ECOWAS Legal Texts

• Treaty
• Protocols
• Recommendations, Decisions and Resolutions of Council of Ministers
• Decisions, Resolutions and Declarations of the Authority of Heads of State and Government
• Regulations
• Directives
• Summaries of Legislation
• Status of Ratification of Legal Texts
• ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework(ECPF)
• Telecoms Supplementary Acts
• Trade Supplementary Acts
• Regional Integration for Growth and Poverty Reduction in West Africa: Strategies and Plan of Action (15Mb)

Documents of individual Institutions and Agencies

• Authority of Heads of State and Government
• ECOWAS Parliament
• ECOWAS Council of Ministers
• Court of Justice
• ECOWAS Bank for Investment and
  Development (EBID)
• West African Health Organisation(WAHO)
• West African Monetary Agency (WAMA)
• West African Monetary Institute (WAMI)
• ECOWAS Youth & Sports Development Centre (EYSDC)
• ECOWAS Gender Development Centre (EGDC)
• Water Ressources Coordination Unit (WRCU)
• West African Common Industrial Policy (WACIP) - <Also in Portuguese>

Documents common to all the Institutions

• Press Releases
• Report of The President
• Final Communique
• Official Journal
• Speeches of the President of ECOWAS COMMISSION

• 42nd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government(Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, 27 - 28 February 2013)
• CONCLLUSIONS OF THE DONO RS’ CONFERRENCE FOR TTHE AFRICANN-LED INTERRNATIONAL SUUPPORT MISSSION IN MAALI AND THE MALIAN DEEFENSE ANDD SECURITY FFORCES (29 January 2013)
• EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE AUTHORITY OF ECOWAS HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT(Abidjan, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, 19 January 2013)
• EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF ECOWAS HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT(Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 11 November 2012)
• EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF ECOWAS HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT(Abidjan, 26 April 2012)
• EMERGENCY MINI-SUMMIT OF ECOWAS HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ON THE SITUATION IN MALI(ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE, 29 MARCH 2012)
• Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government(Abidjan, 27 March 2012)
• 40th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government(Abuja, 16 - 17 February 2012) ***** [Also in Portuguese]
• Mini-Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government Of Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal(Abuja, 10 September 2011)
• 39th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government(Abuja, 23 - 24 March 2011)
• EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ON COTE D’IVOIRE(Abuja, 24 December 2010)
• 38th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government(Sal, 2 July 2010)
• 37th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government(Abuja, 16 February 2010)
• 35th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government(Abuja, 19 December 2008)
• 34th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government(Abuja, 23 June 2008)



• 12th ICG MEETING ON GUINEA 2010

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Directeur exécutif (m/f) du programme « Mécanisme africain d'éco-labellisation »

Coordinateur (m/f) du programme « Mécanisme africain d'éco-labellisation »

• CONSULTATIVE MEETING ON A VIABLE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IN WEST AFRICA (Abuja, Nigeria, 27 June 2011)


• ECOWAS HIGH LEVEL VISIT TO SICHUAN GOVERNMENT (Sichuan, the PRC 22 – 23 June, 2011)


• ECOWAS HIGH LEVEL VISIT TO WUHAN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT (Wuhan, the PRC (China) 21 – 22 June, 2011)


• Democracy in the context of Regional Integration in West Africa” Status, Challenges and Perspectives’ (Chatham House Seminar London, United Kingdom 07 June 2011)


• Strengthening Coordination for Better Cooperation and Deeper Integration (Eight Annual ECOWAS Development partners Coordination Meeting 2-3 June 2011)


• Driving a People-Centered Regional Integration (Press Conference to Mark the 36^th Anniversary of the Founding of ECOWAS 27 May 2011)


• Opening address of President James Victor Gbeho at the 9th AFC meeting (Ninth Meeting of the Administration and Finance Committee. Abuja, 11-13 May 2011)

• ECOWAS SALUTES AFRICAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS, SUPER EAGLES OF NIGERIA(Abuja, 11 February 2013)
• SOLEMN DECLARATION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE UNION ON THE SITUATION IN MALI(Ethiopia, on 27 and 28 January 2013)
• STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ECOWAS COMMISSION ON THE SITUATION IN MALI(Abuja, 12 January 2013)
• COMMUNIQUE OF THE ECOWAS CHAIRMAN ON MALI(Abidjan, 11 January 2013)
• ECOWAS STATEMENT ON MALI(Abuja, 20 December 2012)
• ECOWAS STATEMENT ON MALI(Abuja, 11 December 2012)
• ECOWAS STATEMENT ON THE FORMATION OF GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY IN MALI(Abuja, 21 August 2012)
• ECOWAS STATEMENT ON GUINEA BISSAU(Abuja, April 19, 2012)
• ECOWAS REACTION TO ON-GOING COUP ATTEMPT IN GUINEA BISSAU(Abuja, April 13, 2012)
• STATEMENT BY H. E. ALASSANE OUATTARA, CHAIRMAN OF THE AUTHORITY OF ECOWAS HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ON THE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN MALI(Abidjan, April 06, 2012)
• ECOWAS STATEMENT ON GUINEA BISSAU(Abuja, April 06, 2012) ***** [Also in Portuguese]
• ECOWAS COMMISSION DECLARATION FOLLOWING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF NORTHERN MALI BY THE MNLA(Abuja, April 06, 2012)
• ECOWAS STATEMENT ON THE DISTURBANCES IN BAMAKO, MALI(Abuja, March 21, 2012)
• ECOWAS STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH Of MALI(Abuja, March 19, 2012)