Caribbean Community - Wikipedia Caribbean Community Caribbean Community Communauté caribéenne ( French ) Caribische Gemeenschap ( Dutch ) Comunidad del Caribe ( Spanish ) Flag Anthem : Celebrating CARICOM Dark green : Full CARICOM members. Lime green : Associate CARICOM members. Pistachio : Observers. Seat of Secretariat Georgetown, Demerara - Mahaica, Guyana Largest cities In Member States Port - au - Prince, Ouest, Haiti Official languages English, French, Dutch, Spanish Working language English Type Supranational organisation Member states 15 full members Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Dominica Grenada Guyana Haiti Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago 5 associates Anguilla Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 8 observers Aruba Colombia Curaçao Dominican Republic Mexico Puerto Rico Sint Maarten Venezuela Leaders Chairman Andrew Holness Secretary - General Irwin LaRocque Establishment Treaty of Chaguaramas 4 July 1973 Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas Area Total 458,480 km ( 177,020 sq mi ) Population 2017 estimate 18,095,201 Density 34.8 / km ( 90.1 / sq mi ) GDP ( PPP ) 2017 estimate Total $135.1 billion Per capita $7,464.09 GDP ( nominal ) 2017 estimate Total $72.188 billion Per capita $3,989 ( 67 ) HDI ( 2016 ) 0.725 high Currency Bahamian dollar ( BSD ) Barbadian dollar ( BBD ) Belize dollar ( BZD ) Bermudian dollar ( BMD ) Cayman Islands dollar ( KYD ) Eastern Caribbean dollar ( XCD ) Guyanese dollar ( GYD ) Haitian gourde ( HTG ) Jamaican dollar ( JMD ) Trinidad and Tobago dollar ( TTD ) Surinamese dollar ( SRD ) United States dollar ( USD ) Website CARICOM.org The Caribbean Community ( CARICOM ) is an organization of fifteen Caribbean nations and dependencies whose main objective is to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy. The organization was established in 1973. 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 in Georgetown, Guyana. CARICOM is an official United Nations Observer. Established mainly by the English - speaking parts of the Caribbean, CARICOM has become multilingual in practice with the addition of Dutch - speaking Suriname on 4 July 1995 and Haitian Kreyòl - and French - speaking Haiti on 2 July 2002. Furthermore, it was suggested that Spanish should also become a working language. In July 2012, CARICOM announced that they were considering making French and Dutch official languages. In 2001, the heads of government signed a revised Treaty of Chaguaramas that cleared the way to transform the idea of a common market CARICOM into a Caribbean ( CARICOM ) Single Market and Economy. Part of the revised treaty establishes and implements the Caribbean Court of Justice. Contents 1 Membership 2 Organizational structure 2.1 Chairmanship 2.2 Heads of government 2.3 Secretariat 2.4 Organs and bodies 2.4. 1 Community Council 2.5 Institutions 2.6 Associate institutions 3 CARICOM Standard and Song 4 History 5 Statistics 6 Relationship to other supranational Caribbean organisations 6.1 Association of Caribbean States 6.2 Community of Latin American and Caribbean States 6.3 European Union : Economic Partnership Agreements 6.4 OHADAC Project 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Membership See also : Member states of the Caribbean Community Currently CARICOM has 15 full members, 5 associate members and 8 observers. All of the associate members are British overseas territories, and it is currently not established what the role of the associate members will be. The observers are states which engage in at least one of CARICOM 's technical committees. Although the group has close ties with Cuba, that nation was excluded due to lack of full democratic internal political arrangement. CARICOM Members Status Name Join date Notes Full member Antigua and Barbuda 4 July 1974 Bahamas 4 July 1983 Not part of customs union Barbados 1 August 1973 One of the four founding members Belize 1 May 1974 Dominica 1 May 1974 Grenada 1 May 1974 Guyana 1 August 1973 One of the four founding members Haiti 2 July 2002 Provisional membership on 4 July 1998 Jamaica 1 August 1973 One of the four founding members Montserrat 1 May 1974 British overseas territory Saint Kitts and Nevis 26 July 1974 Joined as Saint Christopher - Nevis - Anguilla Saint Lucia 1 May 1974 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 May 1974 Suriname 4 July 1995 Trinidad and Tobago 1 August 1973 One of the four founding members Associate Anguilla July 1999 British overseas territory Bermuda 2 July 2003 British overseas territory British Virgin Islands July 1991 British overseas territory Cayman Islands 16 May 2002 British overseas territory Turks and Caicos Islands July 1991 British overseas territory Observer Aruba Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Colombia Curaçao Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Dominican Republic Mexico Puerto Rico Unincorporated territory of the United States Sint Maarten Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Venezuela Organizational structure Structures comprised by the overall Caribbean Community ( CARICOM ). Under Article 4 CARICOM breaks its 15 member states into two groups : Less Developed Countries ( LDCs ) and More Developed Countries ( MDCs ). The countries of CARICOM which are designated as Less Developed Countries ( LDCs ) are : Antigua & Barbuda Belize Commonwealth of Dominica Grenada Republic of Haiti Montserrat Federation of St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines The countries of CARICOM which are designated as More Developed Countries ( MDCs ) are : Commonwealth of the Bahamas Barbados Co-operative Republic of Guyana Jamaica Republic of Suriname Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Chairmanship The post of Chairman ( Head of CARICOM ) is held in rotation by the regional Heads of State ( for the republics ) and Heads of Government ( for the realms ) of CARICOM 's 15 member states. These include : Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago. Heads of Government CARICOM contains a quasi-Cabinet of the individual Heads of Government. These heads are given specific specialised portfolios of responsibility for overall regional development and integration. Secretariat Secretariat of the Caribbean Community, The term of office of the Secretary - General is five years, which may be renewed. ( Chief Administrative Organ ) Secretary - General of the Caribbean Community, the CARICOM Secretary General ( Chief Executive ) handles foreign and community relations. Deputy Secretary - General of the Caribbean Community, handles human and social Development. General Counsel of the Caribbean Community, handles trade and economic integration. The goal statement of the CARICOM Secretariat is : To provide dynamic leadership and service, in partnership with Community institutions and Groups, toward the attainment of a viable, internationally competitive and sustainable Community, with improved quality of life for all. Organs and bodies Principal organs Organ Description CARICOM Heads of Government Consisting of the various heads of Government from each member state Standing Committee of Ministers Ministerial responsibilities for specific areas, for example the Standing Committee of Ministers responsible for Health will consist of Ministers of Health from each member state Community Council The Community Council consists of ministers responsible for community affairs and any other Minister designated by the member states in their absolute discretion. It is one of the community 's principal organs ; the other is the Conference of the Heads of Government. It is supported by four other organs and three bodies. Secondary organs Secondary organ Abbreviation Council for Finance and Planning COFAP Council for Foreign and Community Relations COFCOR Council for Human and Social Development COHSOD Council for Trade and Economic Development COTED Bodies Body Description Legal Affairs Committee provides legal advice Budget Committee examines the draft budget and work programme of the Secretariat and submits recommendations to the Community Council. Committee of the Central Bank Governors provides recommendations to the COFAP on monetary and financial matters. Institutions The 23 designated institutions of CARICOM are as follows : Institutions Institution Abbreviation Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency CDEMA Caribbean Meteorological Institute CMI Caribbean Meteorological Organisation CMO Caribbean Food Corporation CFC Caribbean Environment Health Institute CEHI Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute CARDI Caribbean Regional Centre for the Education and training of Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health Assistants REPAHA Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians ACCP Caribbean Centre for Development Administration CARICAD Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute CFNI CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security IMPACS Caribbean Examinations Council CXC CARICOM Single Market and Economy CSME Caribbean Court of Justice CCJ CARICOM Competition Commission CCC Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism CRFM Caribbean Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality CROSQ Caribbean Telecommunications Union CTU Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre CCCCC Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators COTA Council of Legal Education CLE Caribbean Aviation Safety and Securing Oversight System CASSOS Caribbean Regional Information and Translation Institute CRITI The Caribbean Court of Justice will act in its `` original jurisdiction '', as settlement unit for disputes on the functioning of the Caribbean ( CARICOM ) Single Market and Economy ( CSME ). Additionally the states of CARICOM voted to supplement original jurisdiction with `` appellate jurisdiction '' under this the former colonies of the United Kingdom will have effectively replaced the Privy Council in London, United Kingdom with the CCJ. The CCJ is based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The majority of member states however, continue to utilize the Privy Council as their final appellate court and three member states do not use the CCJ for either its original jurisdiction or its appellate jurisdiction because they have either not signed the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas ( the Bahamas and Haiti ) or are a current British colony ( Montserrat ). Associate institutions The six designated associate institutions of CARICOM are as follows : Associate institutions Associate institution Abbreviation Caribbean Development Bank CDB University of Guyana UG University of the West Indies UWI Caribbean Law Institute / Caribbean Law Institute Centre CLI / CLIC Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States OECS West Indies Cricket Board WICB CARICOM standard and song The flag of the Caribbean Community was chosen and approved in November 1983 at the Conference of Heads of Government Meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The original design by the firm of WINART Studies in Georgetown, Guyana was substantially modified at the July 1983 Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. The flag was first flown on 4 July 1984 in Nassau, Bahamas at the fifth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. The flag features a blue background, but the upper part is a light blue representing sky and the lower, a darker blue representing the Caribbean Sea. The yellow circle in the centre represents the sun on which is printed in black the logo of the Caribbean Community, two interlocking Cs. The two Cs are in the form of broken links in a chain, symbolising both unity and a break with the colonial past. The narrow ring of green around the sun represents the vegetation of the region. For CARICOM 's 40th anniversary, a competition to compose an official song or anthem for CARICOM was launched in April 2013 to promote choosing a song that promoted unity and inspired CARICOM identity and pride. A regional panel of judges comprising independent experts in music was nominated by member states and the CARICOM Secretariat. Three rounds of competition condensed 63 entries to a final three, from which judges chose Celebrating CARICOM by Michele Henderson of Dominica in March 2014. Henderson won a US $10,000 prize. Her song was produced by her husband, Roland Delsol Jr., and arranged by Earlson Matthew. It also featured Michael Ferrol on drums and choral input from the St. Alphonsus Choir. It was re-produced for CARICOM by Carl Beaver Henderson of Trinidad and Tobago. A second - place entry titled My CARICOM came from Jamaican Adiel Thomas who won US $5,000, and a third - place song titled One CARICOM by Carmella Lawrence of St. Kitts and Nevis, won US $2,500. The other songs from the top - ten finalists ( in no particular order ) were : One Region one Caribbean from Anguilla, One Caribbean Family from Jamaica, CARICOM 's Light from St. Vincent & the Grenadines, We Are CARICOM from Dominica, Together As one from Dominica, Blessed CARICOM from Jamaica, Together We Rise from Jamaica. The first official performance of Celebrating CARICOM by Henderson took place on Tuesday 1 July 2014 at the opening ceremony for the Thirty - Fifth Regional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Antigua and Barbuda. History CARICOM, originally the Caribbean Community and Common Market, was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas which took effect on 1 August 1973. The first four signatories were Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. CARICOM superseded the 1965 -- 1972 Caribbean Free Trade Association ( CARIFTA ) organised to provide a continued economic linkage between the English - speaking countries of the Caribbean after the dissolution of the West Indies Federation, which lasted from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. A revised Treaty of Chaguaramas established the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy ( CSME ) and was signed by the CARICOM Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community on 5 July 2001 at their Twenty - Second Meeting of the Conference in Nassau, The Bahamas. The revised treaty cleared the way to transform the idea of a common market CARICOM into the Caribbean ( CARICOM ) Single Market and Economy. Part of the revised treaty includes the establishing and implementing the Caribbean Court of Justice. Haiti 's membership in CARICOM remained effectively suspended from 29 February 2004 through early June 2006 following the 2004 Haitian coup d'état and the removal of Jean - Bertrand Aristide from the presidency. CARICOM announced that no democratically elected government in CARICOM should have its leader deposed. The fourteen other heads of government sought to have Aristide fly from Africa to Jamaica and share his account of events with them, which infuriated the interim Haitian prime minister, Gérard Latortue, who announced he would take steps to take Haiti out of CARICOM. CARICOM thus voted on suspending the participation of Haitian officials from the councils of CARICOM. Following the presidential election of René Préval, Haitian officials were readmitted and Préval himself gave the opening address at the CARICOM Council of Ministers meeting in July. Since 2013 the CARICOM - bloc and with the Dominican Republic have been tied to the European Union via an Economic Partnership Agreements signed in 2008 known as CARIFORUM. The treaty grants all members of the European Union and CARIFORUM equal rights in terms of trade and investment. Under Article 234 of the agreement, the European Court of Justice handles dispute resolution between CARIFORUM and European Union states. Statistics See also : Trade bloc Population and economic statistics of full and associate members Member Membership Land area ( km ) Population ( 2016 ) GDP ( PPP ) Millions USD GDP Per Capita ( PPP ) USD ( 2015 ) Human Development Index ( 2016 ) Anguilla associate 91 14,764 0.108 8,800 Antigua & Barbuda full member 442.6 100,963 1,920 23,523 0.786 Bahamas full member 10,010 391,232 8,800 24,505 0.792 Barbados full member 430 284,996 4,500 16,670 0.795 Belize full member 22,806 366,954 2,800 8,321 0.706 Bermuda associate 54 61,666 5,085 - British Virgin Islands associate 151 30,661 - Cayman Islands associate 264 60,765 1,939 - Dominica full member 751 73,543 730 11,163 0.726 Grenada full member 344 107,317 1,210 13,572 0.754 Guyana full member 214,970 773,303 5,200 7,537 0.638 Haiti full member 27,560 10,847,334 17,600 1,757 0.493 Jamaica full member 10,831 2,881,355 23,600 8,771 0.730 Montserrat full member 102 5,152 0.043 - Saint Kitts and Nevis full member 261 54,821 1,160 24,476 0.765 Saint Lucia full member 606 178,015 1,880 11,710 0.735 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines full member 389 109,643 1,160 10,937 0.722 Suriname full member 156,000 558,368 8,800 16,253 0.725 Trinidad & Tobago full member 5,128 1,364,962 40,600 32,573 0.780 Turks and Caicos Islands associate 948 34,900 0.845 - Full members members only 432,510 16,743,693 107,815 6,439 0.725 Thousands of Caricom nationals live within other member states of the Community. An estimated 30,000 Jamaicans legally reside in other CARICOM member states, mainly in the Bahamas ( 5,600 ), Antigua & Barbuda ( estimated 12,000 ), Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago ). Also, an estimated 150 Jamaicans live and work in Montserrat. A November 21, 2013 estimated put 16,958 Jamaicans residing illegally in Trinidad & Tobago, as according to the records of the Office of the Chief Immigration Officer, their entry certificates would have since expired. By October 2014, the estimated Jamaicans residing illegally in Trinidad and Tobago was 19,000 along with an estimated 7,169 Barbadians and 25,884 Guyanese residing illegally. An estimated 8,000 Trinidadians and Tobagonians live in Jamaica. Exclusive Economic Zones of the member states of the CARICOM. Considering them, the total area reaches the 2 300 297 km2. Barbados hosts a large diaspora population of Guyanese, of whom ( in 2005 ) 5,032 lived there permanently as citizens, permanent residents, immigrants ( with immigrant status ) and Caricom skilled nationals ; 3,200 were residing in Barbados temporarily under work permits, as students, or with `` reside and work '' status. A further 2,000 - 3,000 Guyanese were estimated to be living illegally in Barbados at the time. Migration between Barbados and Guyana has deep roots, going back over 150 years, with the most intense period of Barbadian migration to then - British Guiana occurring between 1863 and 1886, although as late as the 1920s and 1930s Barbadians were still leaving Barbados for British Guiana. Migration between Guyana and Suriname also goes back a number of years. An estimated 50,000 Guyanese had migrated to Suriname by 1986 In 1987 an estimated 30 - 40,000 Guyanese were in Suriname. Many Guyanese left Suriname in the 1970s and 1980s, either voluntarily by expulsion. Over 5,000 were expelled in January 1985 alone. in the instability Suriname experienced following independence, both coups and civil war. In 2013 an estimated 11,530 Guyanese had emigrated to Suriname and 4,662 Surinamese to Guyana. Relationship to other supranational Caribbean organisations Parts of this article ( those related to Anguilla ) need to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( February 2012 ) Supranational Caribbean Organisations Association of Caribbean states CARICOM was instrumental in the formation of the Association of Caribbean States ( ACS ) on 24 July 1994. The original idea for the Association came from a recommendation of the West Indian Commission, established in 1989 by the CARICOM heads of state and government. The Commission advocated both deepening the integration process ( through the CARICOM Single Market and Economy ) and widening it through a separate regional organization encompassing all states in the Caribbean. CARICOM accepted the commission 's recommendations and opened dialogue with other Caribbean states, the Central American states and the Latin American nations of Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico which border the Caribbean, for consultation on the proposals of the West Indian Commission. At an October 1993 summit the heads of state and government of CARICOM and the presidents of the then - Group of Three ( Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela ) formally decided to create an association grouping all states of the Caribbean basin. A work schedule for its formation was adopted. The aim was to create the association in less than a year, an objective which was achieved with the formal creation of the ACS. Community of Latin American and Caribbean states CARICOM was also involved in the formation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States ( CELAC ) on 3 December 2010. The idea for CELAC originated at the Rio Group -- Caribbean Community Unity Summit on 23 February 2010 in Mexico. European Union : economic Partnership Agreements Since 2013, the CARICOM - bloc and the Dominican Republic have been tied to the European Union via an Economic Partnership Agreements known as CARIFORUM signed in 2008. The treaty grants all members of the European Union and CARIFORUM equal rights in terms of trade and investment. Within the agreement under Article 234, the European Court of Justice also carries dispute resolution mechanisms between CARIFORUM and the European Union states. OHADAC Project In May 2016, Caricom 's court of original jurisdiction, the CCJ, signed a memorandum of understanding ( MOU ) with the ACP Legal Association based in Guadeloupe recognizing and supporting the goals of implementing a harmonized business law framework in the Caribbean through ACP Legal Association 's OHADAC Project. OHADAC is the acronym for the French `` Organisation pour l'Harmonisation du Droit des Affaires en les Caraïbes '', which translates into English as `` Organisation for the Harmonization of Business Law in the Caribbean ''. The OHADAC Project takes inspiration from a similar organisation in Africa and aims to enhance economic integration across the entire Caribbean and facilitate increased trade and international investment through unified laws and alternative dispute resolution methods. See also Geography portal North America portal Caribbean portal Caribbean Community portal Projects of the Caribbean Community SIDS CSME Petrocaribe Association of Caribbean States North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) North American Union ( NAU ) Union of South American Nations ( UNASUR ) Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Commonwealth of Nations African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States CARIFORUM OHADAC ( Organisation for the Harmonization of Business Law in the Caribbean ) Caribbean Financial Action Task Force Caribbean Initiative Languages of the Caribbean Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute ( CARDI ) Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network List of regional organizations by population References Jump up ^ http://caricom.org/ Jump up ^ https://countryeconomy.com/countries/groups/caribbean-community Jump up ^ List of countries by HDI Jump up ^ Ramjeet, Oscar ( 2009 - 04 - 16 ). `` CARICOM countries will speak with one voice in meetings with US and Canadian leaders ''. 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Question: when did guyana became a member of caricom
Answer: 1 August 1973