Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States

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The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States is an intergovernmental group of countries from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that cooperates primarily on development, trade, and political dialogue with the European Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization
international organization
abbreviation OACPS
continentFocus Africa NERFINISHED
Caribbean
Pacific Ocean
surface form: Pacific
cooperatesWith Council of the European Union
European Commission
European Parliament
cooperationFramework Cotonou Agreement
surface form: post-Cotonou agreement
dateFounded 1975-06-06
focusArea political cooperation
poverty reduction
regional integration
sustainable development
trade policy
formerName ACP Group of States
surface form: African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
foundedBy Georgetown Agreement
foundingDocument Georgetown Agreement
hasAcronym ACP
OACPS
hasMembershipCategory African states
Caribbean states
Pacific states
hasMemberType sovereign state
hasOrgan Committee of Ambassadors
Council of Ministers
Summit of Heads of State and Government
headquartersLocation Brussels, Belgium NERFINISHED
legalBasisOfCooperation Cotonou Agreement
Cotonou Agreement
surface form: Lomé Convention
memberOf ACP–EU partnership
officialLanguage English
French
Portuguese
placeFounded Georgetown, Guyana
primaryPartner European Union
purpose development cooperation
political dialogue
trade cooperation
regionServed global South
surface form: Global South
shortName ACP Group
OACPS
website https://www.oacps.org/
worksOn climate change
economic development
peace and security

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ACP Group of States fullName Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
this entity surface form: African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
ACP Group of States hasSubregion Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
this entity surface form: Caribbean ACP states
São Tomé and Príncipe memberOf Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States