Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
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Abbreviation | ACTO |
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Established | 1995 |
Headquarters | Brasília, Brazil |
Coordinates | 15°50′50″S 47°53′45″W / 15.847357°S 47.895831°WCoordinates: 15°50′50″S 47°53′45″W / 15.847357°S 47.895831°W |
Membership | show
8 states |
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Secretary-General | Maria Jacqueline Mendoza Ortega |
Union of South American Nations |
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The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) 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.
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- International environmental organizations
- International organizations based in the Americas
- Amazon basin
- Intergovernmental organizations established by treaty
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