| LC control no. | n 80060817 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Economic Community of West African States |
| Variant(s) | C.E.D.E.A.O. CEDEAO Communauté économique des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest Comunidade Económica dos Estados da África do Oeste Comunidade Económica dos Estados da África Ocidental E.C.O.W.A.S. ECOWAS |
| Biography/History note | created by treaty signed May 28, 1975 |
| Beginning date | 19750528 |
| Special note | Not same as Communauté économique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (West African Economic Community) |
| Found in | Communauté economique des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Masson, Paul R. Monetary union in West AFrica (ECOWAS), 2001: CIP t.p. (ECOWAS) introd. ("composed of the seven countries mentioned in the previous footnote [Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, the Gambia, Cape Verde], plus the eight countries that are members of the West African Economic and Monetary Union--namely, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo") Resolution of the ECOWAS Parliament on the political and security situation in the Republic of Mali, 2012, PDF viewed online Jul 19, 2012: t.p. (Communauté économique des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest; Communidade [sic] Economica dos Estados da Africa do Oeste; Economic Community of West African States) Panapress website, viewed Jul 19, 2012 (Comunidade Económica dos Estados da África Ocidental (CEDEAO)) |
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