Regulation C/REG.5/06/06 Allocating the Post of Secretary-General of the ECOWAS Parliament to the Republic of Guinea, as an Exceptional Case


Economic Community of West African States

Regulation C/REG.5/06/06 Allocating the Post of Secretary-General of the ECOWAS Parliament to the Republic of Guinea, as an Exceptional Case

The Authority of Heads of State and Government,MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the ECOWAS Treaty establishing the Council of Ministers and defining its composition and functions;MINDFUL of Article 18, Paragraph 5, of the Treaty which stipulates that, in appointing professional staff of the Community, due regard shall be had, subject to ensuring the highest standards of efficiency and technical competence, to maintaining equitable geographical distribution of posts among nationals of all Member States.MINDFUL of Regulation C/REG.20/12/99 abolishing quota posts within the institutions of the Community;MINDFUL of Regulation C/REG.8/01/03 regularising the appointment of some officers of the ECOWAS Parliament and granting the status of statutory appointees to the Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretary-General;RECALLING that, by Regulation C/REG.3/06/06 relating to the operations, structure and administrative and financial management of the ECOWAS Parliament, the post of Secretary-General of the ECOWAS Parliament, which was initially a statutory post, was transformed into a professional post on Grade D2 after the expiration of the term of office of the incumbent;NOTING that the post of Secretary-General of the ECOWAS Parliament will soon be vacant;AWARE of the importance of the role of the Secretary-General of the ECOWAS Parliament in the administrative management of this institution;DESIROUS of providing the Community Institutions with highly qualified staff;REAFFIRMING its commitment to abolishing the quota system with regard to appointments to professional staff;DESIROUS, however, of paying special attention to the case of Guinea which has only a few nationals occupying the highest posts within the Institutions of the community;AFTER CONSIDERING the appeal made by Guinea's delegation to the fifty-sixth session of the Council of Ministers;ENACTS

Article 1

The post of Secretary-General of the ECOWAS Parliament is hereby allocated, as an exceptional case, to the Republic of Guinea.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be published by the Executive Secretariat in the Official Journal of the Community within thirty (30) days of its signature by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers.It shall also be published by each Member State, in its Official Journal, within the same time frame.
Done at Abuja, this 13th day of June 2006.Hon. Aïchatou MindaoudouChairman, for the Council
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