STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE FORMAL LAUNCH OF THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET, 30 JANUARY 2006, KINGSTON, JAMAICA

His Excellency- the Governor General and Lady Cooke;
Hon Chairman of Conference, the Hon Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago;
The Most Honourable Percival James Patterson, O.N, Prime Minister of Jamaica;
His Excellency the President of Suriname and Other Distinguished Heads of Government;
Honourable Ministers of Government;
Leaders of the Parliamentary Opposition and other Members of Parliament;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;

30TH ANNIVERSARY OF CARICOM : A TIME OF HONOURS FOR ITS SECRETARY-GENERAL

CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington was among 35 members of staff of the CARICOM Secretariat who received awards at a ceremony on 23 July 2003 at Le Meridien Pegasus in Georgetown, Guyana.

It was an extraordinary occasion for the Secretary-General who received two other awards apart from one for 10 years of service. The first was a Special Award for being the “longest serving Secretary-General” having begun his tenure in 1992. Roderick Rainford, his immediate predecessor had served for nine years and was the previous longest serving Secretary-General.

OPENING REMARKS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 2 JULY 2003, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

Your Excellencies the Governor General of Jamaica and the Most Hon. Lady Cooke
Our Host, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, and our current CARICOM Chairman, the Most Hon. P. J. Patterson
Your Excellencies, the Presidents of the Republic of South Africa and of the Republic of Chile
Distinguished Heads of State and Government of Member States and Associate Member States of the Caribbean Community
Heads of International Organisations 
Hon. Ministers
Your Excellencies and other Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Our other Distinguished Special Guests

OPENING REMARKS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CARICOM AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 2 JULY 200,  MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

Your Excellencies the Governor General of Jamaica and the Most Hon. Lady Cooke
Our Host, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, and our current CARICOM Chairman, the Most Hon. P. J. Patterson
Your Excellencies, the Presidents of the Republic of South Africa and of the Republic of Chile
Distinguished Heads of State and Government of Member States and Associate Member States of the Caribbean Community
Heads of International Organisations
Hon. Ministers
Your Excellencies and other Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Our other Distinguished Special Guests