Niger: Resolutions Of The Extraordinary Meeting Of ECOWAS

Niger: Resolutions Of The Extraordinary Meeting Of ECOWAS

 

NIGER– The  Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has decided to take further action against the military junta in the Niger Republic. The resolutions reached today during their extraordinary meeting at Abuja are: 

 

1. Directs the Committee of the Chief of defence staff to activate the ECOWAS standby force with all its elements immediately.

 

2. Order the deployment of the ECOWAS standby force to restore constitutional order in the Republic of Niger.

 

3. Underscore its continued commitment to the restoration of constitutional order through peaceful means.

 

4. Direct the President of the Commission to monitor the implementation of previous sanctions.

 

5. Call on the African Union to endorse all the decisions taken by the ECOWAS authority on the situation in Niger.

 

6. Warn member states who by their action directly or indirectly, hindered the peaceful resolution of the crisis in Niger about the consequences for their action before the community.