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]

Anguilla Anguilla (Anguilla Postal Service)[2]
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua Post Office)
Aruba Aruba (Post Aruba)[3]
The Bahamas Bahamas (Bahamas Postal Service)[4]
Barbados Barbados (Barbados Postal Service)[5]
Belize Belize (Belize Postal Service)[6]
Bermuda Bermuda (Bermuda Post Office)[7]
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands (BVI Post)[8]
Canada Canada (Canada Post)[9]
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean Netherlands‡ (Nieuwe Post Nederlandse Antillen)[10][11]
Bonaire Bonaire
Sint Eustatius Sint Eustatius
Saba (island) Saba
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands Postal Service)[12]
Cuba Cuba (Groupo Empresarial Corres de Cuba)[13]
Curaçao Curaçao (Cpost International) [14]
Dominica Dominica (General Post Office - GPO)[15]
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (Instituto Postal Dominicano - INPOSDOM)[16]
France France (La Poste)[17]
Grenada Grenada (Grenada Postal Corporation)[18]
Guyana Guyana (Guyana Post Office Corporation)[19]
Haiti Haiti (Post of Haiti Office/Office des Postes d'Haïti)[20]
Jamaica Jamaica (Jamaica Postal Corporation)[21]
Montserrat Montserrat (Montserrat Postal Service)
Netherlands Netherlands (PostNL)[22]
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts) and Nevis (St. Kitts & Nevis Postal Services)
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia (Saint Lucia Postal Service)[23]
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten (Postal Services St. Maarten N.V. - PSS)[24]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG Postal Corporation)[25]
Suriname Suriname (Suriname Postal Corporation)[26]
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (T&T Postal Corporation - TTPOST)[27]
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI Postal and Philatelic Bureau Services)[28]
United Kingdom United Kingdom (Royal Mail Group plc)[29]
United States United States (United States Postal Service)[30]

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

References

  1. ^ CPU members, U.P.U.
  2. ^ "Anguilla Postal Service". www.aps.ai.
  3. ^ "Post Aruba". www.postaruba.com.
  4. ^ "Home - Bahamas Postal Service". www.bahamas.gov.bs.
  5. ^ "BB ref". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  6. ^ "Welcome to Belize Postal Service". www.belizepostalservice.gov.bz.
  7. ^ BM ref
  8. ^ "BVI Post | Government of the Virgin Islands". www.bvi.gov.vg.
  9. ^ "Mailing and shipping for Personal and Business". canadapost.ca.
  10. ^ "AN ref". Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  11. ^ "AN". Archived from the original on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  12. ^ "KY ref".
  13. ^ "Grupo Empresarial Correos de Cuba (GECC)". Ministerio de Comunicaciones. January 29, 2014.
  14. ^ "Cpost International". Cpost International.
  15. ^ "Symposium - Ministry Of Public Works And The Digital Economy". publicworks.gov.dm.
  16. ^ "INPOSDOM | Instituto Postal Dominicano".
  17. ^ "Achetez des Timbres, Envoyez Courrier, Colis - La Poste". www.laposte.fr.
  18. ^ "Welcome to Grenada Postal Corporation". www.grenadapostal.com.
  19. ^ "Guyana Post Office Corporation". Guyana Post Office Corporation.
  20. ^ HT ref
  21. ^ "Jamaica Post". jamaicapost.gov.jm.
  22. ^ NL ref
  23. ^ "Home". Saint Lucia Postal Service.
  24. ^ "Post office".
  25. ^ "St Vincent and the Grenadines Postal Corporation". www.svgpost.gov.vc.
  26. ^ "Home - Surpost - Voor al uw lucht- en zeevracht diensten". Surpost.
  27. ^ "TTPOST - Trinidad and Tobago Postal Corporation". www.ttpost.net.
  28. ^ "TC ref".
  29. ^ "Royal Mail | Royal Mail Group Ltd". www.royalmail.com.
  30. ^ "US ref". Archived from the original on 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  31. ^ "caribbean Postal Union Resources and Information". caribbeanpostalunions.org.

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
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