Association of Caribbean States

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The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) ( Spanish: Asociación de Estados del Caribe (AEC), French: Association des États de la Caraïbe (AEC)) is the Association of Caribbean States. The ACS is a regional organization to strengthen the cooperation of Caribbean countries with a population of approx. 275 million on an area of ​​approx. 5.1 million km².

The ACS was founded on July 24, 1994 in Cartagena de Indias ( Colombia ) with a secretariat in Port of Spain ( Trinidad and Tobago ), which today includes 25 independent states in the American Mediterranean . The official languages ​​are Spanish , English and French .

aims

Unlike the Caribbean Community CARICOM , which includes more loudly ACS anglophone part of the Caribbean and for integration z. B. stands with a common market and freedom of travel , the ACS is more concerned with international cooperation.

ACS focuses on cooperation between the following areas:

  • Disaster risk management through cooperation between the disaster control organizations,
  • sustainable tourism to improve the quality of life of present and future generations,
  • Trade, Development and External Economic Relations in the Caribbean as well
  • Transport (air and sea) in the Caribbean in support of trade and tourism

In 2008 the “Caribbean Sea Commission” (CSC) was set up to promote and monitor the sustainable use of the Caribbean.

Members

Full members
Associated member countries or territories
Observer status

18 countries are currently observers.

Summit meeting

The following meetings have been held so far:

summit Period place Country
01 17.-18. August 1995 Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago
02 16.-17. April 1999 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
03 December 12, 2001 Isla Margarita Venezuela
04 July 29, 2005 Panama City Panama
05 23-26 April 2013 Petionville Haiti
06 28-30 April 2014 Merida Mexico
07 June 6, 2016 Havana Cuba
08 (planned) 29th March 2019 Managua Nicaragua

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Country database DSW Report , 2013
  2. FAQ: What is the difference between the ACS and CARICOM?
  3. ^ Caribbean Sea Commission
  4. ^ List of full members and associate members of the ACS
  5. Curaçao established as legal successor of the Netherlands Antilles at the ACS
  6. ACS-AEC.org: Agreement to the incorporation of Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles as Associate Members of the ACS. Retrieved March 31, 2017 . (PDF, 36 kB, Spanish)