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Declaration of the ACS on the situation in Honduras
Port of Spain (June 29, 2009) – The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) strongly condemns the military coup d’état that took place early Sunday morning in the Republic of Honduras against the legal, constitutional and democratically elected President José Manuel Zelaya Rosales ...read more
ACS Secretary General meets with Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago
 Port of Spain (May 8, 2009) – Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Secretary General, Ambassador Luis Fernando Andrade Falla, met with the Honourable Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Mr Patrick Manning, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Port of Spain on 5 May 2009 ...read more
ACS Ministers of Tourism agree to make the Greater Caribbean the first Sustainable Tourism Zone in the world
 Port of Spain (May 8, 2009) – Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Ministers of Tourism and their representatives agreed on 24 April 2009 to make the Greater Caribbean region the first Sustainable Tourism Zone in the world. This was one of the major conclusions from the 2nd Meeting of Ministers of Tourism of the Greater Caribbean, which is contained in the Declaration of Barranquilla ...read more
ACS 2nd Meeting of Ministers of Tourism of the Greater Caribbean gets underway
 Port of Spain (April 24, 2009) – Ministers of Tourism and their representatives will meet today in the Colombian city of Barranquilla for the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) 2nd Meeting of Ministers of Tourism of the Greater Caribbean ...read more
Meeting of the Secretaries General of ACS, SICA and CARICOM
 Port of Spain (April 20, 2009) – On April 20, 2009, following the conclusion of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the Secretaries- General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) and the Central American Integration System (SICA), met to examine the scope for further strengthening coordination among said Secretariats and exchanging opinions regarding their common objectives ...read more
ACS 2nd Meeting of Ministers of Tourism of the Greater Caribbean to look at regional tourism challenges
Port of Spain (April 3, 2009) – The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) will convene the 2nd Meeting of Ministers of Tourism of the Greater Caribbean in the Colombian city of Barranquilla on 24 April 2009. The meeting is a joint effort to identify Wider Caribbean solutions for the tourism industry, one of the most important economic activities of the region ...read more
New Ambassador of Korea pays courtesy visit to the ACS
 Port of Spain (April 1, 2009) – The Secretariat of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) received a courtesy visit on 31 March 2009 from Ambassador Yongkyu Kwon, newly appointed Ambassador of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Trinidad & Tobago, who has a long career in the Korean diplomatic service ...read more
Finland’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs visits the ACS
 Port of Spain (March 31, 2009) – Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Secretary General, Ambassador Luis Fernando Andrade Falla received a courtesy visit on 25 March 2009 from HE Marjatti Rasi, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Finland at the ACS Secretariat in Port of Spain, Trinidad ...read more
ACS and Canada expand relations
 Port of Spain (March 31, 2009) – High-level representatives from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Canadian High Commission in Trinidad & Tobago paid a visit to the headquarters of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) on 23 March 2009, where they met with the ACS Secretary General, Ambassador Luis Fernando Andrade Falla and Political Advisor, Dr Watson Denis ...read more
EU Expands Cooperation with ACS
 Port of Spain (March 31, 2009) – Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Ambassador Luis Fernando Andrade Falla, accompanied by the ACS Political Advisor, Dr. Watson Denis, recently extended congratulations to the Chargé d’Affaires of the Delegation of the European Commission (EC) to Trinidad & Tobago, Mr. Stelios Christopoulos, on the occasion of remitting to him the official instrument recognizing the EU as Observer of the Association ...read more
ACS and India discuss cooperation
 Port of Spain (March 31, 2009) –Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Ambassador Luis Fernando Andrade Falla recently received a courtesy visit from newly appointed High Commissioner of India in Trinidad & Tobago, HE Mr. Malay Mishram ...read more
ACS and South Africa establish new links
 Port of Spain (March 31, 2009) –Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Ambassador Luis Fernando Andrade Falla recently received a courtesy visit from Mr. Roy Setlhapelo, Chargé d’Affaires, South African High Commission, Trinidad & Tobago ...read more
ACS Secretary General makes official visit to CARICOM
 Port of Spain (January 20, 2009) – Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Secretary General, Ambassador Luis Fernando Andrade Falla made an official visit to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana on 16 January, to hold talks with CARICOM Secretary General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington ...read more
ACS Secretary General pays official visit to Finland
 Port of Spain (January 15, 2009) – Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Secretary General, Ambassador Luis Fernando Andrade Falla travelled to Helsinki, Finland from 11-13 January 2009 at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Mr. Alexander Stubb ...read more
ACS at the Third Cuba-CARICOM Summit
Port of Spain (December 10, 2008) – The efforts undertaken by the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) to declare the Caribbean Sea as a Special Area in the context of Sustainable Development at the UN General Assembly received full support at the Third Summit of Heads of State & /or Government of the Republic of Cuba and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which took place on 8 December in Santiago de Cuba ...read more
ACS at the 33rd SICA Summit, Honduras
Port of Spain (December 10, 2008) – The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) gained important recognition from the 33rd Summit of Heads of State & Government of SICA (Central American Integration System) which took place on 5 December in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. In the Declaration of the 33rd Summit of SICA Presidents, the leaders ...read more
Greater Caribbean This Week
Functional Cooperation in the Greater Caribbean
 Reflections on regionalism or regional organisations in the context of international relations generally present or explain the two main elements of the integration or cooperation process: the functional structure of the organisations and the political objectives they pursue. This brief article will seek to expound on one aspect of the latter dimension, namely functional cooperation within the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) ...read more
 
2nd Meeting of Ministers of Tourism of the Greater Caribbean (TMM-2)
14th Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council,
Port-au-Prince,
Republic of Haiti,
January 28-30, 2009
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