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EXECUTIVE SECRETARY'S REPORTS

REPORT 2002
International relations, in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States of America, are undergoing a radical transformation. The face of the world has changed, and the very foundations of the state are threatened. There is a strong shift in the international agenda towards security issues and the fight against terrorism, almost to the detriment of aid for development. In addition, the world economy is in recession, even as the world’s largest economic grouping put its common currency, the euro into circulation on 1 January 2002. more...

REPORT 2000
The forty years that have elapsed since 1960, when most of the ECOWAS countries attained their independence, have been a particularly difficult period for West Africa. The region is entering a new century facing very many difficulties. More than half of the population subsists on less than one dollar a day; and the current economic growth level cannot bring about any significant reduction of poverty. more...

25th Anniversary Report
Remarkable changes have occurred in West Africa since the signing of the ECOWAS Treaty1 on 25 May 1975 just as the external environment has undergone considerable changes. This year’s celebration of the 25th anniversary of the community is an opportunity for reviewing the process of integration within the ECOWAS framework. This document is the Executive Secretariat’s contribution to the study of the achievements and prospects of ECOWAS. more...