Article 1 — CEDEAO Traite-1975

Establishment and Membership of the Community 1. By this Treaty the HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES establish among themselves an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), hereinafter referred to as "the Community" 2. The members of the Community, hereinafter referred to as "the Member States”, shall be the States that ratify this Treaty and such other West African States as may accede to it.