Guyana

Caribbean States Association
CSA

AEC was set up around five years ago, being one of the most important organizations of the hemisphere fostering cooperation, consultation and increased trade and investment in several subregions. The Association actively participates in the elimination of linguistic barriers, as well as in the promotion of a closer link among State members.The Association is a forum to foster cooperation among other organizations involved in the hemispheric integration as can be the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Economic System of Latin America (SELA), the Integration System of Central American Integration (ISCA). The Association has signed also agreements with the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL). An example of this can be the concern for the establishment of the Area of Sustainable Tourism, the Agreement of Regional Cooperation for 2222.


Caribbean Telecommunication Union
CTU

It is an international organization that was established in 1989 with the intention of forming solid foundations on which the governments of the region could erect its telecommunication strategies, both national and international. It is made up by 13 members.


Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)
CTO

CTO has always been at the vanguard of regional tourism during the last 50 years, by means of its predecessors. The Caribbean Tourism Organization was established in January 1989 out of a fusion made among the Association of Caribbean Tourism Association (CTA, founded in 1951) and the Caribbean Research and Develpment Center (CTRDC, founded in 1974).It is an international development agency which operates, according to the terms of an agreement of the leadership with the Barbados governmentIt’s an international development agency that operates according to the terms of the leaderships of the government of Barbados. It also has marketing operation in tourism that generates markets in New York and London.CTO’s main objective is to supply the necessary information services to develop a sustainable tourism through its members, from which the Caribbean people can economically and socially benefit from.Tourism market, research and information management, development of human resources, development of products and technical assistance, as well as consultancy services, make up the core of activities offered on behalf of member countries.


Economic Commission for Latin America
CEPAL

The Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL) was set up under Resolution 106 (VI) passed by the Economic and Social Council on February 25, 1948 and started off that same year. In its Resolution 1984/67 dated July 27, 1984, the council voted the Commission be renamed Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
CEPAL is one of the UN’s five regional commissions and it’s headquartered in Santiago de Chile. It was founded with a view to help in Latin America’s economic development, in the coordination of actions aimed at promoting and buttressing that development among the member countries and the rest of the world. Later on, it scope embraced Caribbean nations and a new objective to foster social development was added to its agenda.
CEPAL counts on two sub-regional headquarters: one for Central America based in Mexico, D.F. and a second one for the Caribbean in Port of Spain, established on June 1951 and December 1996 respectively. Moreover, the organization has national offices in Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo and Bogota, plus a liaison office in Washington, D.C.


International Criminal Police Organization
INTERPOL

On June 13, 1956, the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) replaced the International Criminal Police Commission founded in 1923. This organization serves as an information and database center on criminal activities used by law enforcement agencies from 177 countries. Each member nation relies on a national office that receives information from the INTERPOL and dole it out among its local offices and agencies nationwide. INTERPOL keeps a close eye on drug smuggling and money laundering operations. Shortly after World War II, INTERPOL was directly run by the Nazi Party and that situation remained so through the entire war . In 1938, its headquarters were moved from Vienna (Austria) to Berlin (Germany). Today, the headquarters are in Lyon, France