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 3 associate members. The Convention Establishing the ACS was signed on July 24, 1994 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Image File history File links This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ... ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... For other places of the same name, see Cartagena Bocagrande Cartagena San Pedro Square,Old City Cartagena Cartagena, Colombia, also known as Cartagena de Indias, is a large seaport on the north coast of Colombia. ...

The secretariat of the organization is located Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Port-of-Spain, population 49,000 (metro: 300,000) (2000), is the capital of 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.

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

Associate Member States

• 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.)

Summits

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.

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External links

• ACS website