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East African Community

LC control no.n 80085282
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Corporate name headingEast African Community
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Variant(s)E.A.C.
EAC
Østafrikanske fellesskap
Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki
See alsoPredecessor: East African Common Services Organization
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East African Co-operation
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Beginning date1967
1999
Ending date1977
LocatedArusha (Tanzania)
AddressP.O. Box 1096 Arusha Tanzania
Field of activityAfrica, Eastern--Economic integration Africa, East--Economic integration
Special noteSince the new EAC has the same sponsors as the old EAC, the Library of Congress' Cataloging Policy and Support Office decided to treat it as a single body with a 22 year gap, and therefore have a single name authority
Found inTreaty for East African co-operation, 1967.
Africa south of the Sahara, 1992: p. 30 (East African Community (EAC) was founded in 1967 by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania; dissolved 1977)
Institutional framework for an East African Federation, 2001?: p. i (re-establishing the East African Community with the signing of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community in Nov. 1999 by the Presidents of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania)
Strategy for regional peace and security, 2006: t.p. (Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki; East African Community)
Economist (London, England), Sept. 5th, 2009: p. 52 (In 1967, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania founded the East African Community (EAC); collapsed in 1977; revived in 1999; expanded in 2007 to include Burundi and Rwanda)
Not found inReport on the activities of the East African ... 1997: t.p. (East African Co-operation, POB 1096, Arusha, Tanzania; tel: 255-57-4253/8; fax: 255-57-4255; EAC, Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki)