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Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization Organisatie van de Overeenkomst voor Amazonische Samenwerking (Dutch) Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica (Portuguese) Organización del Tratado de Cooperación Amazónica (Spanish)
Headquarters		Brasília 15°45′S 47°57′W / 15.75°S 47.95°W / -15.75; -47.95
Official languages		4 Dutch English Portuguese Spanish
Member states		8 Bolivia Brazil Colombia Ecuador Guyana Peru Suriname Venezuela
Leaders
-	Secretary-General	Manuel Picasso
Establishment
-	Amazon Cooperation Treaty	3 July 1978
Time zone		(UTC-2 to -5)
1	www.otca.org.br

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.

Members

•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador
•  Guyana
•  Peru
•  Suriname
•  Venezuela

External links

• ACTO official site