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Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Secretary Clinton and CARICOM Ministers Celebrate the Launch of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), A Shared Regional Security Partnership

The Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) is the latest pillar of a U.S. security strategy focused on citizen safety throughout the hemisphere. CBSI will seek to bring all members of CARICOM and the DR together to jointly collaborate on regional security with the United States as a partner.

The U.S. and Caribbean countries have tentatively identified three core objectives to deal with the threats facing the Caribbean:

• Reduce Illicit Trafficking: through programs ranging from counternarcotics to reducing the flow of illegal arms/light weapons.
• Advance Public Safety and Security: through programs ranging from reducing crime and violence to improving border security.
• Promote Social Justice: through programs designed to promote justice sector reform, combat government corruption, and assist vulnerable populations at risk of recruitment into criminal organizations.

These objectives are not just about drug interdiction. CBSI is a whole of government approach to citizen safety. Citizen Safety Focuses on:

• Partnerships: A defining purpose of U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere is to build effective partnerships to advance our common strategic interests—partnerships that can better develop, mobilize and apply the capacity of the region toward accomplishing shared objectives.
• The Personal Element: Our commitment to broad partnerships that advance citizen safety signals that the U.S. understands that while security is a key priority throughout the region, people often understand security in a personal way on their street corners, on a bus to and from work, or in their markets.
• Crime Linkages: Forging effective partnerships requires an understanding of and an ability to address fundamental links between local, transnational and "white collar" crime (e.g., corruption), and the nexus between these threats and the big social and economic challenges the region faces. We seek to improve public safety, improving security for each and every citizen through these partnerships.

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