Convention establishing the Association of Caribbean States
| Coming into Force | 04 August 1995 |
| Subject Terms | Caribbean,Charters-Constitutions-Statutes,Associations |
| Date of Conclusion | 24 July 1994 |
| Registration Date | 01 November 1995 |
| Citation | UNTS v. 1895 |
| Registration Number | 32308 |
| Type of Document | Multilateral |
| Depositary | Government of Colombia |
| Participants | Antigua and Barbuda,Bahamas,Barbados,Belize,Colombia,Costa Rica,Cuba,Dominica,República Dominicana,El Salvador,France,Grenada,Guatemala,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras,Jamaica,México,Holanda,Nicaragua,Panamá,St. Kitts and Nevis,St. Lucia,St. Vincent and the Grenadines,Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,Venezuela |
| Party Submitting the Application for Registration | Colombia |
No.
32308
MULTILATERAL
Convention
establishing
the
Association
of
Caribbean
States
(with
annexes).
Concluded
at
Cartagena
de
Indias,
Colombia,
on
24
July
1994
Authentic
texts:
English,
French
and
Spanish.
Registered
by
Colombia
on
1
November
1995.
MULTILATERAL
Convention
cr6ant
l'Association
des
Etats
de
la
Caraibe
(avec
annexes).
Conclue
i
Cartagena
de
Indias
(Colombie)
le
24
juillet
1994
Textes
authentiques
:
anglais,
franfais
et
espagnol.
Enregistre
par
la Colombie
le
jer
novembre
1995.
Vol.
1895,
1-32308
4
United
Nations
-
Treaty
Series
*
Nations
Unies
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Recueil
des
Traitks
1995
CONVENTION'
ESTABLISHING
THE
ASSOCIATION
OF
CARIB-
BEAN
STATES
PREAMBLE
The
Contracting
States:
Committed
to
initiating
a
new
era
characterised
by the
strengthening
of
cooperation
and
of the
cultural, economic,
political,
scientific,
social
and
technological relations
among
themselves;
Convinced
that
enhanced
cooperation
among
the
States,
Countries
and
Territories
of
the
Caribbean,
building
upon
their
geographical proximity
and
historical
linkages,
will
contribute
to
the
future
cultural, economic
and
social
development
of
their
peoples transcending
their
separateness
of
the
past;
I
Came
into
force
on
4
August
1995,
upon
deposit
of
the
instruments
of
ratification
with
the
Government
of
Colombia
by
two-thirds
of
the
States
of
the
Caribbean
eligible
for membership
in
the
Association,
as
listed
in
Annex
I,
in
accordance
with
article
XXVh
Participant
A
ntigua
and
Barbuda
........................................................................................................
Baham
as
......................................................................................................................
Barbados
...................................................................................................................
Belize
...................................................................................................................................
Cuba
....................................................................................................................................
Dominica
....................................................................................................................
Grenada
......................................................................................................................
G
uyana
......................................................................................................................
H
onduras
............................................................................................................................
Jam
aica
................................................................................................................................
M
exico
.................................................................................................................................
Saint
K
itts
and
N
evis
........................................................................................................
Saint
Lucia
............................................................
Saint
Vincent
and
the
G
renadines
...................................................................................
Surinam
e
.............................................................................................................................
Trinidad
and
Tobago
.........................................................................................................
Venezuela
...................................................................................................................
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Date
of
depostt
of
the
instrument
of
ratification
12
June
1995
29
June
1995
28
April
1995
6
June
1995
5
July
1995
I1
January
1995
27
March
1995
4
April
1995
4
August
1995
14
October
1994
28
April
1995
3
March
1995
4
April 1995
6
June
1995
25 July
1995
21
September
1994
2
August
1995
United
Nations
-
Treaty
Series
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Unies
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Recueil des
Trait~s
Conscious
of
the
need
to
forge
an
effective
and
timely response
to
the
challenges
and
opportunities
presented
by
the
globalisation
of
the
international
economy
and by the
progressive liberalisation
of
hemispheric
trade
relations;
Prepared
to
promote,
consolidate
and
strengthen
the
regional
cooperation
and
integration
process
in
the
Caribbean Region
in
order
to
create
an
enhanced
economic space
that will
contribute
to its
more
competitive participation
in
international
markets
and
facilitate
active
and
coordinated participation
by
the
region
in
the
various multilateral
fora;
Sensitive
to
the
wide disparities
in
size,
population,
and levels
of
development
among
the
States,
Countries
and
Territories
of
the
Caribbean;
Committed
to
the
continued
promotion,
consolidation
and
entrenchment,
inter
alia,
of
the
principles
of
democracy,
rule
of
law,
respect
for
the
sovereignty,
territorial integrity
of
states
and
the
right
to
self-determination
of
peoples,
equality
of
opportunity
and
respect
for
human
rights,
as
the
basis
for
strengthening
the
friendly
relations
among
the
peoples
of
the
Caribbean;
Recognising
the
importance
of
the
Caribbean
Sea
which constitutes
the
common
patrimony
of
the
peoples
of
the
Caribbean,
and
recalling
the
role
it
has
played
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