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Whereas the Act of Niamey relating to the Navigation and the Economic Co-operation between the States of the Niger Basin was signed on the 26th October 1963 at Niamey, |
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Whereas the Summit of Heads of State and Government met on the 26th January 1979 at Lagos and set up the objectives of dynamising the Organization, |
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Considering the guiding Speech made by the Current Chairman of the Summit of Heads of State and Government to the 6th Ministerial Session of the River Niger Commission on the 11th March 1980 in Conakry, |
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Bearing in mind the need to promote the social and economic progress of their countries in order to improve the standard of living of their Peoples, |
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Convinced that the social and economic progress of their countries calls for an effective economic co-operation based on determined and concerted policy to put together their individual means for the attainment of a collective welfare, |
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Convinced of the necessity to promote the economic development of their countries through an integrated development of the Niger River Basin, |
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Reaffirming their willingness for unity and solidarity in the organization for the overall development of the Niger Basin, |
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Decide to transform the River Niger Commission into a "Niger Basin Authority". |
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Chapter I CREATION AND COMPOSITION |
