Foreign relations of the Cayman Islands
As the Cayman Islands remains an overseas territory of the UK, its foreign relations are to a great extent managed from the UK. However, the Cayman Government often discusses and resolves important issues with foreign governments on its own without the UK intervening.
In the past, the Cayman Islands’ relationships were with the UK and Jamaica were most important for the country, however, in recent years, Cayman relies more so on the USA.
Being an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, the Cayman Islands has no representation in the United Nations as well as in most other international organizations. Still, the country does participate in some international organizations. The Cayman Islands is a full member of the Central Development Bank, a sub-bureau of Interpol, International Olympic Committee and FIFA, and an associate member of Caricom and UNESCO.