(5) West African gas pipeline project

African narratives in the West, they proliferate.

The West African subregion, through its regional organization the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) promptly deployed a peacekeeping force with the full political backing of the African Union.

Qualification (a) West African School Certificate (WASC) 1975

Field testing will take place in three West African LDCs on a selected commodity sector with potential for regional trade along the West African Central Corridor.

In the West African subregion, the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have continued to remain fully engaged with efforts to find a lasting solution to the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.

Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (West African Economic and Monetary Union).

It also enjoys the support of the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union and the United Nations.

The stakes are also high for the West African subregion as a whole.

Other West African States which have ratified the Protocol include Burkina Faso and Mali.

The Council will have to work in close cooperation with South Africa, the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States.

The Economic Community of West African States and the East African Community have eased trans border movements of people by issuing regional passports.

The African Union, the Southern African Development Community and the Economic Community of West African States have made commitments to support the sustainable modernization of agriculture and rural transformation (SMART).

(a) The increasing cooperation between the Office of the High Commissioner and African organizations and suborganizations, in particular the African Union, the Economic Community of Central African States, the Economic Community of West African States and the Southern African Development Community

ECOWAS is a regional group of 15 West African countries see www.sec.ecowas.int sitecedeao english member.htm.

On the African continent, we have financially supported the implementation of the moratorium of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) since 1999.

We also acknowledge the important contributions and roles of the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the Economic Community of Central African States, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and the Southern African Development Community.

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Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Community of West African States,

This address would be incomplete without reference to the security situation in the West African subregion.

In the French West African Shipowners' Committees case, for instance, the European Commission brought a case against cartels or exclusionary abuses by liner conferences or shipowners' committees with dominant positions in the maritime traffic between Europe and 11 West and Central African States.

Regarding the implementation of the Advanced Cargo Information System, ACIS, contacts have been maintained with the secretariat of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) to finalize the feasibility study for the implementation of a road tracker system in West African countries.

Further involving regional organizations, such as the Economic Community of West African States, is one way forward.

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The economic impact of the Ivorian crisis has had negative repercussions for the entire West African subregion.

The West African Regional Transit Facilitation Programme was being implemented with the support of the World Bank.

President Eyadema will be greatly missed, not only by the people of Togo but also by those of the West African region and of the entire African continent.

The African Union, the Economic Community of West African States and the Economic Community of Central African States have all shouldered peace and security responsibilities that in past decades would have passed automatically to extraregional entities.

Next stop is West African Heart Institute, that we are going to be doing in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, as I said before. We will do other centers across West Africa.

We call for closer collaboration between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations such as the African Union, the Southern African Development Community and the Economic Community of West African States, to mention but a few.

Within the West African subregion, Guinea had participated in the first meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), held in February 2004, and in the subregional meeting on the 10 year review of the Beijing Platform for Action and other initiatives, held in April.

The death of President Eyadema is a great loss for the States of West Africa and the African continent.

Agrawal, A and Ribot J. 1999. Accountability in Decentralization A Framework with South Asian and West African Environmental Cases.

Partnerships in this area need to be enhanced with the African Union and all regional mechanisms, such as the East African Community, the Economic Community of West African States and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.

Working closely with the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States, it has been able to make significant gains in countries such as the Sudan and Guinea Bissau.

Deteriorating security demanded intensive contingency planning in Colombia, Iraq, Nepal, the Russian Federation, Sudan and the West African coastal countries.

See David McAlary, Study links low West African fish supply to increased bush meat hunting, VOA News, November 11, 2004.

In May 2005, the Economic Community of West African States and UNHCR jointly organized a regional experts meeting on sustainable solutions to situations of forced displacement in West Africa to identify best practices.

India contributed divisions and brigades to the European, Mediterranean, West Asian, North African, and East African theatres. In Europe, Indian soldiers were among the first to suffer the horrors of the trenches.

The Council also welcomes the growing and constructive partnership between the United Nations system, Economic Organization of West African States (ECOWAS), individual Member States, key bilateral and multilateral development partners, as well as civil society organizations, including women's organizations, aimed at addressing the many complex challenges confronting the West African subregion.

West African leaders are aware that only by fighting together against this shameful trafficking will they be able to overcome it.

In particular, it could be related to the processes of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regarding small arms.

Joint action by the United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States and the European Union on cross border issues

Welcoming also the initiative taken by the Economic Community of West African States concerning the declaration of a moratorium on the importation, exportation and manufacture of small arms and light weapons in West Africa,

Welcoming also the initiative taken by the Economic Community of West African States concerning the declaration of a moratorium on the importation, exportation and manufacture of small arms and light weapons in West Africa,