members — (10) Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

address — P.O. Box 179, The Morne, Castries, St. Lucia

telephone — [1] (809) 452 2537

FAX — [1] (809) 453 1628

established — 18 June 1981

effective — 4 July 1981

aim — to promote political, economic, and defense cooperation

members — (7) Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

associate member — (1) British Virgin Islands