Association of Caribbean States
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The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) (Also called the Asociacion de Estados del Caribe or Association des Etats de la Caraibe) was formed with the aim of promoting consultation, cooperation, and concerted action among all the countries of the Caribbean, comprising of 25 member states and three associate members. The Convention Establishing the ACS was signed on July 24, 1994 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
The secretariat of the organization is located in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
In December of 2004 during the 10th Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council, the Turks and Caicos Islands formally sought to become a new associate member to the (ACS) article.
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Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela
Aruba
France (on behalf of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique)
Netherlands Antilles
Turks and Caicos Islands (Pending the accession to the ACS Convention by the government.)
The ACS has held four summits, at the level of heads of State and/or Government, at the moment:
- I ACS Summit, at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, August 17 - 18 December 1995.
- II ACS Summit, at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, April 16 - 17 December 1999.
- III ACS Summit, at Isla Margarita, Venezuela, December 12 - 12 December 2001.
- IV ACS Summit, at Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá, July 29, 2005.