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The Caribbean Community and Common Market or CARICOM was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas which came into effect on August 1, 1973. The first four signatories were Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. The group was orginally organized to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean following the dissolution of the West Indies Federation which lasted from January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962. Flag of the CARICOM Caribbean Community (CARICOM) later became un-officially multi-lingual in union with the membership of it's mainly Dutch language speaking full member Suriname, on July 4, 1995 and also Haiti on July 2, 2002 where mainly French & Kr yol are spoken. In 2001, the heads of government signed a Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, thus clearing the way for the transformation of the Common Market aspect of CARICOM. Part of the revised treaty includes the establishment and implementation of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) which will be based in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The (CCJ) will act as the original jurisdiction for settlement of disputes on the functioning of the Caribbean (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME), as well as serving as an appellate court of last resort for member states which have severed their country's ties with the Privy Council in London, United Kingdom. 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." The leaders agreed to create the Caribbean (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) which will come into effect on February 19, 2005 for Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. The three countries had originally set January 5, 2005 as the date of signing the agreement relating to the (CSME), instead the ceremony has been rescheduled to coincide with the February 19 inauguration of the new CARICOM-headquarters building at Liliendaal, in Guyana. The prospect is that 10 of the remaining 12 CARICOM countries will join by the end of 2005. The Bahamas and Haiti are not expected to be a part of the new economic arrangement at that time. The CARICOM Secretariat also maintains frequent contact with another orgaization named the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), which works with many of the smaller isles of CARICOM. Many of the OECS countries are seeking to maintain themselves as a micro-economic grouping within CARICOM. Currently CARICOM has 15 Full members: Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Dominica Grenada Guyana Haiti (Provisional membership on 4 July 1998, full membership on 2 July 2002) Jamaica Montserrat St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia Suriname (July 4, 1995) St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago There are five associate members: British Virgin Islands (July 1991) Turks and Caicos Islands (July 1991) Anguilla (July 1999) Cayman Islands (16 May 2002) Bermuda (2 July 2003) See also: Trade bloc External link The Community's Web site is http://www.caricom.org Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) Antigua and Barbuda | Bahamas | Barbados | Belize | Dominica | Grenada | Guyana | Haiti | Jamaica | Montserrat | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Suriname | Trinidad and Tobago Associate members: Anguilla | Bermuda | Cayman Islands | British Virgin Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands Observer status: Aruba | Colombia | Dominican Republic | Mexico | Netherlands Antilles | Puerto Rico | Venezuela member of the community but not the common market Categories: International organizations | Trade blocs

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	Caribbean Community - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (870 words) CARICOM replaced the 1965-1972 Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA), which had been organized to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean following the dissolution of the West Indies Federation which lasted from January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has become unofficially multilingual in practice with the addition of Dutch-speaking Suriname on July 4, 1995 and Haiti, where French and Haitian Creole are spoken, on July 2, 2002. It has been proposed that CARICOM may deepen ties with the Dominican Republic through the auspice of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) instead, which is an organisation that stops just short of the proposed political integration which will underpin CARICOM at a later date.
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