Dr Edwin Carrington had a long innings as Caricom Secretary General and may be the equivalent of Shivnarine Chanderpaul of West Indies cricket in championing integration in the region, former Secretary General Sir Alister McIntyre said last week when asked about Carrington's career.
Of Carrington's 18 years of unbroken service, Sir Alister told the Business Express: "His tenure was highly exceptional. Most people don't serve in this capacity for more than ten years."
Sir Alister, president of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr Compton Bourne and Caricom Assistant Secretary General Dr Edward Greene who have known Carrington for more than four decades said he was devoted to regional integration for which he made great personal sacrifices.
Norman Girvan, another long-standing friend and colleague, said: "He has been a fine Secretary General. He is utterly and completely devoted to the cause of Caricom and Caribbean integration."
Sir Alister's association with Carrington spans many years.
He first taught him as an undergraduate at the University of the West Indies.
Carrington, a Tobagonian, then worked with him as a junior researcher at the Institute of Social and Economic Res
EDITORIAL - CARICOM after Edwin Carrington
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As the 20th century came to a close, the Caribbean Community continued to be confronted with major challenges and urgent tasks. The changes in the international political and economic system became pronounced after the collapse of the Soviet system in The world was then configured as unipolar and characterised by a new phase of globalisation. This new phase of globalisation expressed itself in many ways.
Of particular importance to the Caribbean Community was the fact that changes in the scope and speed of the financial world and the phenomenal expansion of trade were occurring at unprecedented rates. The Community seemed in danger of potential marginalisation. In fact, the then Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. A. N. R. Robinson warned of the Caribbean becoming &#;backwater&#; of global events.
The Caribbean Community was therefore constrained to examine the relevance of its institutions and the particular structures and strategies which were necessary for adjustment and survival. In , therefore, at the 10th Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community in Grand Anse, Grenada, the leaders of the Caribbean Community recognised that not only was the Comm
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