Category:ECOWAS

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ECOWAS in Brief

The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen countries, founded in 1975. Its mission is to promote economic integration in “all fields of economic activity, particularly industry, transport, telecommunications, energy, agriculture, natural resources, commerce, monetary and financial questions, social and cultural matters …..” ECOWAS

November 01, 1998 – The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) declared a moratorium on the import, export and manufacture of light weapons. The Moratorium applies to pistols, rifles, shotguns, sub-machine guns, carbines, machine guns, anti-tank missiles, mortars and howitzers up to 85mm and ammunition and spare parts for the above. A Code of Conduct on its implementation was agreed on 24 March 1999.

Exceptions to the Moratorium may be granted where the goods are to meet legitimate security needs.

There are three exceptions to the Moratorium as follows:

• for international peace operations
• for legitimate national security needs
• for individual ownership of a single weapon in the pistol, shotgun or non-military rifle categories for hunting or sporting purposes.

The ECOWAS Moratorium applies to all states in ECOWAS

Pages in category “ECOWAS”

The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.

B

• Benin
• Burkina Faso

C

• Côte d’Ivoire

G

• Gambia
• Ghana

G cont.

• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau

L

• Liberia

M

• Mali

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• Niger

N cont.

• Nigeria

S

• Senegal
• Sierra Leone

T

• Togo

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