Regulation C/REG.14/12/95 Relating to West Africa's Representation on the Board of Directors of the Global Environment Facility

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.14/12/95 Relating to West Africa's Representation on the Board of Directors of the Global Environment Facility

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;CONSIDERING that the instrument governing the restructuring of the Global Environment Facility provides that benefiting interest groups shall be established within each geographical zone, after consultations between participating beneficiary states and using criteria defined by them;NOTING that, following the distribution of interest groups benefiting from the Global Environment Facility into geographical zones, two Member States from West Africa are eligible to sit on its Board of Directors;CONSIDERING also that Cote d’Ivoire, Mauritania and Nigeria are candidates for the two posts allocated to West Africa on the Board of Directors;BEARING IN MIND the final communique of the eighteenth session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government held in Accra from 28th to 29th July, 1995, at which the Heads of State and Government directed that membership of the Board of Directors of the Global Environment Facility should rotate among ECOWAS countries;DESIROUS of appointing West Africa’s representatives without further delay and of defending the sub-region’s interests effectively within the Board of Directors of the Global Environment Facility;ENACTS

Article 1

For the duration of the first term of office, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria shall represent West Africa on the Board of Directors of the Global Environment Facility for the duration of the first term of office, with Mauritania and Cape Verde serving as alternate members.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be published by the Executive Secretariat in the Official Journal of the Community thirty (30) days after its signature by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and shall be communicated to the Board of Directors of the Global Environment Facility.It shall be published within the same time-frame in the National Gazette of each Member State and 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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