CARIFORUM

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The Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) is a subgroup of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States and serves as a base for economic dialogue with the European Union. It was established in 1992.{{Cite web |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100032022 |url-access= |title=Forum of Caribbean States (CARIFORUM) |author1=Staff writer |year=2024 |department=UIA Global Civil Society Database |website=uia.org |publisher=Union of International Associations |agency=Yearbook of International Organizations Online |location=Brussels, Belgium |format= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=29 January 2025 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |via= |quote= |trans-quote= |ref= |postscript=}} Its membership comprises the 15 Caribbean Community states, along with the Dominican Republic.{{citation|periodical=Caribbean360|title=CARIFORUM could be unravelling|date=2011-04-11|access-date=2011-07-08|url=http://www.caribbean360.com/index.php/news/barbados_news/333164.html|archive-date=2012-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401204401/http://www.caribbean360.com/index.php/news/barbados_news/333164.html|url-status=dead}} In 2008, they signed the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union.{{Cite web |title=Caribbean - Trade - European Commission |url=https://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/regions/caribbean/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=ec.europa.eu}} Guyana and Haiti expressed reservations and did not attend the signing ceremony.{{citation|periodical=The Jamaica Observer|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/141395_CARIFORUM-signs-EPA-without-Guyana--Haiti|title=CARIFORUM signs EPA without Guyana, Haiti|first=Rickey|last=Singh|date=2008-10-16|access-date=2011-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805121714/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/141395_CARIFORUM-signs-EPA-without-Guyana--Haiti|archive-date=2012-08-05|url-status=dead}}