Association of Caribbean States
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
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- Associated member countries or territories
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Aruba (autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ) -
Curaçao (autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, successor to the Netherlands Antilles which joined in 1997 and dissolved in 2010 ) -
France , as a representation of
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French Guiana
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Guadeloupe
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Martinique
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Saint-Barthélemy (upgraded to an independent regional authority since 2007, previously part of the assigned member Guadeloupe)
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Saint-Martin (upgraded to an independent local authority since 2007, previously part of the Associate Member of Guadeloupe)
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Turks and Caicos Islands (since 2008)
- 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
- Official website (English, Spanish, French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Country database DSW Report , 2013
- ↑ FAQ: What is the difference between the ACS and CARICOM?
- ^ Caribbean Sea Commission
- ^ List of full members and associate members of the ACS
- ↑ Curaçao established as legal successor of the Netherlands Antilles at the ACS
- ↑ 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)