Treaty of Lagos

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The Treaty of Lagos is the 1975 agreement that established the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a regional organization for economic integration and cooperation in West Africa.

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Treaty of Lagos canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf founding treaty
international agreement
multilateral treaty
continent Africa
countryOfSigning Nigeria
createdOrganizationType regional economic community
dateSigned 1975-05-28
enteredIntoForceInDecade 1970s
established ECOWAS
ECOWAS
surface form: Economic Community of West African States
foundingDocumentOf ECOWAS
surface form: Economic Community of West African States
hasJurisdictionOver member states of ECOWAS
hasSuccessorTreaty ECOWAS Revised Treaty
surface form: Revised ECOWAS Treaty
isPartOf regional integration in Africa
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
legalBasisFor ECOWAS
surface form: ECOWAS institutions
namedAfter Lagos
officialName Treaty of Lagos self-link
placeSigned Lagos
purpose economic integration in West Africa
regional economic cooperation
regionServed West Africa
revisedBy ECOWAS Revised Treaty
surface form: 1993 Revised ECOWAS Treaty
shortName ECOWAS Revised Treaty
surface form: ECOWAS Treaty
signatory Benin
Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire
surface form: Côte d’Ivoire

The Gambia
surface form: Gambia

Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
signingCityNowCapitalOf Nigeria
subjectMatter common market
customs union
economic policy coordination
regional development
trade liberalization
yearSigned 1975

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ECOWAS foundingTreaty Treaty of Lagos
Treaty of Lagos officialName Treaty of Lagos self-link