played a central role in the negotiations for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). On 22 September 2014 Ashe launched the Global Sustainable Development Foundation to support the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the SDGs. It was to "support the UN's mission and accelerate the achievement of the MDGs and SDGs". Bribery charge in U.S. court On 6 October 2015, Ashe was arrested and charged, along with five others, in a criminal complaint filed by federal prosecutors in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, reflecting an expansion of a probe into the dealings of Macau real estate developer Ng Lap Seng. The complaint accused Ashe of using "his official position to obtain for Ng potentially lucrative investments in Antigua" as part of an alleged broader scheme to funnel more than $1 million in bribes from Chinese sources to facilitate business dealings, particularly in real estate. He died while awaiting trial. Death Ashe was found dead at his home in Dobbs Ferry, New York on June 22, 2016. The Westchester County, New York medical examiner's office reported that Ashe died of injuries (specifically, traumatic asphyxia, and laryngeal fractures) suffered when a barbell he was lifting from a bench dropped on his neck. Ashe was survived by his wife, Anilla Cherian and two children. References 1954 births 2016 deaths Antigua and Barbuda diplomats Permanent Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni Saint Mary's University (Halifax) alumni People from St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda expatriates in the United States Antigua and Barbuda expatriates in Canada People from Dobbs Ferry, New York Antigua and Barbuda officials of the United Nations Chairmen and Presidents of UNICEF Antigua and Barbuda people of Barbadian descent Sports deaths in New York (state)