Securing West Africa: The ECOWAS Defence Pact - JSTOR.

The creation of ECOWAS in May 1975 marked the successful outcome of protracted negotiations that had begun shortly after independence, and which reflected the mounting sense of unease in Africa and throughout the Third World that political independence did not signify effective control by the new states of their economies. Hence the numerous experiments at integration within the region, some.

The article examines the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) protocol on free movement and the challenges of human trafficking in West Africa. It investigates the implication of.

In May 1979, ECOWAS member States adopted their first protocol relating to the Free Movement of Persons, Residence and Establishment. It stipulated the right of ECOWAS citizens to enter, reside and establish economic activities in the territory of other member states and offers a three step roadmap of five years each to achieve freedom of movement of persons after fifteen years.

REASONS FOR ECOWAS FORMATION. ECOWAS was established to promote co-operation and integration in order to create an economic and monetary union for promoting economic growth and development in West Africa. ECOWAS was also established to promote trade liberalization. In April 2002, the ECOWAS council of ministers (com) approved a new procedure.

Legitimation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): A Normative and Institutional Inquiry Chidebe M. Nwankwo (Jr) A thesis submitted to Brunel University London in accordance with the requirements for award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Politics, History and the Brunel Law School.

The Economic community Of West African States (ECOWAS) with its headquarters situated in Abuja is the major economic bloc for my country Nigeria. ECOWAS is a regional group of fifteen countries, founded in Lagos on the 28th day of May, 1975.The countries include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde,Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinee, Guinee.

If this is the case, what has been the role and contribution of ECOWAS (the Economic Community of West African States) integration in regional peace, security, conflict prevention, management and.

Africa. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional grouping of sixteen West African countries founded on May 28, 1975, to promote cooperation and integration through the establishment of an economic union in West Africa in order to raise the living standards of its peoples, foster relations among member.

ECOWAS CONVENTION ON SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS, THEIR AMMUNITION AND OTHER RELATED MATERIALS PREAMBLE We, the Heads of State and Government of the Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); Mindful of Articles 7, 8, and 9 of ECOWAS Revised Treaty relating to the.

The paper delves into the treatise and protocols of ECOWAS, it also analyses the significance of such protocols to the survival of the organization and betterment of the peoples of the region.

Abstract. In 1975, ECOWAS was formed primarily as a regional economic bloc. Through a careful remaking of the original treaty and the addition of new Protocols, it managed to metamorphose into a security organization that ultimately intervened in the humanitarian crisis then unfolding in the West African nation of Sierra Leone.

ECOWAS is one of the pillars of the African Economic Community and its mission is to promote economic cooperation and integration. The overall objective of ECOWAS is to promote co-operation and integration in order to create an economic and monetary union for encouraging economic growth and development in West Africa (ECOWAS, 2010a). The.