Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20073518
AutoresBarry Turner (autor de correspondencia)
Año2006
Páginas63-63
Fecha de publicación2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoCHAPTER
RevistaThe Statesman's Yearbook 2007 (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9780230271357_70
OpenAlexW2566141838
ISBN9780230271357
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17

Founded in 1975 as a regional common market, and now aiming to introduce a single currency in 2009, ECOWAS later also became a political forum involved in the promotion of a democratic environment and the pursuit of fundamental human rights. In July 1993 it revised its treaty to assume responsibility for the regulation of regional armed conflicts, acknowledging the inextricable link between development and peace and security. Thus it now has a new role in conflict management and prevention through its Mediation and Security Council, which monitors the moratorium on the export, import and manufacture of light weapons and ammunition. However, it still retains a military arm, ECOMOG. It is also involved in the war against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking

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