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ECONOMIC tOMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES 
. FOU RTEENTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF MIN I STERS 
CONAKRY, 24 - 2 6 NOVEMBER, 19 83 
FIN A L REPORT 
1. I N T ROD U C T I ON 
1. The Counci l of Ministers held its Fourteenth Session from 29 to 
26 November, 198 3 , in the Sa lle du 2 Octobre, Palais du Peuple, 
Conakry, People's Revo lutionary Republic of Guin ea. 
2 . All Member Sta t es were repres e nted at this ' Session. 
Peoples Republi c of Benin 
Republic of Cape Verde 
Republic of Ivory Coast 
Re publ i c of Th e Gambia ~ 
Rep ublic of Ghana 
Peop le's Revolut i onary Repub l i c of Guinea 
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Republic of Guinea-Bissau 
Republic of Upper Volta 
Republic of Liberia 
Repuhlic of Mali 
The Islamic Republic of Ma uri tania 
Republic of Niger 
Federal Republic of Nigeria 
Republic of Senegal 
Republic of Sierra Leone 
Republic of Togo 
The following were also present as observers: 
West African Economic Community (CEAO) 
Mano River Union (MRU) 
The List of Participants is attached to this eport. 
II: OPENING CEREMONY 
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3. The Session was declared open by the current Chairman of the 
Council, Dr. Mamouna Malick TOURE, Minister of Foreign Trade of the 
People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea. On behalf of the People 
and Government of Guinea, and the Supreme Leader of the Revolution 
and Head of State, His Excellency, President AHMED SEKOU TOURE, he 
welcomed Honourable Ministers, Distinguished Delegates and Observers 
to the Meeting. In his opening speech, the Chairman stressed the 
need for the Community, at this point in its existence, to intensify 
sub-regional cooperation and work towards the true integration of 
the economies of the States of the Community. This requires that 
each State honour its commitment to the Community and effectively 
implement the Acts and Decisions of the authorities of the Community. 
The Chairman also appealed to all delegations to take necessary 
action to ensure that their respective governments pay their out­
standing contributions to the Community. 
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The text of the Minister's speech is attached to this Report. 
III: ELECTION OF BUREAU 
4. The fo~lowing Bureau was elected : 
Chairman 
Rapporteurs 
Guinea 
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Nigeria 
IV: ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA 
5. The Agenda proposed by the Secretariat was adopted as follows: 
1. Election of Bureau 
2. Adoption of the Provisional Agenda 
3. Report of the Executive Secretary 
4. Report on the Implementation of Decisions by Member States 
5. Report of the Financial Controller 
6. Report of the External Auditors 
7. Report of Technical Committees and Commissions 
(a) 
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Committee of Experts on Staff Regulations 
Trade, Customs, Immigration, Money & Payments Commission 
Joint Meeting of the Trade, Customs, Immigration, Money 
& Payments Commission and the Industry, Agriculture & 
Natural Resources Commission 
(d) Industry, Agriculture and Natural Resources Commission 
(e) Transport, Telecommunications & Energy Commission 
(f) Committee of Governors of Central Banks 
(g) Finance Experts 
q 8. Report of the Board of Directors of ECOWAS Fund 
9. Any Other Matters 
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v. OUTCOME OF THE DELIBERATIONS 
Consideration of the Reports of the Executive Secretary? the 
Financial Controller and the External Auditors (Item 3, 5 and 6) 
6. Council took note of the Reports presented by the Executive 
Secretary, the Financial Controller and the External Auditors. 
7. Concerning the management of external financial assistance, 
especially that of UNCTAD, Council requested the Executive 
Secretariat to submit to the next session of Council a document 
on all aspects of this form of assistance. The document should 
be sent to all Member States before· the end of January, 1984 and 
should indicate the volume, the form and mode of utilisation of 
funds leceived from external sources, as well as the relevant 
projects or the agreements covering this assistance. 
8. As regards the payments made by the E~ecutive Secretariat 
to UNCTAD for the project on computerisation of external trade 
statistical data of Member States, Council deplored the manner 
in which the transaction was effected and requested that in 
future such payments should be made strictly according to well ­
established financial procedures. 
9. With regard to the problem of non-payment of contributions 
by Member States, which seriously affects the operations of 
the Institutions of the Community, especially the Executive 
Secretariat, Council recommended that the current Chairman of 
the Authority of Heads of State and Government should get in 
touch with his colleagues and stress to them the gravity of the 
situation. All delegations were also requested to bried their 
respective governments about the problem with a view to paying 
contributions and arrears outstanding. 
10. Council decided that in future, the reports of both the 
Financial Controller and the External Auditor should contain, 
in addition to an account of the problems encountered in the 
preceding financial year, a record of the difference between 
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appr o v e d a nd a ctu a l ex p e nditur e ov e r th e pr e ceding y e ars, 
as well a s th e corr e ctiv e me asur es t a k e n . 
11 . Furth e rmo r e, th e fin a nci a l a n d ma n age me nt a cc ounts and 
th e r e cord on fix e d as s e t s sh a ll fir s t b e submitt ed t o th e 
Committe e o f Fin a nc e Exp e rts f o r du e consider a ti o n a nd th e 
necessary rec o mme n dati o ns t o th e Council of Minist e rs. 
12 . As 
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th e r emun e r a ti o n o f th e Ext e rn a l Aud i t o r , 
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to ma 1nta 1n th e fee s a t 14 , 5 00 UA a nd pay th e 
Ext e rn a l Audit o r a lump s u m co v e rin g th e ex pens e s inc u rr e d 
by him , whil e p r eparin g his r e p o rt , o n th e followin g basis: 
i) th e a ud i t p e ri od f o r th e tw o I n stit u ti o ns is 
fix e d at S1X (6) weeks . Th e p e ri o d cove rs b o th 
th e dr a win g up o f th e audit r e p o rt a nd its 
submisti i on t o th e Te chni ca l Commissi o n a nd th e 
Council of Minist e rs . 
ii) Th e Ext e rn a l Audit o r may b e a cc omp a ni e d by th e 
f o ll o wing me mbers o f staf f: 
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- Tw o (2) Ac co unt a nt s 
- On e ( 1 ) Se cr e t a ry 
- On e (1) Cl e rk 
Th e per di e m f o r the six-wee k p e ri o d sh a ll b e 
c a l c u l at e d o n th e b as is o f th e p e r di e m paid to 
Dep uty Ex e cutiv e Se cr e t a ri e s . 
Th e p e r di e m o f th e me mb e rs o f st a ff a cc ompany 1 n g 
th e Ext e rn a l Audit o r sh a ll b e c omput e d on th e 
b a sis of th e p e r di: m paid t o ECOWAS s t aff o f 
co rr e spondin g c a t ego r y . 
iv) First cl a ss a ir far e f o r th e Ex t e r n a l Audit o r 
a nd e conomy cl a s s a ir f a r e fo r his st a ff sh a ll 
b e pa i d for by th e Community . 
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13. On the question of the ~anage~~nt of the ProvideritFund, 
Council deplored the poor manner in which it was beiri~ handled 
and requested the Chief Executives of the Institutions of the 
Community to do everything possible to improve the situation. 
14. Council further invited the Executive Secretariat and the 
ECOWAS Fund to make available to the Financial Controller 
quarterly bank statements of accounts. 
15. The principle of subscribing to an insurance policy to 
guarantee the Community's bousehold furniture and equipment in 
the residences of staff members was rejected. It would be 
incumbent on the beneficiaries of such assets to assume 
responsibility for their safety. 
16. Council rejected the proposal by the External Auditors 
that the Financial Controller should be a co-signatory to 
Community accounts outside the Community. 
17. Council also decided that the chapter on "contingency" 
contained in the Budget proposals should be maintained and that 
the utilisation of the relevant appropriations should be 
strictly limited to expenditure not specifically provided for 
in other sections of the budget. It was stressed that the 
transfer of funds from one Chapter to another must be done with 
the prior approval of the Chairman of Council, in conformity 
with the provisions of the Financial Regulations. 
18. The Chief Executives of the Executive Secretariat and 
the Fund were requested to prepare the accounts and financial 
statements for the 1983 Financial Year by February 1984, and 
place them at the disposal of the External Auditor within that 
time limit. 
Implementation of Decisions ·by Member States (Item 4) 
19. On this Item, Council once again observed that the implemen­
tation of Acts and Decisions of the policy-making bodies of the 
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Community had been rather slow. The Executive Secretariat 
was requested to send on time a'list of all Acts and Decisions 
of the policy-making bodies of the Community to Member States 
to enable them r~port to Council the progress made on their 
implementation~ Each Member State would have to prepare 
progress reports on the application of the Acts and Decisions 
of the Community to be presented to the appropriate Commissions. 
The Executive Secretariat would then prepare a summary document 
to be submitted to each session of Council. Where any Member 
State encounters difficulties with the application of Acts 
and Decisions of the Community, it may appeal to the Executive 
Secretariat for necessary assistance. 
Reports of Technical Committees and Commissions (Item 7) 
Committee of Experts on Staff Regulations (7.a) 
20. Tbe report on the work of this Committee submitted by 
tbe Executive Secretariat, was adopted. Article 38 of the 
Draft Staff Regulations was amended by Council to read as 
follows: 
"ARTICLE 38: MATERNITY LEAVE 
(OLD ARTICLE 43) 
A female staff member 
(i) shall be entitled to absent herself from her duties 
six weeks immediately preceding the date of 
confinement upon producing an acceptable medical 
certificate that her confinement will probably 
take place within six weeks; 
(ii) shall be excused from working during the six weeks 
following confinement. In any case, the staff member 
will be entitled to a total of twelve weeks' leave; 
(iii) shall receive maternity leave on full pay fo~ the 
entire duration of her absence in accordance with 
the above provisions. 1t 
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21. The new draft text of the Staff Regulations was adopted, 
therefore, and will cQme into force on 1st January 1984. 
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Trade, Customs, c' Immigration, Money and Payments 
Commission (7.b) 
22. The report was presented by the Chairman of the Commission 
and adopted without amendment. 
Joint Meeting of Trade, Customs, Immigration, Money 
and Payments Commission and the Industry, Agriculture 
and Natural Resources Commission (7.c) 
23. The report of this Joint Commission which considered the 
Draft Protocol on Community Enterprises was presented by the 
Chairman of the Meeting. 
24. The attention of Council was drawn to the fact that the 
relevant documents on this matter had been made available to 
each delegation, and were to be forwarded to their respective 
national authorities for careful consideration with a view to 
discussing them at the next meeting. 
Industry, Agriculture and Natural Resources Commission 
(7.d) 
25. The report presented by the Executive Secretariat was 
adopted by Council after an amendment by the delegation of 
Niger requesting that the Tarna Seed Centre be replaced by the 
Lossa Centre (Niger). 
Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Commission (7.e) 
26. The report presented by the Executive Secretariat was 
adopted with the following amendments: 
nIt is to be understood that Member States will be 
responsible for financing the Sorting Centres." 
Council agreed to recommend to the Authority that the title of 
the Commission be amended by replacing the word "Telecommunications?' 
with "Communications" in paragraph 1(c) of ArtiG:le 9 of the Treaty. 
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Committee of Governors of Central Banks (7.f) 
27. The report presented by the Executive Secretariat was 
adopted by Council, which also approved the terms of reference 
of studies to be carried out in the area of monetary 
cooperation. 
Committee of Finance Experts on the Budget of the 
Secretariat (7.g) 
28. Council expressed serious concern at the very high rents 
which place a great strain on the budget of the Executive 
Secretariat. 
Council, therefore, strongly appealed to the Federal 
Government of Nigeria to give the Executive Secretariat every 
assistance needed to resolve the problem. 
29. Furthermore, Council considered that the smooth functioning 
of the Community depended in large measure on the type of 
facilities offered by the host country of the headquarters. 
The Executive Secretariat was consequently requested to produce 
a detailed report for presentation to Council on all the 
difficulties resulting fr~m the fact of it operating in Lagos. 
30. In order to assist in arriving at a satisfactory solution 
to the problem of high rents, the Executiv~ Secretariat was 
requested to prepare for the next session of Council a detailed 
report on the following alternatives: 
1) payment of a housing allowance to professional staff; 
2) construction of staff quarters. 
31. With respect to the issue of Headquarters Agreement, 
Council decided after.a lengthy debate, to appeal to the 
Federal Government of Nigeria to have this Agreement signed 
within the shortest po~sible time. 
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32. Council decided, that as in the case of the Fund, the 
sum of 10,000 U.A. be included in the Secretariat's budget 
for training', and that the provision, for maintenance of staff 
quarters be deleted from the budget of the Fund. 
31. The 1984 budget app~oved for the Executive Secretariat 
amounted to the sum of 6,536~129 U.A., for both Revenue and 
Expenditure. 
Report of the Board of Directors of the Fund (Item 8) 
34. This report was adopted by Council. The Chairman of 
Council was mandated to rectify the total for the ECOWAS Fund 
Budget for 1984, taking into account the modifications made 
to the estimates for the Heading "Maintenance of· Residences". 
3SA Council also decided that pending consideration by the 
Board of the.Memorandum from the Managing-Director of the Fund 
on th-einc1usio.n in the budget of provision for a Treasury 
DepBrtment, the status quo be maintained, whereby the Treasurer 
would retain all the b~nefit8 of his office but will be 
accountable to the Director of Finance. Ghana and Nigeria 
expressed a reservation on the issue. 
Any other matters (Item 9) 
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Date and Venue of Next Session of Council 
37. The next sesAion of Council would take plac~ in Conakry 
a~t·a date to be fixed by the Chairman of Council .. 
Adoption ~f Report 
38. This Repo~t was adopted. 
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Closing Sess ion 
39 . In his closing speech th~ Chairma n o f Council e xpr esse d 
his sa tisf ac tion with the e n co ur ag in g r e sults achieved a t 
this Session . He exp r essed th e hope th a t a ll Member St a t e s 
would do everything possible t o e nsur e a dili g ent a pplication 
of the Acts and De cisions o f the policy-makin g b od i es c f the 
Community . 
DONE AT CON AKRY, 26 TH NOVEMBER , 1983 
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ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES 
FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 
CONAKRY, 24 - 26 NOVEMBER, 1983 
v 0 T E o F T HAN K S 
The Council of Ministers meeting at its Fourteenth Session in 
C~Lak~y from 24 to 26 November, 1983, wishes to express its pro-
found gratitude to His Excellency, AHMED SEKOU TOURE, Supreme 
Leader of the Revolution, Secretary-General of the ·Party-State, 
President of the Pefple's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea, to the 
Government and People of Guinea for the African hospitality and 
for the facilities placed at its disposal for the success of its 
deliberations. 
CONAKRY, 26TH NOVEMBER, 1983 
THE COUNCIL 
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ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES 
FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 
CONAKRY 24 - 26 NOVEMBER, 1983 
C/DEC.l/ll/83 DECISION RELATING TO THE REVISED ECOWAS STAFF REGULATIONS 
THE COUNCIL 
MINDFUL of , Article 6 of the ECOWAS Treaty establishing the Council of Ministers 
and determining its compositio~ and functions: 
RECALLING various decisions taken since the adoption of the EcmlAS Staff Re­
gulations (ECW/CH/SA(REV.l) which affect some provisions of the said Staff 
Regulations; 
DESIROUS of having only one set of written rules governing the treatment of 
officials of the Conununity irrespective of the Community Institution in which 
,such officials might be serving; 
HAVING examined the Report of the Second Meeting of the ,Staff Establishment 
Connnittee: 
DEC IDE S 
ARTICLE 1: The ECOU1\S Staff Regulations of ECW/CH/SA(REV.l) are hereby amended 
and replaced by the new document ECW/CMol/SAREV.2 
AP.TICLE 2: The new EC01-lAS Staff Regulations shall become applicable as from 
the 1st of January~ 1984 and shall be published in the Official Journal of the 
Community and in the Hational Gazette of each Member State. 
DO~ffi AT CONAKRY THIS 26TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1983 
FOR THE COUNCIL 
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ECONOMIC CO~1~ruNITY OF HEST AFRICAN STATES 
FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 
CONAKRY~ 24 - 26 NOVEMBER, 1983 
C/DEC.2/ll/83 DECISION RELATING TO THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF THE ECOWAS FORUM 
ON INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE PROMOTION 
THE COUNCIL 
MINDFUL of Article 6 of the ECOWAS Treaty concerning the creation of the Council 
of Ministers and defining its composition and functions; 
CONSIDERING the importance of the ECOWAS Intra-Community Trade Liberalisation 
Programme; 
CONSIDERING the role that the economic operators should play in the promotion 
of trade within the Community and also in the integration of the ~namies of 
Manber States; 
DEC IDE S 
ARTICLE 1 The holding of an ECOWAS Forum on Trade Promotion on a regular 
basis is hereby instituted. 
ARTICLE 2 T1..e modalities concerning the frequency, organisation and the 
holding of the sessions of the Forum are left to the initiative of the Federation 
of West African Chambers of Commerce in collabpration with the EKecuti ve Secretariat. 
ARTICLE 3 This Decision shall come into force upon signature and shall be 
published in the Official Journal of the Community and in the National Gazette of 
each Member State. 
DONE liT CONAKRY THIS 26TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1983 
FOR THE COUNCIL 
THE CHAIRMAN 
DR. HAMOUNA MALICK TOURE 
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ECONOMUC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES 
FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 
CONAKRY 24 - 26 NOVEMBER, 1983 
C/DEC.3/ll/83 DECISION RELATING TO THE EXTENSION OF THE LIST OF PRIORITY 
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS. 
THE COUNCIL 
MINDFUL of ~ticle 6 of the ECOWAS Treaty concerning the creation of the Council 
of Ministers and defining its composition and functions; 
MINDFUL of Decision C/DEC.3/5/82 dated 26 May, 1982 relating to the list of prior:~· 
industrial products fbI' the application of the Trade Liberalisation programme, 
especially its Article 2.2 ; 
UPON reconnnendation of the Trade, Customs, Immigration, Money & Payments Commission; 
DEC IDE S ; 
ARTICLE 1: . The products enumerated he~eunder are accepted fOrthwith as priority 
industriai products and added to those similarly designated in Decision 
C/DEC.S/5/82 of 26 May, 1982; 
ex 25.01 - edible salt, table salt 
ex 68.12 - asbestos-cement products, cellulose-cement and related pro­
ducts fOr construction 
ex 68.lS - asbestos, asbestos products fbI' construction 
ex 94.04 - foam mattress. 
ARTICLE 2 This Decision comes into force upon signature and shall be published 
in the Official Journal of the Community and in the National Gazette of each 
Member State. 
DONE AT CONAKRY THIS 26TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1983 
FOR THE COUNCIL 
DR. MAMOUNA MALICK TOURE 
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ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES 
FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 
CONAKRY, 24 - 26 NOVEMBER, 1983 
C/DEC.4/ll/83 DECISION ON BREEDING CENTRE FOR THE PRODUCTION 
OF SELECTED CATTLE SPECIES 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 
M1NDFUL of Article No. 6 of the ECOWAS Treaty constituting 
the Council of Ministers and defining its composition and 
functions; 
CONSIDERING Decisions No. A/DECo4/5/82 and A/DEC.6/5/82 
relating to Regional Agricultural Develop~ent Strategy and to 
Breeding Centres for the Production of Selected Cattle Species 
respectively; 
CONSIDERING the importance of animal protein in the ECOWAS 
nutritional programme; 
HAVING STUDIED the report of the Commission on Agriculture, 
Industry and Natural Resources (Sub-Commission on Agriculture); 
DECIDES 
Article 1 
The eight Centres chosen are to be divided into two. groups: 
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(i) Operational Centres 
- Upper Ogun Ranch (Nigeria) 
- Marahoue Ranch (Ivory Coast) 
- Yanfolila Ranch (Mali) 
- Livestock Development Projects (The Gambia) 
- Famoila State Farm (Guinea) 
- Potta Cattle Ranch (Nigeria) 
(i~ Non-Operational Centres 
- Kedougou Breeding Centre (Senegal) 
- Kaedi Breeding Centre for the Moor Zebu (Mauritanie; 
Article 2 
The Executive Secretariat is authorised to carry out 
feasibility studies on each of the centres chosen. 
Article 3 
The Executive Secretariat is requested to divide its aid to 
the centres into two phases: 
during the first phase the aid is to be given to centres 
belonging to the first group; 
-' the other centres are to receive aid during the second 
phase. 
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Article 4 
The Executive Secretariat is to undertake studies aimed 
at developing. the breeding of animal species with a short 
reproductive cycle, of the AZAOUAK ZBBU.~pecies, and of BORGU 
bulls. 
Article 5 
The Executive Secretariat is to make the necessary arrange­
ments for the creation of a data bank on agriculture and 
livestock production. 
Article 6 
This Decision shall come into for·ce upon signature, and 
shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community and 
in the National Gazette of each-Member State. 
DONE AT CONAKRY THIS 26TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1983 
FOR THE COUNCIL 
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THE CHAIRMAN AI ~:~) 
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ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES 
FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 
CONAKRY, 24 - 26 NOVEMBER, 1983 
C/DEC.5/ll/83 DECISION RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURE 
FOR PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT ON MAIL ROUTING STUDIES 
THE COUNCIL 
MINDFUL of Article 6 of the ECOWAS Treaty establishing the 
Council of Ministers and determining its composition and 
functions; 
CONSIDERING the problems encountered by postal authorities 
as regards infrastructure and mail routing services; 
CONVINCED of the worthiness of the objective assigned to 
the Executive Secretariat of ECOWAS by the Authority of Heads of 
State and Government; 
CONVINCED that the formulation of a coherent and realistic 
programme is the only means of transforming the global strategy 
adopted by the Authority of Heads of State and Government into 
concrete action capable of achieving development objectives in 
the field of postal services; 
HAVING CONSIDERED the Report of November 1983 sessie~: of 
the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Commission; 
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DECIDES 
Article I 
The Executive Secretariat shall do its utmost to assist 
Member States raise the funds nec'essary for financing the 
projects identified in the report on mail routing studi~s. 
Article 2 
The Executive Secretariat shall intensify its,effort to 
collect information which will facilitate the physical and 
financial assessment of priority projects and shall improve the 
coordination and scheduling of Sub-Regional Projects. 
Article 3 
Member States are hereby invited ,to provide the Executive 
Secretariat with all information necessary for the periodic 
assessment pf the progress made in the implementation of the 
established programme. 
Article 4 
Donor countries and financing institutions are hereby being 
appealed to participate wholeheartedly and constructively in the 
development of postal services in the West African Sub-Region. 
Article 5 
This Decision shall come into effect upon signature and 
shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community and 
in the National Gazette of each Member State. 
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DONE AT CONAKRY THIS 26TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1983 
FOR THE COUNCIL 
DR. MAMOUNA MALICK TOURE 
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ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES 
FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 
CONAKRY, 24 - 26 NOVEMBER, 1983 . 
C/DEC.·~/11/83 DECISION RELATING TO THE APPLICATION OF 
PREFERENTIAL RATES FOR AIR-MAIL SERVICES 
THE COUNCIL, 
MINDFUL of Article 6 of the ECOWAS Tr.eaty establishing~tbe 
Council of Ministers and determining its composition and 
functions; 
CONSIDERING the need to ensure rapid, safe and regular 
delivery of mail; 
AWARE of the arrangements made by some postal authorities 
with airlines for the transportation of mail at reduced rates; 
DECIDES 
Article 1 
The Executive Secretariat shall make all the necessary 
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Member States which have experience in this field are 
hereby invited to forward to the ECOWAS Secretariat all relevant 
information that would ensure the extension of this service 
to all ECOWAS Member States. 
Article 3 
This Decision shall come into force upon signature and 
shall be published in the Official Journal of,the Community and 
in the National Gazette of each Member State. 
DONE AT CONAKRY THIS 26TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1983 
FOR THE COUNCIL 
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ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WESt APRICAN STATES 
FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE COVNCIL OF MINISTERS 
'CONAKRY, 24 -' 26 NOV-EMBER, 1983 
G/DBC~"7 /11/83 DECISION RELATING TO THE 1984 BUDGET OF THE 
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT 
THE COUNCIL, 
MINDFUL of Article 6 of ~he ECOWAS Treaty creati~g' the 
Council of Ministers and ·fixing its composition and functions'; 
HAVING EXAMINED the report of the Committee of Financial 
Experts, responsible for examining the' budget of the Executive 
Secretariat for 1984; 
DECIDES : 
Article 1 
Th'e Budg.et of the Executive Secretariat for 1984' stands at 
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six ~i~lion, five hundred and thirty-six, one. hundred and twenty-
nine :Units of Ac'count . (U .A. 6,536,129) • 
Article .2 
This Decision shall come into force upon signature and shall 
be published in the Official Journal of the Community and in 
the National Gazette of Bach Member State. 
DONE AT CONAKRY THIS 26TH DAY OF NOVEMBBR, 1983 
) FOR THE COUNCIL 
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THE CHAIRMAN 
MAMOUNA MALICK TOURE 
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ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES 
FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 
CONAKRY, 24 - 26 NOVEMBER, 1983 
C/DEC.8/11/83 DECISION ON SELECTED SEED MULTIPLICATION CENTRES 
THE COUNCIL 
MINDFUL of Article 6 of the ECOWAS Treaty establishing the 
Council of Ministers and defining its composition and functions; 
CONSIDERING Decisions No. A/DEC.4/5/82 and No. A/DEC.5/5/82 
on the Regional Agricultural Development Strategy and the 
Production of Selected Seed and the choice of centres respec­
tively; 
CONSIDERING the serious shortage of selected seeds from 
improved varieties in the sub-region; 
MINDFUL of the need to upgrade the Centres chosen by the 
Community with a view to producing a sufficient quantity of 
good quality selected seed; 
AFTER HAVING EXAMINED the report of the Executive Secre­
tariat on the pre-feasibility studies on the seven (7) centres 
chosen; 
DECIDES 
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Article 1 
The Centres are designed to produce Selected RI seeds from 
improved varieties. 
Article 2 
The RICHARD TOLL Centre sh~ll be replaced by the FANAYE 
Centre (Senegal). 
The BABOUGOU Centre shall be replaced by the MOLODO Centre 
(Mali) and the TARNA Centre shall be replaced by the LOSSA 
Centre (Niger) 0 
Article 3 
Further studies must be carried out on the ZARIA (NIGERIA) 
and ROKUPR (SIERRA LEONE) Centres as in the case of the other 
centres, paying particular attention to their equipment~ 
personnel and financial requirements 0 
Article 4 
The Executive Secretariat shall undertake feasibility 
studies on each of the Centres. 
(i) The feasibility studies will make proposals on the 
legal status of the Centres and take a proposal on which of 
2 or 3 crops they should specialise in producing in order to 
make the Centres more efficient and profitable. 
(ii) Where possible, conclusions of previous studies (soil 
and climate) should be added to the feasibility studies in order 
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to give precise indications as to the types of seed suitable 
for the different centres. Where such preliminary studies are 
not available, they should be carried out to enable final 
assessment to be made as to the viability of the centres. 
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Article 5 
The Executive Secretariat is requested:-
- to assess, within the shortest possible time the produc­
tion potential of ahd the demand for selected seeds of 
cereals and other planting materials in Member States; 
- to establish a sub-regional Seed Multiplication Committee 
responsible for the implementation and coordination of 
a Community Seed Development programme. 
Article 6 
Member States are called upon to formulate short-term 
legislation on seed trade at national level lead-ing eventually 
to legislation on seeds at the sub-regional level. 
Article 7 
The present Decision shall come into force upon signature 
and shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community 
. and the National Gazette of all Member States. 
DONE AT CONAKRY THIS 26TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1983 
FOR THE COUNCIL 
~.~ ___ ~HE CHAIRMAN 
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ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES 
FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 
CONAKRY, 24 - 26 NOVEMBER, 1983 
C/RES.l/ll/83 RESOLUTION RELATING TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF 
ARTICLE 9(1)(c) OF THE ECOWAS TREATY 
THE COUNCIL,· 
MINDFUL of Article 9(l)(c) of the ECOWAS Treaty establishing 
the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Commission; 
CONSIDERING that several Member States have different 
departments dealing separately with Telecommunications and 
Postal Matters; 
HEREBY RESOLVES TO RECOMMEND TO THE AUTHORITY 
To amend Article 9(1)(c) of the ECOWAS Treaty to read 
as follows: 
"The Transport, Communications and Energy Commission". 
DONE AT CONAKRY, THIS 26TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1983 
THE COUNCIL 
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Honourable Ministers, 
Mr. Executive Secreta.:r.1, 
Distinguished Delegates, 
Ladies and Gentlemen, 
I t is my pleasure once again to wel~ome you to Guinea, on behalf of 
the People of this oountry, of its Party-8tata and of the Supreme Leader 
of the Revolution, President AHMED SEKOU 1!omm:. I performed this same 
office only a few days ago, and today I would like to reaffim the total 
preparedness of the Guinean People to make your stay in our CapitaJ., Conakry, 
as pleasant as possible. 
Once again I orave your indulgence for the inadequacies which you are 
aure to have noticed in the fa~ilities which you have been offered he~. 
The holdiIig at once and the same time, in Conakry, of the 12th Congress 
of 'the .DemoQratic party of Guinea, and of the different ECOWAS meetings have, 
in effect, oreated a great number of problems. 
The meetings of experts and the meeting of the Board of Direotors of 
the Fund are over, and we are about to begin the session of the Counoil of 
Ministers. I feel I should, at this junoture, give you mroveralJ. impression 
of these prooeedings, for it has been very muoh on my mind. I feel we are 
. going slowly - muoh too slowly. We have held a great number of meetings at 
considerable .ost both to the "Executive Secretariat and to our different Member 
States. I cannot help thinking, however, that despite the saorifices made by 
our toUing masses, the re~1t8 of our endeavours here are well below the level 
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of our hopes and expeotation~~ 
We have taken the decision to act in Qoncert, working towards economic 
integration, towards the revitalivation of exohanges of all kinds, secure in 
the ,~nviction that only thus can we achieve the development of our states. 
We have all therefore embraced the noble ideals which we feel refleet 
the ligitimate" aspirations of the Peoples who have given us mandate to str:i.y-e 
for their welfare. We must acknowledge, however, that ~hen we co~e together 
at these meetings, the unity of "action to whi.~ our peoples aspire, is sadly 
absent. 
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We have to acknowledge that it is with great difficul ty that we come 
to agreement on those concrete achievements which would enable us to present 
results - however limited - to those who have placed their confidence in us, 
and made us the propelling force in the drive towards development. 
I should therefore like, at the beginning of this session to appeal 
to your spirit of understanding and stress the need for us to constantly 
bear in mind the objeotives of:lUlity and economio integration which we fixed 
for ourselves and also remember that it is imperative for us to satisfy the 
legitimate development needs of our peopleso 
No real progress has been made in respect of our programme of activity 
which includes trade liberalisation and pro~otiont immigration problems and 
development in the fields of Agril&ulture, Industry, Transport and Cormnunica­
tion etc.. We must therefore try to bring this period of stagnation to an encLt 
However, the major problem before us is that of obtaining funds. The 
Secretariat is not receiving contributions from Member States and it therefore 
finds itself in a very cri tical finanoial situation. I t is quite obvious that 
this no~-p~ent of oontributions will only hold up the activities of our 
organization. 
This is why I wish to make a' "special appeal. to all Delegates to urge 
their respective Governments to pay up their contributions. 
Finally,. I Should like to sollicit your cooperation in assisting me 
to conduct the proceedings of this meeting successfully. 
I extend to you once more the sentiments of friendship of the People 
of Guinea and declare the 14th Session of the lOOOWAS Council of Ministers opeIlo 
Thank youo 
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MOREIRA CORRErA FRANCISCO 
FIDALGO VICTOR 
OULE RIGOBERT 
KOUAME DIBY 
DOVE KOUITOUBO FRANCOIS 
ABDOU AoBe NJIE 
CHARLES THOMAS 
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EMMANUEL DARKO 
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OBABG~ D~AFFAlRES DE LA COTE D1IVOIRE EN GUINEE 
PERMANENT SECRETARY - MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC PLANNING 
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DlRECTEUR GENERAL DES DOUANES BP 580 CONAKRY 
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FAYAMA So hNDRE 
MME LOUGUE JOSEPHINE 
AMELIA WARD 
KWEKWE WASHINGTVN 
ALEXANDER Jo JACKSuN 
HENRIETTA M. KOENIG 
DRISSA KEITA 
SIDIKI DIALLO 
NA~IM OULD HAMADY 
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INSPECTEUR GENERAL DU TRAVAIL RoPeRo GUINEE 
DIRECTEUR DES ETUDES - MINISTERE DU COMMo EXTo R.PoRo GUINEE 
MINISTRE DU COMMERCE ET DE L'ARTISANAT - BISSAU 
SECRETA IRE GENERAL DU MINISTERE D~S TRAVAUX PUBLICS 
DIRECTEUR GENERAL ADJOINT - MINISTERE DU COMMERCE 
INSPECTEUR DES DOUANES - DIRECTION GEI~LE DES DOUANES 
DIRECTEUR DU CABINET DU MINISTRE DES FINABCES BP 7008 
OUAGhDOUGOU 
DIVISION DES RELATIuNS EXTERIEURES BP 506 OUAGADOUGOU 
DEPUTY MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS P.O. BOX 9016, 
MONROVIA, LIBERIA 
ECONOMIST-MINISTRY OF PLANNING - MONROVIA. 
ASST. MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS - MONROVIh - LIBERIA· 
DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE FOR REVENUES - MONROVIA 
MINISTRE DES FINANCES - MALI 
CONSEILLER AU MINISTBBE DES FINANCES - MALI 
CONSEILLER TECHNIQUE A LA PRESIDENCE - MALI 
FONCTIONNAIRE AU MINISTERE oDES FINANCES - MALI 
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PRINCIPAL SECRETARY - MINISTRY OF NAT. PLANNING - LAGOS 
ASSISTo DIRECTOR OF PLANNING - M[NISTRY OF NAT. PLANN. - LAGOS 
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH -CENTRAL B~NK OF NIGERIA 
M[NISTRE DU COMMERCE - SENEGAL 
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ACTING DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY - SIERRA LEONE 
PRINCIPAL TRADE OFFICER - MINISTRY OF TRADE & INDUSTRY 
FREETOWN - SIERRA LEONE 
AMBASSADOR PoOo BOX. 625 CONAKRY GUINEA 
SECRETAIRE GENERAL ADJOINT MANO RIVER UNION - S/LEONE 
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DIRECTEUR DES OPERATIONS 
DIRECTOR LEGAL DEPARTMENT 
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SECRETARIAT EXECUTIF 
SOURADJOU IBRAHIM 
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REBECCA OBEI BOATENG 
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JACQUES FRANCOIS TOKPLO 
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