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BACKGROUND NOTES
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Association of Caribbean States |
The Association of
Caribbean States (ACS) consists of 25 member states and 4
associate members representing 237 million citizens within the
Greater Caribbean region. It aims to foster cooperation through
consultation and dialogue amongst its member states. The
Convention establishing the Association of Caribbean States was
signed in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia on 24 July 1994. Member
states are allowed to take part in discussions and vote in the
meetings of the Ministerial Council and Special Committees of the
Council whereas associate members can participate and vote only on
matters that directly affect them.
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Commonwealth Secretariat |
The Commonwealth is an association of 53
independent states cooperating for the common interests of their
peoples across five continents and three oceans. There are about
2 billion citizens in the various Commonwealth countries,
constituting about 30 per cent of the world’s population.
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Council of Europe |
The Council of Europe serves roughly 800
million citizens throughout 47 democratic countries in Europe to
promote the democratic principles of the European Convention on
Human Rights. Founded in 1949, it is the oldest international
organization for the promotion of European integration. Member
nations include:
Albania;
Andorra;
Armenia;
Austria;
Azerbaijan;
Belgium;
Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Bulgaria;
Croatia;
Cyprus;
Czech Republic;
Denmark;
Estonia;
Finland;
France;
Georgia;
Germany;
Greece;
Hungary;
Iceland;
Ireland;
Italy;
Latvia;
Liechtenstein;
Lithuania;
Luxembourg;
Malta;
Moldova;
Monaco;
Montenegro;
Netherlands;
Norway;
Poland;
Portugal;
Romania;
Russian Federation;
San Marino;
Serbia;
Slovakia;
Slovenia;
Spain;
Sweden;
Switzerland; The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
Turkey;
Ukraine; and, the
United Kingdom. Five nations hold observer status in
the Council including the Holy See; the United States; Canada;
Mexico; and, Japan. Currently, Belarus is considered an applicant
nation after its special guest status was suspended in 1996. The
Council of Europe holds observer status with the United Nations.
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Inter-American Development Bank |
The Inter-American Development Bank is the
main source of multilateral financing for economic, social and
institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean. It
provides loans, grants, guarantees, policy advice and technical
assistance to the public and private sectors in its member
countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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World Bank |
The World Bank Group
was created as part of the post-war Bretton Woods institutions
with the mission of promoting economic development. Over recent
years it has put primary emphasis on poverty reduction, in order
to eliminate and/or alleviate the poverty that is experienced by
around half the world’s six billion population. The World Bank has
been carrying out its work since 2000 in the context of the UN
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the benchmarks and
yardsticks set out by the UN in the MDGs are also being used by
the Bank as a measure of effectiveness of its work.
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United Nations
Appendix
UN
Millennium Development Goals
UN Peacekeeping |
The United Nations
(UN) was established in 1945 under the Bretton Woods Agreements as
a substitute for the League of Nations (est.1919). The failure of
the League of Nations to prevent the outbreak of World War II led
to the creation of a renewed international organization, the
United Nations, with a universal membership. This organization was
designed to maintain world peace and promote cooperation among
nations.
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