Saint Lucia Celebrates 43rd Independence Anniversary

The Secretariat of the Association of Caribbean States have the honour to congratulate the Government and People of Saint Lucia on the occasion of the commemoration of its independence 43 years ago on February 22, 1979.

The ACS acknowledges Saint Lucia's invaluable contribution to the work of the Association as a founding Member State and looks forward to continuing to work together for the development of the Region.

About the ACS

The Association of Caribbean States is the organization for consultation, cooperation and concerted action in trade, transport, sustainable tourism and natural disasters in the Greater Caribbean. Its Member States are Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela. Its Associate Members are Aruba, Curacao, (France on behalf of French Guiana, Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin ), Guadeloupe, Martinique, Sint Maarten, (The Netherlands on behalf of Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius ), Turks and Caicos.