Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) came into being on 18 June 1981, when seven Eastern Caribbean countries signed a treaty agreeing to cooperate with each other and promote unity and solidarity among the Members. The Treaty became known as the Treaty of Basseterre, so named in honour of the capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis where it was signed.
Our times are marked by major geopolitical and economic power shifts, with increasingly confrontational and unilateralist relations between major powers. Yet growing global challenges call for more multilateral governance and rules-based international cooperation. The COVID-19 crisis exemplifies the need for multilateral solutions: a major global threat, it has created much-needed momentum for a coordinated, global crisis response and has exposed the need to make multilateralism fit to cope with the new challenges
No one is safe alone, no one is strong alone; we are stronger together.
A strategic partnership between the EU and UN Women has been reconfirmed.
17/02/2021 - The European Commission and the High Representative have put forward a new strategy to strengthen the EU’s contribution to rules-based multilateralism. It suggests making use of all tools at the EU’s disposal, including its extensive political, diplomatic and financial support, to promote multilateral solutions to global challenges.
