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	Lagos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lagos is built on the mainland and the series of islands surrounding Lagos Lagoon.
		Lagos is the former capital city of Nigeria as it was replaced by Abuja in 1976, but the city remains the commercial center of Nigeria.
		Lagos was the capital of Nigeria from 1914 - 1976; then the capital was moved to Abuja.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lagos (730 words)

	Lagos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Lagos is the largest city in Nigeria and, with its population of 13.4 million people (2000), one of the largest in Africa (second only to Cairo, Egypt).
		Lagos was the capital of Nigeria until 1991 when the capital was moved to Abuja.
		Lagos was incorporated into the colony of Nigeria in 1900.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/Lagos.htm (448 words)

	Chapter I: Introductory.
		To the east of Lagos the old coast-line seems to have been almost conterminous with the northern shores of the Kradu and Lekki lagoons, and the water-way which connects them by way of Epi, while to the west it appears to have trended back northwards bevond the lagoons of Oluge and Porto Novo.
		This state of affairs was brought to an end by a treaty of peace inade in 1747, by which the King of Dahomi undertook to pay a heavy annual tribute to the King of Yoruba.
		For a short time the Jebus observed their treaty engagements, and one member of the Church Missionary Society was allowed to pass through Jebu Ode on his way to the interior; but when, soon afterwards, in the month of February, another missionary attempted to pass through the capital he was ill-used and sent back.
	www.sacred-texts.com /afr/yor/yor02.htm (6462 words)

	Yoruba War 1877-1893
		The Lagos government was under instructions from London and Accra to keep out of the conflict, even though the fighting was having serious effects on the economic life of the colony.
		Under commercial and mission pressure, the Lagos government attempted to mediate but was rebuffed, and from 1882 to 1884 the British did nothing.
		The parties then signed a treaty in Lagos with Governor Maloney which provided for the independence of the Ekitiparapo towns and the evacuation of Modakeke, to suit Ife,.
	www.onwar.com /aced/data/whiskey/westafricanwar1877.htm (892 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Treaty on the establishment of the Community was signed by the Leader of Great El-Fateh Revolution and the Heads of State of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan.
		The establishment of COMESA was a fulfilment of the requirements of the PTA Treaty, which provided for the transformation of the PTA into a common market ten years after the entry into force of the PTA Treaty.
		Finally, on February 17, 1989 in Marrakech, the Treaty establishing the AMU was signed by the Heads of State of the five countries.
	www.africa-union.org /About_AU/Abrecs.htm (914 words)

	FLAWI :: Florida West Africa Linkage Institute
		The Community was established by the Treaty of Lagos, which was signed by representatives of 15 West African States in Lagos on May 28, 1975.
		The revised Treaty reflects West Africa's regional cooperation experiences over the preceding fifteen years and takes into account the exigencies of continental integration as envisaged in the Treaty of the African Economic Community.
		The principal objectives of the Treaty, to be achieved in stages, is the creation of an economic and monetary union.
	www.unf.edu /dept/flawi/trade.html (680 words)

	An MBendi Profile - Organisation: Economic Community of West African States
		The Treaty of Lagos, establishing ECOWAS, was signed in May 1975 by 15 states, with the object of promoting trade, co-operation and self-reliance in West Africa.
		A revised ECOWAS treaty, designed to accelerate economic integration and to increase political co-operation, was drafted in 1991-92, and was signed in July 1993.
		The revised treaty designates the achievement of a common market and a single currency as economic objectives, while in the political sphere it envisages the establishment of a West African parliament, an economic and social council and an ECOWAS court of justice to replace the existing Tribunal and enforce Community decisions.
	www.mbendi.co.za /cb17.htm (198 words)

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		The aims of this were to explore the interior, to make treaties with the local peoples, to evangelise, and to establish a model farm at Lokoja (Crowder,1966: 141).
		Lagos politics during the early 19th century were complicated by a long dynastic dispute which culminated in the deposition of Oba Akitoye in 1845 by Kosoko, his nephew.
		Nevertheless, they had supplied Lagos with a wealth of information on the interior, and they were to play an important role in the negotiations to end the wars.
	lucy.ukc.ac.uk /YorubaT/yt2.html (9513 words)

	YORUBA-SPEAKING PEOPLES
		The sacrifice was of course secret, and according to native report the canoemen used to watch by night till they caught some solitary wayfarer, whom they gagged and conveyed across the lagoon to the sea-shore, where they struck off his head and threw the body into the surf.
		Olosa (oni-osa, owner of the laaoon) is the goddess of the Lagos Lagoon, and the principal wife of her brother Olokim, the sea-god.
		At Erapo, a village on the Lagoon between Lagos and Badagry, there is a celebrated temple to Ibeji, to which all twins, and the parents of twins, from a long distance round make pilgrimages.
	fraktali.849pm.com /text/archive/afr/yor/yor.htm (18662 words)

	STATE OF THE WORLD'S FORESTS 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Treaty of Lagos establishing the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was signed by representatives of 15 West African States in Lagos on 28 May 1975.
		The ECOWAS Treaty specifies that the Community's objective, to be achieved in stages, is the creation of an economic and monetary union.
		The Declaration and Treaty establishing the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was signed at the Summit of Heads of Government in Windhoek, Namibia in August 1992.
	www.fao.org /docrep/003/y0900e/y0900e10.htm (2655 words)

	1852, Jan. 1. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Akitoye, king of Lagos, signed a treaty with the British for the abolition of the slave trade.
		After several decades of resisting new territorial acquisitions in West Africa, Britain proclaimed Lagos a Crown colony in order to control the key terminus of Yoruba trade routes.
		But despite the British move, French and German merchants continued to compete for economic advantage in the region.
	www.bartleby.com /67/1516.html (341 words)

	The state of world fisheries and aquaculture PART 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas on 4 July 1973 for the principal purpose of enhancing, through cooperation, the economic, social and cultural development of the populations of member countries.
		The Treaty of Lagos, which established the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), was signed by representatives of 15 West African States in Lagos on 28 May 1975.
		The ECOWAS Treaty specifies the Community's objective, to be achieved in stages, as being the creation of economic and monetary union.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/003/X8002e/x8002e08.htm (5048 words)

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		The ECB, as envisioned by the Treaty of Maastricht, would be created to oversee performance of economic policy and exchange rate policy tasks conferred on the European System of Central Banks.
		ECOWAS, established in May 1975 by the Treaty of Lagos (first operating in November 1976), is an economic association of 16 West African nations aimed at creating a full customs union (not yet achieved) as well as social and cultural fellowship.
		Under provisions of the Maastricht Treaty, the ECU is scheduled to be adopted as the single European currency in Stage III of European Monetary Union (by 1999 at the latest).
	www.asktrade.com /acro_e.asp (4977 words)

	Economic Community of West African States biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Economic Community of West African States is a regional group of fifteen countries, founded on May 28, 1975 when 15 West African countries signed the Treaty of Lagos.
		It was founded to achieve "collective self-sufficiency" for the member states by means of economic and monetary union creating a single large trading bloc.
		The very slow progress towards this aim meant that the treaty was revised towards a looser collaboration.
	www.biography.ms /ECOWAS.html (137 words)

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		However, the Treaty was overtaken by events and a new Charter for the Bank, with the same signatories, came into force on July 23, 1980.
		On December 15, 1983, the Bank was prescribed by the IMF as a holder of SDRs, and was thus authorized to acquire and use SDRs in operations and transactions with participants in the IMF's SDR Department and other holders under the same terms and conditions as participants.
		Following signing of the Treaty of the West African Monetary Union (UEMOA) on January 10, 1994, and its entry into force on August 1, 1994 the BOAD became a specialized autonomous institution of the Union.
	www.augustana.ab.ca /rdx/bruneau/documents/RecentEventsinAfricanContinentalOrganization.doc (1632 words)

	CSI Activities (Lagos, Nigeria) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The battle against flood in the Lagos metropolis gathered steam yesterday as the state government led other stakeholders to sign a treaty with some residents.
		Madueke expressed the passionate concern of UNESCO in ensuring a flood-free Lagos, stating that it was ever-ready to be part of such projects.
		Owoh Jnr who echoed his views hinted that CUN had started distributing 5000 copies of stickers to residents of Falomo in efforts to heighten its enlightenment crusade to change people's indecent attitude to their environment.
	www.unesco.org /csi/act/lagos/lagnews-comet.htm (282 words)

	Features
		Those include the Lagos Plan of Action for the Economic Development of Africa (1980), Africa’s Priority Programme for Economic Recovery (1986), the African Alternative Framework to Structural Adjustment Programme for Socio-Economic Recovery and Transformation (1989), and the Abuja Treaty (1994).
		The Lagos Plan had set the year 2000 as the time by which an African Common Market free movement of goods, services, capital, and labor would be established.
		What may set NEPAD apart from the preceding initiatives is the way its language and economic orientation is explicitly in harmony with what is espoused by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and even the World Trade Organization.
	www.arushatimes.co.tz /2003/34/features_1.htm (819 words)

	ILC87 - Report III (1B) Migrant Workers
		Of these, in 1975 the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWA) adopted the Treaty of Lagos, which guarantees freedom of movement and residence, as well as equality of treatment in relation to cultural, religious, economic, professional and social activities between nationals of all ratifying States.
		The 1979 Protocol to this Treaty entitled all citizens of the ECOWA to enter, reside and settle in the territory of Member States.
		One of the most prominent events of that year was the insertion of a specific anti-discrimination clause in the Treaty of Amsterdam which outlawed discrimination on the grounds of, inter alia, racial or ethnic origin.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc87/r3-1b1.htm (7028 words)

	CSI Activities (Lagos, Nigeria) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Lagos, others sign treaty against flood August '03
		Flood mitigation in Lagos, Nigeria, through the wise management of solid waste: the case of Ikoyi and Victoria Islands Nov. '01
		Articles related to the media and public forum on "Drainage and Flooding Problems in Lagos: A Case Study of Victoria and Ikoyi Islands" June '00
	www.unesco.org /csi/act/lagos/lag.htm (142 words)

	GulfZone.net " Explore a Huge and Rich Market online " (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In the European Monetary System (EMS), the ecu is used as a basis for setting central rates in the exchange rate mechanism, as an accounting unit, and as a reserve instrument and means of settlement among EMS central banks.
		The composition of the basket comprising the ecu was frozen on November 1, 1993 in accordance with a provision of the Maastricht Treaty which entered into force also on November 1.
		The EMI is also intended to strengthen coordination of monetary policies among European Community member states and to study and develop the infrastructure and procedures required for the conduct of single monetary policy.
	www.gulfzone.net /glosry_e2h.asp (11984 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Lagos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Lagos; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Lagos (860 words)

	Reference at Tiscali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		What is the term for a region that is receiving some help from the central government, usually in the form of extra funding, as part of a regional policy?
		What is the organization for the promotion of economic cooperation and development, established 1975 by the Treaty of Lagos?
		What is the term for the legal prohibition by a government of trade with another country, forbidding foreign ships to leave or enter its ports?
	www.curantbum.org.uk /reference/quiz/display_quiz.php?quiztype=popular&cat=EC (151 words)

	General News of Saturday, 20 March 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Treaty of Lagos, which established ECOWAS in 1975, was revised in July 1993 to reflect West Africa's regional cooperation experiences over the preceding fifteen years.
		This takes into account the exigencies of continental integration as envisaged in the Treaty of the African Economic Community.
		The Treaty of the African Economic Community has its principal objectives as the creation of an economic and monetary union.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=54309 (671 words)

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		o Bilateral Investment Treaty A bilateral investment treaty, BIT, ensures U.S. investments abroad of national or most favored nation treatment; prohibits the imposition of performance requirements; and allows the American investor to engage top management in a foreign country without regard to nationality.
		o Commercial Treaty An agreement between two or more countries setting forth the conditions under which business between the countries may be transacted.
		CCITT is a part of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which is an international treaty organization.
	www.ntia.doc.gov /lexcon.txt (18574 words)

	Dictionary Definitions
		Established in May 1975 by the Treaty of Lagos, the ECOWAS brought together 16 West African countries in an economic association aimed at creating a full customs union (not yet achieved).
		The three European Communities operate under separate treaties: the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM), and the European Economic Community (EEC).
		The surrender by one country of an alleged criminal to the authorities of the country that has jurisdiction to try the charge.
	www.fredoniainc.com /glossary/bodye.html (7714 words)

	Encyclopedia: Treaty of Lagos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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		Alternate uses: Lagos (disambiguation) Lagos is the largest city in Nigeria and, with its population of 13.
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	Ahome.tg - Your passport to Togo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In fact, a small village called Togo, was located by a lagoon near the gulf of Benin.
		This small village, which was composed of just a few huts, suddenly became by the end of the 19th century, the scene of a historical event: the signature of a treaty which is in fact the birth certificate of a country since then called "Togo".
		The treaty gave to the Bismarck, the German Emperor, powers that he was not really willing to make use of, but which were profitable to some German merchants and businessmen.
	www.ahome.tg /eng_html/historique.htm (3413 words)

	May 28 biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
		1503 - Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England is signed.
		1975 - 15 West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos thus creating the Economic Community of West African States.
	www.biography.ms /May_28.html (827 words)

	Nigeria - NigeriaExchange - Personalities
		Occupation of Lagos by the British forces; Oba Kosoko defeated and deposed
		Lagos ceded to British; Oba Docemo signs cession treaty; Lagos has its own governor
		Census of the settlement of Lagos and its dependencies
	www.ngex.com /personalities/voices/baluko1800.htm (265 words)

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