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Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
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Member states of ACTO
Abbreviation ACTO
Established 25 February 1995 (1995-02-25)
Headquarters Brasília, Brazil
Membership
8 states
 Bolivia
 Brazil
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Guyana
 Peru
 Suriname
 Venezuela
Official languages
Secretary-General
 Maria Jacqueline Mendoza Ortega
Website otca.org

The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) (Portuguese: Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica (OTCA)) 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

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Montserrat Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Latin American Economic System Union of South American Nations Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization Andean Community Mercosur Caribbean Community Pacific Alliance ALBA Central American Integration System Central American Parliament Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Latin American Integration Association Central America-4 Border Control Agreement United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement Forum for the Progress and Integration of South America Association of Caribbean States Organization of American States Petrocaribe CARICOM Single Market and EconomySupranational American Bodies
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2023 ACTO Summit

In January 2023, Brazil announced it was hosting the 2023 Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization Summit in August in the same year.

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