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INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT5Articles of Association for the establishment of an Economic Community of West AfricaAccra, 4 May 1967Entry into force4 May 1967, in accordance with article 7(2).Registration4 May 1967, No. 8623StatusParties12TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 595, p. 287.Adopted by the West African Sub-regional Conference on Economic Co-operation, held at Accra from 27 April to 4 May 1967. )The Articles of Association for the Establishment of an Economic Community of West Africa done at Accra on 4 May 1967 were concluded "pending the formal establishment of the Community" (preamble). Thereafter, two additional agreements were concluded: (1) the Treaty establishing the Community of West Africa, concluded at Abidjan on 17 April 1973 between the Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Upper Volta (came into force on 1 January 1974 and deposited with the Government of Upper Volta); and (2) the Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), concluded at Lagos on 28 May 1975 between Benin, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and Upper Volta (came into force on 20 June 1975 and deposited with the Government of Nigeria.

ParticipantDefinitive signature(s)Benin 4 May 1967 sBurkina Faso 4 May 1967 sGambia21 Nov 1967 sGhana 4 May 1967 sLiberia 4 May 1967 sMali 4 May 1967 sMauritania 4 May 1967 sNiger 4 May 1967 sNigeria 4 May 1967 sSenegal 4 May 1967 sSierra Leone 4 May 1967 sTogo 4 May 1967 s