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African, Caribbean and Pacific

African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)

The African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states, abbreviated as ACP, is an organisation created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. Except for Cuba, all ACP countries are signatories to a partnership agreement with the European Union (EU) known as the Cotonou Agreement

The ACP group consists of 79 Member States: 48 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, 16 from the Caribbean and 15 from the Pacific. They are (in order of country code, first row down, then second one, etc.):

Antigua and Barbuda AG Republic of Guinea GN Rwanda RW

Angola AO Equatorial Guinea GQ Solomon Islands SB

Barbados BB Guinea-Bissau GW Seychelles SC

Burkina Faso BF Guyana GY Sudan SD

Burundi BI Haiti HT Sierra Leone SL

Benin BJ Jamaica JM Senegal SN

Bahamas BS Kenya KE Somalia SO

Botswana BW Kiribati KI Suriname SR

Belize BZ St Kitts and Nevis KN São Tomé and Príncipe ST

Central African Republic CF St. Lucia LC Swaziland SZ

Congo CG Liberia LR Chad TD

Côte d'Ivoire CI Lesotho LS Togo TG

Cook Islands CK Comoros KM Timor Leste/East Timor TL

Cameroon CM Madagascar MG Tonga TO

Cuba CU Marshall Islands MH Trinidad and Tobago TT

Cape Verde CV Mali ML Tuvalu TV

Djibouti DJ Mauritania MR Tanzania TZ

Dominica DM Mauritius MU Uganda UG

Dominican Republic DO Malawi MW St Vincent and the Grenadines VC

Eritrea ER Mozambique MZ Vanuatu VU

Ethiopia ET Namibia NA Samoa WS

Fiji FJ Niger NE South Africa ZA

Federated States of Micronesia FM Nigeria NG Zambia ZM

Gabon GA Nauru NR Zimbabwe ZW

Grenada GD Niue NU

Ghana GH Palau PW

Gambia GM Papua New Guinea PG

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Further Information

ACP Secretariat website

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European Union (EU)

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