s s a d o r of the Is lamic 
Republ ic of Mauritania Accredited 
to S e n e g a l r e p r e s e n t i n g His 
Excellency, Maya Sid Ahmed TAYA, 
President of the islamic Republic of 
Mauritania. 
The following personalit ies also attended 
the twenty-first sess ion: 
H i s E x c e l l e n c y Dr. N e l s o n 
M A N D E L A , P r e s i d e n t of the 
Republ ic of South Afr ica, current 
Chairman of the Southern African 
Development Community (SADC) ; 
Mr. Sindiso B N G W E N Y A , Assistant 
S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l of C O M E S A , 
represent ing His Exce l l ency Mr. 
Frederick CHILUBA, President of the 
R e p u b l i c of Z a m b i a , cu r ren t 
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Chairman of the Common Market of 
E a s t and S o u t h e r n A f r i c a 
( C O M E S A ) ; 
His Exce l lency Dr. Sa l im A h m e d 
S a l i m , S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l of the 
Organisation of African Unity (OAU); 
H is E x c e l l e n c y Ib rah ima F A L L , 
Assistant Secretary-General of the 
United Nat ions, represent ing the 
Sec re ta ry -Genera l of the United 
Nations. 
TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GENERAL SANIABACHA 
5. The Authority observed a minute of si lence 
in m e m o r y of the late G e n e r a l S a n i 
A B A C H A , f o rme r H e a d of S t a t e a n d 
Commander- in-Chief of the Armed Forces 
of the Federa l Repub l i c of Niger ia and 
former Chairman of the Authority of Heads 
of State and Government of E C O W A S . The 
Heads of S ta te and G o v e r n m e n t paid 
special tribute to the late illustrious leader 
and commanded the exemplary role he 
p layed in the promot ion of peace and 
secur i ty as wel l a s his commi tment to 
regional integration. 
TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA 
6. The Authority acknowledged the presence 
of H i s E x c e l l e n c y , N e l s o n R o l i h i l a l a 
M A N D E L A , President of the Republ ic of 
South Afr ica, and Chairman of the Southern 
Africa Development Community (SADC) . 
The Heads of State and Government paid 
tribute to President Mandela, one of Africa's 
most i l lustrious and worthy sons . With 
President Mandela preparing to leave the 
political scene, the Authority stressed that 
the best tribute Afr ica could pay to this 
indefatigable fighter was to continue his 
s t rugg le for a p e a c e f u l , un i ted and 
prosperous Africa. 
SWEARING-IN OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 
7. Mr. Lansana K O U Y A T E took the oath of 
o f f i ce a s E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y of the 
Community for a term of four years, effective 
from 1st September, 1997. 
LAUNCHING OF THE ECOWAS TRAVELLERS 
CHEQUE 
8. The Author i ty l aunched the E C O W A S 
Travel lers cheque des igned to facilitate 
payments within the Community with a view 
to increasing regional transactions. It was 
decided that the travellers cheque should 
go into c i rculat ion with effect from 1st 
December , 1998. H e a d s of State and 
G o v e r n m e n t a p p e a l e d to a l l M e m b e r 
States, the private sector and in particular, 
economic operators in West Africa, to give 
support to this important regional payments 
instrument. 
LAUNCHING OF ECOMOG COMMEMORATIVE 
STAMPS 
9. Heads of State and Government launched 
commemorat ive postage stamps as a sign 
of the a p p r e c i a t i o n and gra t i tude of 
E C O W A S to all parties that had contributed 
thus far to the E C O W A S regional peace­
keeping initiative. A s a further sign of the 
apprec ia t ion of the role that part icular 
countr ies and persons had p layed, the 
Authority awarded plaques to E C O M O G 
troop-contributing Member States and to 
s u c h d e s e r v i n g coun t r i es ou ts ide the 
region; similar awards were made to past 
and se rv ing l e a d e r s of the E C O M O G 
command. 
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DRUG ABUSE 
10. Heads of State and Government lit the 
Communi ty f lame and proceeded to set 
ab laze and destroy a quantity of se ized 
drugs as a symbolic gesture of eliminating 
il legal drugs and related cr imes for the 
protection of future generations against the 
d i s a s t r o u s e f fec t of drug a b u s e The 
Community adopted a solemn declaration 
on d rug con t ro l to d e m o n s t r a t e its 
commi tment to e l iminate this scou rge 
threatening the whole region. 
DECISIONS OF THE AUTHORITY 
11. Heads of State and Government adopted 
the following recommendations contained 
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in the reports submitted by the E C O W A S 
Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Counci l 
of Ministers. 
R e v i e w of the W e s t A f r i c a n 
economic situation; 
Strengthening of relations with other 
A f r i c a n r e g i o n a l e c o n o m i c 
communities; 
A d o p t i o n of E C O W A S 
transhumance certificate; 
E C O W A S monetary programme; 
Evaluation of the E C O W A S trade 
liberalisation scheme 
In f ras t ruc tu ra l d e v e l o p m e n t 
programmes; 
C o m m e n c e m e n t of application of 
the Community levy; 
Drug prevention and control in West 
Africa 
R a t i o n a l i s a t i o n of Inter­
governmental organisations in West 
Afr ica; 
E s t a b l i s h m e n t of W e s t A f r i c a n 
Health Organisation. 
R E S T R U C T U R I N G 
SECRETARIAT 
T H E E X E C U T I V E 
14. Heads of State and Government expressed 
their satisfaction with the transfer of the 
Executive Secretariat from Lagos to Abuja. 
They also expressed their gratitude to the 
Federal Republ ic of Nigeria for the release 
of tile sum of $ 6.6 million as a loan to the 
Community for the construction of E C O W A S 
staff quarters in Abuja. 
15. The Executive Secretary was congratulated 
for e f fec t ing the t rans fe r and for his 
determination to enhance the operational 
efficiency of the Secretariat. The Authority 
directed the Executive Secretary to ensure 
an early completion of the construction of 
the staff quarters. In order to facilitate the 
restructuring of the Secretariat, an Ad Hoc 
Ministerial Commi t tee compr is ing C a p e 
Verde, Cote d'ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Mali 
and N i g e r i a w a s e s t a b l i s h e d with 
respons ib i l i t y for mon i to r i ng the 
restructuring exercise. 
APPOINTMENT OF STATUTORY OFFICERS 
16. Heads of State and Government took note 
of the decision of the Counci l of Ministers 
not to renew the a p p o i n t m e n t of the 
following statutory officers: 
12. The Authority placed particular emphasis 
on the following issues: 
FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS 
13. Heads of State and Government decried 
the c o n t i n u e d e x i s t e n c e of non-tar i f f 
barr iers, which impede the growth and 
development of intra-regional trade. They 
stressed the urgent need to remove the 
numerous i l legal roadb locks a long the 
international highways. Whi le recognising 
the necessity for ensuring the security of 
both the state and the travelling public, the 
Authority urged Member States to remove 
all unauthorised roadblocks and consider 
appropriate measures to reinforce national 
secur i ty. The Execu t i ve Sec re ta ry w a s 
directed to monitor the application of this 
decis ion. 
- Managing Director; 
- Deputy Managing Director; 
Depu ty E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y , 
Administration and Finance; 
- D e p u t y E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y , 
Economic Affairs; 
Financial Controller. 
17. T h e Au thor i t y d i r e c t e d the A d H o c 
Commi t t ee on the restructur ing of the 
Secretariat to examine the issues involved 
in the f i l l ing of s ta tu tory pos ts . T h e 
C o m m i t t e e w a s d i rec ted to def ine an 
a p p r o p r i a t e p r o c e d u r e for the 
appointments of statutory officers. 
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INCREASED S U P P O R T TO WAWA 
PROGRAMMES 
16. Heads of State and Government expressed 
their app rec i a t i on of the l ead ing and 
dynamic role that West African women play 
in the soc io-economic life of the region. 
The Author i ty reques ted the Execut ive 
Secretary to work closely with the Wes t 
African Women 's Associat ion (WAWA) in 
order to maximise the contribution of the 
assoc ia t ion to the reg iona l integrat ion 
p rocess . In this regard , the Author i ty 
directed that the annua l subvent ion to 
W A W A should be increased to UA 25.000 
and that the salaries of the W A W A officials 
. shou ld be i n c l u d e d in the E C O W A S 
Secretariat budget. His Excel lency Henri 
Konan Bedie, President of the Republic of 
Cote d'lvoire was warmly commended for 
the annual subsidy W A W A receives from 
the Ivorian Government. 
WEST AFRICAN REPRESENTATION ON THE 
BOARD OF T H E G L O B A L ENVIRONMENT 
FACILITY (GEF) 
19. The Authority expressed disappointment 
that the E C O W A S d e c i s i o n on the 
representation of the region on the Board 
of the Global Environment Facility had not 
been executed. The Counci l directive that 
Nigeria and Cote d'lvoire should nominate 
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s to the two pos i t i ons 
allocated to West Africa was upheld by the 
Authority. The Chairman of Counci l and the 
E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y were d i rec ted to 
consult with the coordinator of C I L S S to 
ensure the application of this decision. It 
was agreed that future designation of West 
Afr ican representat ives should take into 
account the geographical balance between 
Sahel ian and coastal countries. 
PEACE-BUILDING IN LIBERIA 
20. In a review of the peace-building Process 
in Liberia, Heads of State and Government 
urged all Liberians to continue to nurture 
the spirit of reconcil iation. The Authority 
reiterated its commitment to supplement the 
efforts of the Liber ian Government and 
people. It we lcomed the signing of the 
S t a t u s of F o r c e s A g r e e m e n t ( S O F A ) 
between E C O W A S and the Government of 
Liberia. Furthermore the Government of 
Liberia requested for the continued stay of 
E C O M O G in Liberia. In response to this, 
Heads of State and Government requested 
the G o v e r n m e n t of L i b e r i a a n d the 
Executive Secretariat to draft a protocol on 
the mandate of E C O M O G in Liberia. A 
strong appeal was made to the international 
community to give maximum support to the 
Liberian reconstruction programme which 
was outlined during the 1998 consultative 
meeting in Paris. 
CONSOLIDATION OF PEACE IN SIERRA LEONE 
21 . Heads of State and Government regretted 
the intransigence of the military junta which 
thwarted all the effort E C O W A S made to 
achieve a negotiated settlement of the civil 
conflict in Sierra Leone. 
22. The Au thor i t y e n d o r s e d the 
recommendation of the Ministers of Foreign 
Affairs to combine the strengthening of 
E C O M O G with e f for ts at d i a l o g u e to 
a c h i e v e las t ing p e a c e a n d na t i ona l 
reconciliation in Sierra Leone. 
23. The Authority expressed its gratitude to 
Ghana, Guinea and Nigeria for contributing 
troops to E C O M O G in Sierra Leone. The 
Authority encouraged Benin, Cote d'lvoire, 
The Gambia , Mali and Niger to provide the 
troops that had been promised as soon as 
possible. The Authority appealed to the 
i n te rna t iona l c o m m u n i t y to g i ve the 
n e c e s s a r y log is t i ca l suppor t to t h e s e 
countries and to E C O M O G . 
THE GUINEA BISSAU CRISIS 
24. Heads of State and Government expressed 
grave concern over the armed conflict which 
erupted on 7 June, 1998 in Guinea-Bissau. 
Af ter rev iew ing d e v e l o p m e n t s in the 
political, security and military aspects of the 
crisis, the Authority warmly commanded the 
timely intervention of Their Excel lenc ies 
President Abdou Diouf of the Republic of 
Senegal and President Lansana Conte of 
the Republic of Guinea. In a similar vein 
glowing tribute was paid to His Excellency 
Colonel Yahya Jammeh, President of The 
Gamb ia for his role in the search for a 
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peacefu l solut ion to the G u i n e a B issau 
crisis, The Authority endorsed the peace 
initiatives of the E C O W A S Committee of 
S e v e n , pa r t i cu la r l y the s u c c e s s f u l 
negot ia t ion of a joint E C O W A S / C P L P 
m e d i a t i o n g r o u p . T h e g r o u p w a s 
e n c o u r a g e d to r e s u m e i ts m e d i a t i o n 
exercise. The warring parties in Gu inea-
Bissau were urged to cooperate fully with 
the joint E C O W A S / C P L P mediation effort 
and o b s e r v e the c e a s e f i r e a g r e e m e n t 
signed in Praia on 26th August, 1998. 
25. Af ter a presentat ion of a report by His 
Excel lency Yahya J a m m e h , President of 
The Gamb ia , the Authority heard accounts 
g iven by His Exce l lency President J o a o 
Berna rdo V ie i r a of G u i n e a - B i s s a u and 
Genera l Ansoumane Mane. 
26. After an intense discussion, Heads of State 
and Government appealed to the warring 
parties to end the conflict which was having 
ser ious consequences on the people of 
Gu inea-B issau. The parties accepted: 
i. the consolidation of the cease-f ire 
agreement s igned on 26 August , 
1998; and 
ii. deployment of a cease-fire observer 
team. 
27. The Authority requested the Committee of 
Seven , enlarged to include C a p e Verde and 
Togo, to cont inue negot iat ions with the 
waning parties during their stay in Abuja 
and find a lasting solution to the Gu inea 
Bissau crisis. 
28. The Authority appealed to the international 
c o m m u n i t y to r e n d e r a l l n e c e s s a r y 
assistance to Member States giving shelter 
to large numbers of refugees, particularly 
the Republ ic of Gu inea. 
CONTRIBUTION OF E C O M O G T O REGIONAL 
PEACE AND SECURITY 
29. Heads of State and Government reviewed 
the operations of the E C O W A S Ceasef i re 
Moni tor ing G r o u p ( E C O M O G ) s ince its 
es tab l i shment in Augus t 1990. It w a s 
recalled that E C O M O G was created as part 
of the E C O W A S mediation initiative in the 
resolut ion of a r m e d conf l ic t within the 
r e g i o n . T h e Au tho r i t y e x p r e s s e d its 
sat is fact ion with the recognit ion by the 
ent i re in te rna t iona l c o m m u n i t y of the 
pioneer role that E C O W A S , as a regional 
body, had p layed through E C O M O G in 
peacekeeping. 
ADOPTION OF REGIONAL MECHANISM FOR 
CONFLICT PREVENTION 
30. Heads of State and Government recalled a 
directive they issued on 17th December, 
1997 in Lome to the Executive Secretary 
to propose a regional mechanism for the 
prevention, management and resolution of 
conflicts, peacekeeping and security. The 
Authority expressed its satisfaction with the 
d e s i g n of the m e c h a n i s m and the 
i n v o l v e m e n t of r e l evan t in te rna t iona l 
agencies in this E C O W A S initiative. Heads 
of S ta te and G o v e r n m e n t adopted the 
reg iona l m e c h a n i s m and ca l l ed on al l 
M e m b e r S t a t e s to g i ve eve ry suppor t 
towards its operation. A similar appeal was 
made to O A U , the United Nations and other 
re levant a g e n c i e s to contr ibute to the 
effective functioning of the mechanism. 
DECLARATION OF MORATORIUM ON LIGHT 
WEAPONS 
31 . In their review of the security situation in 
W e s t A f r i c a , H e a d s of S t a t e and 
Government expressed concern about the 
illegal circulation within the region of small 
arms and similar weapons of destruction. 
H i s E x c e l l e n c y A l p h a O u m a r K o n a r e , 
P res iden t of the R e p u b l i c of Mal i w a s 
warmly congra tu la ted for p romot ing a 
regional approach to the control of light 
w e a p o n s . The Author i ty adop ted and 
declared a moratorium on the importation, 
expo r ta t i on a n d m a n u f a c t u r e of l ight 
weapons in E C O W A S Member States. The 
O A U and the United Nations were called 
upon to ensure the adoption of similar steps 
in other regions of Afr ica. 
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ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN 
32- H e a d s of S t a t e a n d G o v e r n m e n t 
unanimously elected the Republic of Togo 
as Chairman of the Community for 1998¬
1999 period, and the Republ ic of Mali for 
the 1999-2000 period. 
DATE AND VENUE OF NEXT SUMMIT 
33. At the invitation of-His Excellency General 
Gnass ingbe E Y A D E M A , President of the 
Togolese Republ ic, the Authority decided 
to hold its twenty-second session in Lome 
at a date to be determined later. 
VOTE OF THANKS 
34. Heads of State and Government expressed 
grat i tude to the current C h a i r m a n , His 
E x c e l l e n c y G e n e r a l A b d u l s a l a m i 
A B U B A K A R , Head of State, Commander-
in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal 
R e p u b l i c of N ige r ia for his exemp la ry 
leadership role in the promotion of West 
A f r i c a n i n teg ra t i on . T h e Au thor i t y 
c o m m a n d e d G e n e r a l A b u b a k a r for his 
personal interest in the quest for regional 
peace and security and the strengthening 
of E C O W A S . The H e a d s of S ta te and 
Government express their appreciation for 
the sound init iat ives that he has taken 
recently to foster the democratisation of his 
country which he continues to serve with 
admirable devotion. 
35. The Authority extended its best wishes to 
His Exce l l ency G e n e r a l Abubakar , and 
w ished the brotherly people of Niger ia , 
peace and prosperity. 
DONE AT ABUJA, 
THIS 31ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 1998. 
THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND 
GOVERNMENT. 
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