Association of Caribbean States

Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
*Asociación de Estados del Caribe* (Spanish)
*Association des États de la Caraïbe* (French)
Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Asociación de Estados del Caribe (Spanish); Association des États de la Caraïbe (French);
	Flag
	Map indicating ACS members (cream-coloured).
Seat of Secretariat	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Type	Regional organization
Membership	25 members; 10 associate members; 28 observers;
Leaders
• Secretary General	Rodolfo Sabonge
• Ministerial Council Chair	Bridgetown, Barbados
Establishment	Cartagena, Colombia July 24, 1994
	Website; http://www.acs-aec.org/

The Association of Caribbean States (ACS; Spanish: Asociación de Estados del Caribe; French: Association des États de la Caraïbe) is an advisory association of nations centered on the Caribbean Basin. It was formed with the aim of promoting consultation, cooperation, and concerted action among all the countries of the Caribbean coastal area. The primary purpose of the ACS is to promote greater trade between the nations, enhance transportation, develop sustainable tourism, and facilitate greater and more effective responses to local natural disasters.

It comprises twenty-five member states and seven associate members.^[2] The convention establishing the ACS was signed on July 24, 1994, in Cartagena, Colombia.

^ "ACS Leaders Pledge to Tackle Climate Change, Promote Sovereignty, Safe Migration & Reparations". ACS. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
^ "ACS Membership increases". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved Jun 20, 2020.

[1] "ACS Leaders Pledge to Tackle Climate Change, Promote Sovereignty, Safe Migration & Reparations". ACS. Retrieved April 7, 2019.

[ACS_Membership_increases-2] "ACS Membership increases". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved Jun 20, 2020.

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