CARICOM was set up in July 4, 1973 with the signature of Chaguaramas Treaty, Trinidad &Tobago on behalf of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, making of the least strict previous agreement of Cooperation of Free Trade (1968), a common and communitary market.Its headquarters is lcoated in Georgetown, Guyana.CARICOM is working to be a unique economy and market.
AEC was set up around five years ago, being one of the most important organizations of the hemisphere fostering cooperation, consultation and increased trade and investment in several subregions. The Association actively participates in the elimination of linguistic barriers, as well as in the promotion of a closer link among State members.The Association is a forum to foster cooperation among other organizations involved in the hemispheric integration as can be the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Economic System of Latin America (SELA), the Integration System of Central American Integration (ISCA). The Association has signed also agreements with the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL). An example of this can be the concern for the establishment of the Area of Sustainable Tourism, the Agreement of Regional Cooperation for 2222.
It is an international organization that was established in 1989 with the intention of forming solid foundations on which the governments of the region could erect its telecommunication strategies, both national and international. It is made up by 13 members.
Commonwealth, name by which is widely known the Commonwealth of Nations that between 1931 and 1946 was called the British Commonwealth of Nations, associations of diverse political branches that in a volunteer way offers a symbolic and real faithfullness of the British colony. Among these political entities are 54 sovereign states andsome dependent territories.The term Commonwealth of Nations was officially used for the first time in the Imperial Conference of 1926 to refer to the “group of self-governed communities formed by Great Britain and its domains.” This definition was added to Westminster Statute, passed by the British Parliament in 1931. When India became an independent republic in 1949 and continued under the umbrella of the Commonwealth, a precedent was established which has been followed by many old British colony, once they attained independence.The Commonwealth doesn´t have an executive political organ and the only formal political consultations among member States are the periodical meetings held with the prime ministers to deal with common problems.
The Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL) was set up under Resolution 106 (VI) passed by the Economic and Social Council on February 25, 1948 and started off that same year. In its Resolution 1984/67 dated July 27, 1984, the council voted the Commission be renamed Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
CEPAL is one of the UN’s five regional commissions and it’s headquartered in Santiago de Chile. It was founded with a view to help in Latin America’s economic development, in the coordination of actions aimed at promoting and buttressing that development among the member countries and the rest of the world. Later on, it scope embraced Caribbean nations and a new objective to foster social development was added to its agenda.
CEPAL counts on two sub-regional headquarters: one for Central America based in Mexico, D.F. and a second one for the Caribbean in Port of Spain, established on June 1951 and December 1996 respectively. Moreover, the organization has national offices in Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo and Bogota, plus a liaison office in Washington, D.C.
