Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
AbbreviationACTO
Established25 February 1995 (1995-02-25)
HeadquartersBrasília, Brazil
Coordinates15°50′50″S 47°53′45″W / 15.847357°S 47.895831°W / -15.847357; -47.895831
Membership
Official languages
Secretary-General
Maria Jacqueline Mendoza Ortega
Websiteotca.org.br

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

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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.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Lula articula inédita Cúpula da Amazônia para este semestre". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
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