In lauding the Secretary-General’s service to the Community, the Prime Minister said that it has been marked with “many significant achievements,” including the successful revision of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, the establishment of the CARICOM Single Market, the inauguration of the Caribbean Court of Justice, and the creation of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS.

“His astute leadership had bequeathed to the present and future generation,” Spencer stated.

The Prime Minister testified of the Secretary-General’s influence on his own service to the Region, stating that Sir Edwin’s vast reservoir of knowledge and abilities expertly guided him though the many tasks and responsibilities of the chairmanship of the Caribbean Community in 2004, shortly after his party was elected to govern the affairs of Antigua and Barbuda.