Regulation C/REG.1/12/95 Authorising the Managing Director of ECOWAS Fund to Sign on Behalf of the Community a Cooperation agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Date
13 December 1995
Language
English
Type
Legislation
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Economic Community of West African States

Regulation C/REG.1/12/95 Authorising the Managing Director of ECOWAS Fund to Sign on Behalf of the Community a Cooperation agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

The Council of Ministers,MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) establishing the Council of Ministers and defining its composition and functions;CONSCIOUS of the mandate of ECOWAS whose aim is to promote economic and social progress and ensure food security of its Member States;EQUALLY CONSCIOUS of the role of FAO as a pilot organisation of the United Nations system in the areas of food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries having the mandate of assisting Member States to formulate and implement their agricultural development plans;CONSIDERING that food self-sufficiency is a subject of concern common to the members of both FAO and ECOWAS;MINDFUL of the 1984 Cooperation Agreement between the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Economic Community of West African States of which the Fund is the development finance institution;CONSIDERING the recommendation of the 34th Session of the Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Fund held in Abuja from 8th to 9th December, 1995;ENACTS

Article 1

The Managing Director of the Fund is hereby authorised to finalise and sign the attached Cooperation Agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Article 2

This Regulation shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community by the Executive Secretariat within thirty (30) days of its signature by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers.It shall also be published within the same time-frame in the National Gazette of each Member State.This Regulation shall enter into force upon signature.
Done at Abuja, this 13th day of December, 1995Hon. Kwame PeprahChairman, for Council of Ministers
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