Netherlands Antilles

  • Area: 783 square kilometres
  • Currency: Netherlands Antilles guilder (gulden or florin) made up of 100 cents $1=1.79 guilders (fixed)
  • Official languages: Dutch and Papiamento
  • Population: 183,000
  • Head of State or Government: Emily de Jongh-Elhage (Prime Minister)

About The Netherlands Antilles

The Netherlands Antilles signed the Convention Establishing the ACS in November 1997, to be admitted as an Associate Member. On 10 December 1998, then Prime Minister Susanne Camelia-Romer signed a Relationship Agreement with the ACS, taking another step towards Associate Membership.