The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community at their Eighth Inter-Sessional Meeting:

Reaffirming their confidence in the Caribbean Community as an association of States and Territories bonded by a common heritage and cooperating in the interests of their own peoples;

Being committed to the fundamental principles of human rights and freedoms and conscious that this Charter should enhance the integration process;

Determined to pursue the principles declared in the Charter in response to the challenges of the Twenty-First Century;

Now therefore resolve to adopt this Charter and agree to pay due regard to its principles and to ensure that this Charter receives the widest possible circulation within their respective States and Territories.

Agreed this Nineteenth day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda.

Signed by L. Bird
For the Government of Antigua and Barbuda
on the 19th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by Janet Bostwick
For the Government of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
on the 19th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by Owen Arthur
For the Government of Barbados
on the 19th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by Manuel Esquivel
For the Government of Belize
on the 19th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by
For the Government of The Commonwealth of Dominica
on the 19th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by Keith Mitchell
For the Government of Grenada
on the 19th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by
For the Government of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
on the 19th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by P.J. Patterson
For the Government of Jamaica
on the 19th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by Denzil Douglas
For the Government of Saint Christopher and Nevis
on the 19th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by
For the Government of Saint Lucia
on the 19th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by
For the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
on the 19th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by
For the Government of The Republic of Suriname
on the 19th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by Basdeo Panday
For the Government of The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago
on the 19th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by
For the Government of The British Virgin Islands
on the 20th day of February 1997 at Antigua and Barbuda

Signed by
For the Government of The Turks and Caicos Islands
on the day of 1997 at