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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.