Former Guyana’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Noel Sinclair, has died after losing a battle with cancer.
The 76-year-old diplomat died on Saturday.
In a statement issued late Saturday afternoon, the Foreign Affairs Ministry noted the exemplary service that the diplomat gave to the country.
The late former Ambassador Noel Sinclair
“His passing represents the end of a career that was spent almost entirely within the diplomatic service, with the brief exception as a Master at Central High School,” the Ministry stressed.
Ambassador Sinclair joined the then established External Affairs Ministry in 1969 and served as Third Secretary in Guyana’s Embassy in Caracas, in addition to Second Secretary in the Washington Embassy from 1969 to 1972. The diplomat also served in Lusaka, Zambia from 1976 to 1979 and finally Permanent Representative to the UN in 1979.
“It is clear that Ambassador Sinclair’s rise in the Foreign Service was based on his understanding of international diplomacy, his capacity for hard work and his ability for productive interpersonal relations,” the Ministry said in its statement.
He was described as a well-spoken and socially sophisticated individual. Throughout his career, he made several presentations at the General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations.
