Treaty of Lagos

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founding treaty international agreement multilateral treaty

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.

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 → Economic Community of West African States →
foundingDocumentOf	Economic Community of West African States →
hasJurisdictionOver	member states of ECOWAS →
hasSuccessorTreaty	Revised ECOWAS Treaty →
isPartOf	regional integration in Africa →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → French →
legalBasisFor	ECOWAS institutions →
namedAfter	Lagos →
officialName	Treaty of Lagos →
placeSigned	Lagos →
purpose	economic integration in West Africa → regional economic cooperation →
regionServed	West Africa →
revisedBy	1993 Revised ECOWAS Treaty →
shortName	ECOWAS Treaty →
signatory	Benin NERFINISHED → Burkina Faso NERFINISHED → Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED → Gambia NERFINISHED → Ghana → Guinea → Guinea-Bissau → Liberia → Mali → Mauritania → Niger → Nigeria → Senegal → Sierra Leone → Togo NERFINISHED →
signingCityNowCapitalOf	Nigeria →
subjectMatter	common market → customs union → economic policy coordination → regional development → trade liberalization →
yearSigned	1975 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ECOWAS →	foundingTreaty
Treaty of Lagos →	officialName