The objective of Foreign Affairs are:

• To uphold the interests of the Kingdom of the Netherlands through multilateral and bilateral interactions.
• To promote and execute the interests of St. Maarten abroad by means of forging and strengthening cooperative ties with the region and the wider international community.
• To provide a professional and world class protocol service.

The main tasks of the department are:

• To advise the government of St. Maarten and individuals within the organization regarding foreign policy of government
• To initiate and coordinate policy development of the country as it relates to international and regional policy affairs
• To initiate and coordinate country policy development as it relates to international and regional treaties as well as the management of the treaty administration
• To obtain information from individuals about international and regional treaties and policy affairs
• To support and head the representative in Kingdom government
• To support and head the representative of St. Maarten and officials of St. Maarten in the representation of the Kingdom that are placed in foreign countries