OACPS – Bodies
Principal Organs
The Organs and functions of the OACPS are delineated in the revised Georgetown Agreement [ACP/27/005/18 Rev.13]. The Organs of the OACPS are:
- Summit of Heads of State and Government
- Council of Ministers (CoM)
- the Sectoral Ministerial Committees
- Committee of Ambassadors (CoA)
- OACPS Parliamentary Assembly
- Secretariat of the OACPS
Secretariat
The Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is an organ of the OACPS, which was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. The Secretariat of the OACPS is located in Brussels, Belgium and it functions as the Headquarters of the OACPS. The Secretariat of the OACPS is charged with:
- implementing the decisions of all Organs of the OACPS;
- implementing, as appropriate, agreements concluded with development partners;
- providing services to the Organs of the OACPS and, as appropriate, the joint institutions established with all external parties.
