Caribbean Postal Union
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The Caribbean Postal Union (CPU) is an association established by treaty 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.
- 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 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. Therein is the secretariat for the regional coordinator for the Universal Postal Union and the technical officer for the Caribbean Postal Union.
In 2022 the CPU formed a think tank with the goal to improve transport of mail throughout the Caribbean.
Decisions by the union are undertaken by the bloc's annual meetings.