Caribbean Postal Union

The Caribbean Postal Union (CPU) is an association established by treaty [1] of the postal authorities of the following member countries:^[1] The bloc was established with the assistance of the European Union for member-states of CARIFORUM as part of the bloc of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States.[2]

^{Note ‡} − Since October 10, 2010, the Netherlands Antilles does not exist any more as a country per outcome of referendum. Curaçao and Sint Maarten have become countries just like Aruba and the Netherlands proper. The three islands Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (the "BES islands") have become "special municipalities" of the Netherlands.

It was founded in 1997 [3] as a restricted union of the Universal Postal Union.^[31]

In 2000 it was decided by the union's members in attendance for the CPU to be headquartered in Castries, Saint Lucia.[4] Therein is the secretariat for the regional coordinator for the Universal Postal Union and the technical officer for the Caribbean Postal Union.[5]

In 2022 the CPU formed a think tank with the goal to improve transport of mail throughout the Caribbean.[6]

Decisions by the union are undertaken by the bloc's annual meetings.

Annual meetings

• 2002–6th Conference - East Coast, Demerara, Guyana - 22–27 July 2002.[7]
• 2003–7th Conference - Cayman Islands - 23–27 June 2003.[8]
• 2004–8th Conference - United States Virgin Islands - June 2004.[9]
• 2006–10th Conference - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 12–16 June 2006.[10]
• 2010–13th Conference - East Coast, Demerara, Guyana - 6–9 September 2010.[11]
• 2011–14th Conference - Curaçao - September 2011.[12]
• 2013–16th Conference - Saint Kitts and Nevis - 10–14 June.[13]
• 2014–17th Conference - Bermuda - 8–11 September 2014.[14]
• 2015–18th Conference - Tortola, British Virgin Islands - 14–18 September 2015.[15][16]
• 2016–19th Conference - Saint Lucia - 9–13 July 2022.
• 2017–20th Conference - Guadeloupe - 19–24 June 2017.[17]
• 2018–21st Conference - Saint Lucia - September 9–13, 2018.[18]
• 2019–22nd Conference - Havana, Cuba—26-27 June 2019.[19]
• 2022–24th Conference - Held in St. Lucia 18–22 July 2022.[20][21]
• 2023–25th Conference - To be held in Jamaica - 11–14 September 2023.[22]

See also

• British West Indies
• Dutch West Indies
• French West Indies
• CARIFORUM
• Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
• African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• United Nations Postal Administration
• Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal
• European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT)
• List of members of the Universal Postal Union

References

Further reading

• 2008 Concept Paper - CARICOM Regional Symposium on Services
• Caribbean Postal Union Strategic Plan 2016 to 2020

External links

• Official website
• Correct address 2011 - UPU Member Countries Addressing Structure, scribd.com

This page was last edited on 10 February 2024, at 05:23