ECOWAS
REVISED TREATY
ARTICLE 58
REGIONAL SECURITY
1.
Member States undertake to work tosafeguard andconsolidate relations conducive
to the maintenance of peace, stability and security within theregion.
2.
In pursuit of these objectives, Member States undertake to co-operate with the
Community in establishing and strengthening appropriate mechanisms for the
timely prevention and resolution of intra-State and inter-State conflicts, paying
particular regard to the need to:
a)
maintain periodic and regular consultations between national border
administration authorities;
b)
establish local or national joint commissions to examine any problems
encountered in relationsbetweenneighbouring States;
c)
encourage exchanges and co-operation between communities, townships
and administrative regions;
d)
organise meetings between relevant ministries on various aspects of interState relations;
e)
f)
employ where appropriate, good offices, conciliation, mediation and other
methods of peaceful settlement of disputes;
establish a regional peace and security observation system and peace
keeping forces where appropriate;
g)
provide, where necessaryand at the request of Member States, assistance
to. Member States for the observation of democratic elections.
3.
The detailed provisions governing political co-operation, regional peace and
stability shall be defined in the relevant Protocols.
ARTICLE 59
IMMIGRATION
1.
Citizensof the Communityshallhave the rightof entry,residenceand establishment
and MemberStates undertaketo recognisethese rights of Community citizens in
theirterritories in accordance withtheprovisions of the Protocols relatingthereto.
2.
3.
Member States undertake to adopt all appropriate measures to ensure that
Communitycitizensenjoy fullythe rightsreferredto in paragraph 1of this Article.
MemberStates undertake to adopt, at national level, all measures necessary for
the effective implementation of the provisions of this Article.
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