The Caribbean Postal Union (CPU) is an association established by treaty [1] of the postal authorities of the following member countries: [2] [3] 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. [4]
It was founded in 1997 [2] as a restricted union of the Universal Postal Union. [37]
In 2000 it was decided by the union's members in attendance for the CPU to be headquartered in Castries, Saint Lucia. [38] Sited therein is the secretariat for the regional coordinator for the Universal Postal Union and the technical officer for the Caribbean Postal Union. [39]
In 2022 the CPU formed a think tank with the goal to improve transport of mail throughout the Caribbean. [40] Decisions by the union are undertaken by the bloc's annual meetings.
During the meeting of the postmasters-general and the Conference of Ministers responsible for the postal services in the Caribbean in April 1994, it was decided to intensify efforts for the creation of a Caribbean Postal Union, in collaboration with and with the assistance of the European Union and regional organizations, notable the Caribbean Forum of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States.