Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) - Similar companies

The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), formerly known as the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) ... Group of States, was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. It is composed of 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific states, with all, save Cuba, signatories to the Cotonou Agreement, or the the "ACP-EC Partnership Agreement", which binds them to the European Union. The OACPS comprises 48 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, 16 from the Caribbean and 15 from the Pacific. The main objectives of the OACPS are: * sustainable development of its Member-States and their gradual integration into the global economy, which entails making poverty reduction a matter of priority and establishing a new, fairer, and more equitable world order; * coordination of the activities of the ACP Group in the framework of the implementation of ACP-EC Partnership Agreements; * consolidation of unity and solidarity among ACP States, as well as understanding among their peoples; * establishment and strengthening of peace and stability in a free and democratic society. The ACP Secretariat's headquarters is located in Brussels (Belgium). read more