ECOWAS

He said the AU and the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS) are working hard to peacefully resolve the impasse.

bloc ECOWAS say the leaders will try to persuade Mr. Gbagbo to make a peaceful exit in which his safety and security will be guaranteed.

And the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recently ruled that slavery is a crime against humanity.

ECOWAS has threatened to remove Mr. Gbagbo by force if he does not cede power to rival Alassane Ouattara.

Three presidents from the regional group known as ECOWAS met this past week with Mr. Gbagbo in hopes of arranging his departure.

The Economic Community of West African States, better known as ECOWAS, a 15-country regional body, is also gaining clout as a mediator.

THE Economic Community of West African States, better known as ECOWAS, has a notoriously tricky job.

The correspondents say Guineans had hoped for tougher sanctions and the embargo was the weakest measure ECOWAS could agree on.

The United Nations has called on the West African regional group ECOWAS to impose tougher sanctions on Guinea and Niger.

Election observers will include a coalition from Ghana, the regional bloc ECOWAS and the United Nations.

The regional ECOWAS alliance wants an independent investigation into this year's political violence.

The statement was issued after an emergency summit in Nigeria of the regional group Ecowas.

You bolster the regional and subregional organizations in their neighborhoods (the African Union, or ECOWAS).

Hundreds of Malians marched in Bamako this week to protest the idea of ECOWAS' military deployment.

The UN, African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have all called on Mr Gbagbo to step down.

The West Africa regional group in Ecowas has told the BBC it's closely following developments in Niger.

ECOWAS had taken the lead, holding talks with the soldiers and pro-democracy groups since October.

But this makes it hard for the other ECOWAS members to criticise Nigeria.

ECOWAS has repeatedly threatened force.

Guillaume Soro told reporters that the message of ECOWAS leaders is clear and this is Mr. Gbagbo's last chance.

A further obstacle to action from ECOWAS is Nigeria.

International Workshop on the Financing Mechanisms and Development Strategies for Cultural Industries of the ECOWAS Space ;

LNC; ECOWAS Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Resolution, Peacekeeping and Regional Security;

Seminar on the Senitization and Training of Administrators of Ministries of Foreign Affairs of ECOWAS and ECCAS Member States on Drugs ;

Introspection on ECOWAS'Peacekeeping Mission to Liberia

The Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS )

ECOWAS European Atomic Energy Community

ECOWAS six - month peace plan for Sierra Leone ;

ECOWAS Committee of Four on Sierra Leone ;