Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS

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intergovernmental body organ of ECOWAS supreme decision-making body

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS is the supreme decision-making body of the Economic Community of West African States, composed of the heads of state or government of its member countries and responsible for setting the organization’s overall political and strategic direction.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS canonical 3
ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government 1
ECOWAS institutional organs 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental body ⓘ
organ of ECOWAS ⓘ
supreme decision-making body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Authority of Heads of State and Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
Conference of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedOf heads of government of ECOWAS member states ⓘ
heads of state of ECOWAS member states ⓘ
country Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cabo Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionMakingMode consensus ⓘ
goal promote economic integration in West Africa ⓘ
promote peace and security in West Africa ⓘ
promote political cooperation among member states ⓘ
hasPower adopt decisions binding on ECOWAS institutions ⓘ
adopt protocols and supplementary acts ⓘ
appoint statutory appointees of ECOWAS institutions ⓘ
appoint the President of the ECOWAS Commission ⓘ
determine the general direction and priorities of regional integration ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
legalBasis ECOWAS Revised Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
mayHold extraordinary sessions ⓘ
meets at least once a year ⓘ
oversees Council of Ministers of ECOWAS NERFINISHED ⓘ
ECOWAS Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
other ECOWAS institutions ⓘ
partOf Economic Community of West African States NERFINISHED ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
role ensures the implementation of ECOWAS objectives ⓘ
provides general policy guidelines for ECOWAS ⓘ
sets overall political direction of ECOWAS ⓘ
sets overall strategic direction of ECOWAS ⓘ
supreme decision-making body of ECOWAS ⓘ
shortName ECOWAS Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supplementary Protocol A/SP.1/01/05 → adoptedBy → Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS ⓘ
Community Parliament → memberOf → Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS ⓘ
this entity surface form: ECOWAS institutional organs
ECOWAS Revised Treaty → adoptedBy → Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS ⓘ
this entity surface form: ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government
ECOWAS Revised Treaty → establishes → Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS ⓘ
Protocol relating to the Community Parliament → adoptedBy → Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS ⓘ