Organizations of the Americas by Region - Organisations Based in the Caribbean, Organizations Based in North America, Caribbean Community (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Organisations Based in the Caribbean, Organizations Based in North America, Caribbean Community, Continental Freemasonry in North America, Caribbean Conservation Corporation, Caribbean Examinations Council, Latin American Economic System, North American Guild of Change Ringers, Caribbean Development Bank. Excerpt: 15 full members 5 associate members 7 observers The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), is an organization of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies. CARICOM's main purposes are to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy. Its major activities involve coordinating economic policies and development planning; devising and instituting special projects for the less-developed countries within its jurisdiction; operating as a regional single market for many of its members (Caricom Single Market); and handling regional trade disputes. The secretariat headquarters is based in Georgetown, Guyana. Since the establishment of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by the mainly English speaking parts of the Caribbean region CARICOM has become multilingual in practice with the addition of Dutch speaking Suriname on 4 July 1995 and Haiti, where French and Haitian Creole are spoken, on 2 July 2002. IN 2001, the heads of government signed a Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas thus clearing the way for the transformation of the idea for a Common Market aspect of CARICOM into instead a Caribbean (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy. Part of the revised treaty among member states includes the establishment and implementation of the Caribbean Court of Justice.' The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), originally the Caribbean Community and Common Market, w... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=57357