ABSTRACT

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was founded exclusively to focus on economic integration. However, in 1976, the Nigerian government proposed the adoption of a non-aggression protocol to regulate issues of regional collective security. The proposal was accepted in principle and the secretariat was tasked to formulate policy prescriptions for adoption of the decision organs. Using historical techniques, this article peruses existing literature, official reports and minutes of meetings of the ECOWAS authority and Council of Ministers to highlight the successes of the executive secretariat and reflect on the political, structural and security challenges that it encountered in facilitating the implementation of inter-organisational cooperation in the Liberian crisis.

摘要

西非国家经济共同体 (ECOWAS) 的成立专门致力于经济一体化。然而，1976 年，尼日利亚政府提议通过一项互不侵犯协议来规范地区集体安全问题。该提案被原则接受，秘书处的任务是制定决策机构通过的政策规定。本文使用历史技术，仔细阅读了西非经共体当局和部长理事会的现有文献、官方报告和会议记录，以突出执行秘书处的成功，并反思其在促进执行《公约》时遇到的政治、结构和安全挑战。利比里亚危机中的组织间合作。