Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization

Amazon Cooperation Treaty

Organization

*Organisatie van de Overeenkomst voor Amazonische Samenwerking*  (Dutch)
*Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica*  (Portuguese)
*Organización del Tratado de Cooperación Amazónica*  (Spanish)

Map of members of ACTO.
Formation	1995
Location	Brasília, Brazil
Coordinates	15°50′50″S 47°53′45″W / 15.847357°S 47.895831°W / -15.847357; -47.895831Coordinates: 15°50′50″S 47°53′45″W / 15.847357°S 47.895831°W / -15.847357; -47.895831
Membership	8 states Bolivia Brazil Colombia Ecuador Guyana Peru Suriname Venezuela
Official language	4 languages Dutch English Portuguese Spanish
Secretary-General	Robby Dewnarain Ramlakhan
Website	www.otca.org.br

Union of South American Nations

Economy

Politics

Infrastructure

The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) is an international organization aimed at the promotion of sustainable development of the Amazon Basin. Its member states are: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

The Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT) was signed on 3 July 1978 and amended in 1998. ACTO was created in 1995 to strengthen the implementation of the Treaty. The Permanent Secretariat was later established in Brasilia in 2002.

Members

External links

ACTO official site

Pan-Americanism

History	Spanish American wars of independence Latin American wars of independence Latin American integration North American integration Patria Grande Simón Bolívar José de San Martín Lucas Alamán

Organizations	Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) Andean Community of Nations (CAN) Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Central American Integration System (SICA) Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Latin American Economic System (SELA) Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) Mercosur Organization of American States (OAS) Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) Pacific Alliance Petrocaribe Rio Group Union of South American Nations (Unasur) United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC, CEPAL)

Projects	Andean passport CARICOM passport CARICOM Single Market and Economy CARIPASS Central America-4 Border Control Agreement Central America-4 passport Eastern Caribbean Currency Union Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA) Interoceanic Highway SUCRE

Institutions	CAF – Development Bank of Latin America Bank of the South (BancoSur) Caribbean Court of Justice Caribbean Development Bank Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Latin American Parliament Mercosur Parliament South American Parliament

Free trade areas	Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) CARIFORUM Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) Economic Partnership Agreements Free Trade Area of the Americas G3 Free Trade Agreement North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)