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Caribbean Community

LC control no.n 79060698
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingCaribbean Community
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Variant(s)C.A.R.I.C.O.M. (Caribbean Community)
CC (Caribbean Community)
C.C. (Caribbean Community)
CARICOM (Caribbean Community)
See alsoPredecessor: Caribbean Free Trade Association
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Beginning date1973
LocatedGuyana
Special noteSubstitute
Found inLeVeness, F. P. Caribbean integration ... 1974.
Its Report of the Secretary-General ... 1981: t.p. (CC; Caribbean Community)
Its CARICOM, the Caribbean Community, 1977?: page 2 (The Caribbean Community or CARICOM; began in 1965 when Antigua, Barbados and Guyana set up the Caribbean Free Trade Association; in 1967, heads of government of the region agreed to form a Caribbean Community; the central Secretariat is headed by a Secretary-General; headquartered in Guyana; the new CARIFTA agreement came into force May 1, 1968) page 4 (in 1972, the heads of government decided to evolve CARIFTA into the Caribbean Community; CARICOM was formed in 1973; Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago signed the treaty; Antigua, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts/Nevis/Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent signed the CARICOM Treaty by the middle of 1974)