- Elected Vice-Chairman of the OAS Working Group on Sustainable Development. 1997 to 2001 – Head of Guyana's delegation to meetings of the Regional Negotiating Machinery of Caricom. Also as an OAS-trained trade negotiator, participated in the negotiations of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). 1999 - Member of Guyana's delegation to the summit of the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999. 1993-2003: Member of Guyana’s delegation to the UN General Assembly. 2011-2013: Represented Guyana at meetings of the Alliance of Civilizations (organized by the UN and the OIC) OIC 1997 – 2003: Head of Guyana's delegation to meetings of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Member of Guyana’s delegation to the Summits of Heads of States of the OIC in Tehran (1997) and Qatar (2000). 2012: Head of Guyana’s delegation to the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Djibouti. Summit of the Americas Chief negotiator of Guyana at the Summits of the Americas in 1994 (Miami), 1998 (Santiago de Chile) and 2001 (Quebec City), and at the Summit of Sustainable Development in Bolivia (1996). From 2001 to 2003: Served as Caricom’s representative on the executive committee of the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG) of the Summit of the Americas. He was also a leading negotiator in the process that led to the establishment of the Inter-American Democratic Charter in 2001. Represented Guyana at various meetings of the Summit of Americas process in various countries of Latin America and the Caribbean from 1995 to 2003. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 2003-January 2011: Head of Guyana’s delegation to SELA 2004-2006: Elected vice chairman of SELA’s governing body, the Latin American Council. 2009 – 2010: Elected as Chairman of SELA’s Latin American Council UNASUR 2003-2012: Participated in numerous high-level meetings of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and Petro-Caribe. Non-Aligned Movement 2012: Head of Guyana’s delegation at the meeting held in Egypt of Foreign Ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement. Awards and honors 1974 Gandhi Centenary Gold Medal for academic achievement at the University of Guyana 1997 The Cacique Crown of Honour (CCH), one of Guyana’s highest national awards, for work in diplomacy. 2002 Awarded, in the USA, the King Legacy Award for International Service from the International Committee to Commemorate the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. 2003 Joint resolution of the US Congress paying