"Community" means the Economic Community of West African States referred to under Article 2 of the
Treaty;
"Member State" or "Member States" means a Member State or Member States of the Community as
defined in paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the Treaty;
"Community citizen or citizens" means any national (s) of Member States who satisfy the conditions
stipulated in the Protocol defining Community citizenship; "Court of Justice" means the Court of Justice of
the Community established under Article 15 of the Treaty;
"Authority" means the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West
African States established by Article 7 of the Treaty;
"Mediation and Security Council" means the Mediation and Security Council as defined by Article 8 of
the Protocol;
"Defence and Security Commission" means the Defence and Security Commission as defined in Article
18 of the Protocol;
"Executive Secretary" means the ECOWAS Executive Secretary appointed in accordance with Article 18
of the Treaty;
"Executive Secretariat" means the Executive Secretariat established under Article 17 of the Treaty;
"Deputy Executive Secretary" means the Deputy Executive Secretary in charge of Political Affairs,
Defence and Security as referred to in Article 16 of the Protocol;
"ECOMOG" means the ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group, which constitutes the Community's
intervention force as defined in Article 21 of the Protocol relating to the Mechanism etc;
"Armed Forces" includes the army, Airforce, Navy, and Gendarmerie;
"Security Forces" the Police, Gendarmerie, National Guards and other Forces assigned with security.
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