The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)

The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), formerly known as the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, is an organisation created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. The OACP's main goals centre around the sustainable development of its Member States and their gradual integration into the global economy, coordination of the activities of the OACPS in the framework of the implementation of the existing Partnership Agreement with the European Union; consolidation of unity and solidarity among Member States and establishment and strengthening of peace and stability in free and democratic societies.

The OACPS is composed of 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific states, with all of them, save Cuba, signatories to the Cotonou Agreement, also known as the "ACP-EC Partnership Agreement" which binds them to the European Union. There are 48 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, 16 from the Caribbean and 15 from the Pacific.