Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Organisation des États de la Caraïbe orientale (French) | |
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![]() Protocol member Associate member | |
Commission | Castries |
Working languages | |
Type | Political and economic union |
Membership | 7 protocol 4 associate |
Leaders | |
• Chairman | Ralph Gonsalves |
• Director-General | Didacus Jules |
Establishment | |
• Treaty of Basseterre | 18 June 1981 |
• Revised Treaty of Basseterre | 21 January 2011 |
Area | |
• Total | 2,709 km2 (1,046 sq mi) |
• Including Associate Members | 5,910 km2 (2,280 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 2017 estimate | ![]() |
• Including Associate Members | 1,434,212 |
• Density | 215.6/km2 (558.4/sq mi) |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
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Currency | 3 currencies
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Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
Internet TLD | |
Website www |
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS; French: Organisation des États de la Caraïbe orientale, OECO) is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance between countries and territories in the Eastern Caribbean. It also performs the role of spreading responsibility and liability in the event of natural disaster.
The administrative body of the OECS is the Commission, which is based in Castries, the capital of Saint Lucia.
OECS operates an economic union within the larger CARICOM economic union. Eight members operate as a currency union - the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, using the Eastern Caribbean dollar.