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|image_flag = Flag of CARICOM.svg |symbol_type = Flag of CARICOM |anthem = (''Celebrating CARICOM'' ) |image_map = Location Caricom.svg |map_caption = Dark green: Full CARICOM members. Lime green: Associate CARICOM members. Pistachio: Observers. |org_type = |membership_type = Member states |membership = | | | | | | | | | | | |}} | | }} | |}} }} |admin_center_type = Seat of Secretariat |admin_center = |languages_type = Official languages |languages = English, French, Dutch |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = Irwin LaRocque |leader_title2 = Chairman |leader_name2 = Perry Christie |established = |established_event1 = Treaty of Chaguaramas |established_date1 = 4 July 1973 |established_event2 = Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas |established_date2 = 2001 |area_rank = |area_magnitude = |area_km2 = 458,480 |area_sq_mi = 177,020 |percent_water = |area_label = Total |population_estimate = 16,743,693 |population_estimate_rank = |population_estimate_year = 2010 |population_density_km2 = 34.8 |population_density_sq_mi = 90 |population_density_rank = |GDP_PPP = $107.82 billion |GDP_PPP_rank = |GDP_PPP_year = 2012 |GDP_PPP_per_capita = $6,439 |GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = |GDP_nominal = $64,771 billion |GDP_nominal_rank = 65 |GDP_nominal_year = 2010 |GDP_nominal_per_capita = $8,116 |GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 67 |Gini_year = |Gini_change = |Gini = |Gini_ref = |Gini_rank = |HDI_year = 2012 |HDI_change = increase |HDI = 0.719 |HDI_ref = 〔List of countries by HDI〕 |HDI_rank = |currency = |currency_code = |time_zone = |utc_offset = |official_website = (CARICOM.org ) }} Established in 1973, 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) mainly by the 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 French- (and Haitian Kreyòl-) speaking Haiti on 2 July 2002. Furthermore, it was suggested that Spanish should also become a working language.〔http://www.caricom.org/jsp/speeches/awardceremony_outstandingstudents_applewhaite.jsp?null&prnf=1〕 In July 2012, CARICOM announced that they were considering making French and Dutch official languages.〔("Communiqué Issued at the Conclusion of the Thirty-Third Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, 4-6 July 2012, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia" ), "Heads of Government recognized that, although English was the official language of the Community, the facility to communicate in their languages could enhance the participation of Haiti and Suriname in the integration process. They therefore requested the conduct of a study to examine the possibilities and implications, including costs, of introducing French and Dutch."〕 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. Since 2013 the CARICOM-bloc along with the Dominican Republic is tied to the European Commission via an Economic Partnership Agreements known as CARIFORUM signed in 2008.〔(Caribbean moves afoot to restructure CARIFORUM ), Peter Richards, Tuesday April 12th 2011〕 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.〔("Letter: Privy Council and EPA" ), October 8, 2009, ''Jamaica Gleaner''〕 ==Membership== 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caribbean Community」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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