Former Guyanese ambassador to UN dies

Noel Sinclair

Former Guyana Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Noel Sinclair, who had been called one of the country’s finest diplomats, has died.

Sinclair, 76, passed yesterday morning in New York.

A past Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he had a long and distinguished foreign service career that included diplomatic postings and high level responsibilities in national, regional and international organisations. He held senior posts at the Guyana embassies in Washington and Caracas, at the Guyana High Commission in Lusaka, Zambia  and in New York, where he served as