The Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has initiated a meeting of experts towards the establishment of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council for West Africa (ECOSOCC-WA)
The Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Economic Community of West African States has initiated a meeting of experts towards the establishment of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council for West Africa
The decision to speed up the establishment of ECOSOCC-WA was reached in 2021 during a joint implementation of “ECOWAS Vision 2020: Strengthening regional capacities for conflict prevention” project between ECOWAS and the United Nations . Former President, ECOWAS Commission and the facilitator of the meeting, Toga Gayewea Mcintosh, gave a brief overview of the history of ECOSOCC-WA, whose creation was decided far back in 1993 when the revised ECOWAS treaty decided to set up the six key ECOWAS institutions, including the Commission, the Parliament and the Court of Justice.
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