2926

Researcher: 
Mitchell
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Signature Date (yyyy-mm-dd): 
1981-03-23
Signature Year: 
1981
Signature Place: 
Abidjan
Signature-2nd bilateral: 
Entry into force (EIF) Date: 
1984-08-05
Terminated?
Term Date: 
Treaty Name and Text
Agreement Name: 
Convention For Cooperation In The Protection And Development Of The Marine And Coastal Environment Of The West And Central African Region
Alternative Treaty Names: 
Abidjan Convention
Possible Sources (additional): 
ECOLEX-2414; SMTFE-2; Fletcher, CIESIN, Burhenne, Rummel-Bulska, Sand, UNEP96; tre-1120.txt; reg-112.txt
Treaty Text: 
Convention For Cooperation In The Protection And Development Of The Marine And Coastal Environment Of The West And Central African Region
Treaty Type
Multilateral / Bilateral / Other - New: 
Multilateral (3 or more governments)
Agreement Type Level 3: 
Convention
E (environment) Code (agreement is environmental or not): 
Environmental
Source for E (environmental) code: 
Title
Text used for E (environmental) coding: 
Convention For Cooperation In The Protection And Development Of The Marine And Coastal Environment Of The West And Central African Region
Specific words used to code agreement as E (environmental): 
africa/coastal environment/environment/marine
Lineage
Lineage: 
Marine Environment West Central Africa
Sequence: 
100.000
Secretariat and auspices
Secretariat: 
Regional Co-ordinating Unit for West and Central African Action Plan (WACAF/RCU)
Org Auspices: 
UNEP
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2007.10
AmendProtToB: 
2926
AmendProtToC: 
2926
AmendProtToType: 
Agreement
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Subject: 
Nature/Ocean/Region
Category: 
ENV
UNEP2005pg: 
279
Coded Text: 
x
Lang1: 
EN.txt
Deletable
Treaty Text (legacy)
Short Name: 
Abidjan Convention
Core Filename: 
1981-MarineCoastalEnvironmentWestCentralAfrica
Source (URL) for text of treaty: 
https://iea.uoregon.edu/20%20I.L.M.%20746%20%281981%29
Date text posted to IEA: 
200403
Member Code: 
BEN,CIV,CMR,COG,GAB,GMB,GHA,GIN,LBR,MRT,NGA,SEN,TGO,
Members: 
Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Republic of Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo,
OrigMEAgrees: 
1
Related Accord Relationship: 
O
Related Accord Date: 
1981-03-23
Related Accord Name: 
Convention for Cooperation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region