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Course summary Association of Caribbean States (ACS):
ACS Member countries: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela.
The convention establishing the Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
was signed on 24 July 1994 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, with the aim of promoting consultation, cooperation and concerted action among all the countries
of the Caribbean, comprising 25 member states and three associate members. Eight
other non-independent Caribbean countries are eligible for associate membership.
The objectives of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) are the following:
- The strengthening of the regional co-operation and integration process, with a view to creating an
enhanced economic space in the region;
- Preserving the environmental integrity of the Caribbean Sea which is regarded as the common patrimony of the peoples of the region; and
- Promoting the sustainable development of the Greater Caribbean.
Association of Caribbean States (ACS) member states:
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St
Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.
Example of the course Association of Caribbean States (ACS):
Associate members:
Aruba , France (on behalf of French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique), the
Netherlands Antilles and Turks and Caicos.
Founding observers: Caribbean Community (CARICOM )
secretariat ,
SELA
, the Central American Integration System (SICA) and the Permanent
Secretariat of the General Agreement on Central American economic integration (SIECA) to facilitate their participation in the works of the Ministerial
Council and the special committees. The United Nations Economic Commission
for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Caribbean Tourism
Organisation (CTO) were admitted as founding observers in 2000 and 2001
respectively.
The main organs of the association are the Ministerial Council, which is the principal organ for policy-making and direction of the Association, and the Secretariat.
There are five special committees on :
- Trade development and external economic relations;
- Sustainable tourism;
- Transport;
- Natural disasters; and
- Budget and administration.
There is also a Council of National Representatives of the
special fund responsible for overseeing resource mobilisation efforts and
project development.
The CARICOM , Secretariat, the Latin American economic System (SELA ), the
Central American Integration System (SICA ) and the Permanent Secretariat of the
General Agreement on Central American economic integration (SIECA ) were
declared founding observers of the ACS in 1996.
Observers countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, India, Italy, Netherlands,
Korea, Morocco, Peru, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
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