STATEMENT ON THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN CARRINGTON, OCC, AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINIARE AND PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good Morning. Mr. Secretary-General, my first and most enjoyable task today is to extend to you the warmest congratulations on your assumption of the office of Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community. We have worked together for many ...
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REMARKS BY AMB. IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN CARRINGTON, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE (DESIGNATE) OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY 16 NOVEMBER 2011

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Sir Edwin, as your successor it is my honour and distinct pleasure to receive your Letters of Credence, accrediting you as Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the Caribbean Community. This is indeed a ra...
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Ambassador Hon. Edwin W. Carrington

Sir Edwin Wilberforce Carrington, TC, CM, KCN, CHB, OCC is the former Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), serving from 1992 to 2010. Academic career Born in Parlatuvier in Tobago, Carrington attended the University College of the West Indies and McGill University, M...
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OPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES (CARIFORUM) AT THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE MINISTERS OF CARIFORUM, 26 NOVEMBER 2010, BELMOPAN, BELIZE

     Permit me to begin these brief opening remarks to the Seventeenth Meeting of the Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) by thanking the Outgoing Chair for the outstanding leadership which she gave to CARIFORUM during her tenure....
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REMARKS BY DR. THE HON. W. BALDWIN SPENCER MP, PRIME MINISTER,  ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AT THE CEREMONY FOR THE CONFERMENT OF THE AWARD OF KNIGHT COMMANDER (AD HONOREM) OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF THE NATION (KCN), ON HIS EXCELLENCY DR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 05 NOVEMBER 2010, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Salutations Her Excellency the Go

​SalutationsHer Excellency the Governor General Colleague Ministers His Excellency Dr. Edwin Carrington Ladies and gentlemen On Wednesday this week, several of us, representing the people and governments of many Caribbean nations, gathered in Barbados to pay tribute to an outstanding son of the r...
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OPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, EDWIN CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE THIRTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 JULY 2010, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

​      Their Excellencies the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen Governor General of Jamaica and the Most Honourable Lady Allen Bruce Golding Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Your Excellencies Bharrat Jagd...
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Opening Remarks By H.E. Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at The Tenth Meeting Of The Council For National Security And Law Enforcement (CONSLE), 24 June 2010, St. John’s, Antigua And Barbuda

​ It is my pleasure, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to be in Antigua and Barbuda and to join in greeting you all on behalf of the Caribbean Community Secretariat and indeed of the entire Community.This meeting comes at a very hectic period for me and the Secretariat, as we are in t...
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