Additionally, it is expected that the Ministerial Council will successfully negotiate relationship agreements with this Territory, which will determine the manner in which the Turks and Caicos Islands may “participate in, and vote at meetings of the Ministerial Council and Special Committees.”

The agreement admitting the Turks and Caicos as Associate Members in the ACS was signed by the Chairman of the Ministerial Council, His Excellency, Jorge Chen, Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Mexican States on behalf of the ACS.

The Turks and Caicos Islands were represented by the Honourable Jeffrey C. Hall, Minister of Communication, Works and Utilities, who communicated his Government’s assurance that they would “participate fully and support the work of the Association, within the context of its membership and constitutional competence, in meeting the objectives of the Association.”

About the ACS

The Association of Caribbean States is the organization for consultation, cooperation and concerted action in trade, transport, sustainable tourism and natural disasters in the Greater Caribbean. Its Member States are Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela. Its Associate Members are Aruba , France on behalf of French Guiana , Guadeloupe , and Martinique , and the Netherlands Antilles .

For further information, please contact:

Denise Lewis Martínez
Communications Officer
Association of Caribbean States
E-mail: communications@acs-aec.org
Tel : 1-868-622-9575
Fax : 1-868-622-1653