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

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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
linked to: ECOWAS
foundingDocumentOf Economic Community of West African States
linked to: ECOWAS
hasJurisdictionOver member states of ECOWAS
hasSuccessorTreaty Revised ECOWAS Treaty
isPartOf regional integration in Africa
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
legalBasisFor ECOWAS institutions
linked to: ECOWAS
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
Burkina Faso
Côte d’Ivoire
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Gambia
linked to: The 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