New UN Ambassador Appointed

Contact: Rose Marie Harris

Friday, September 07, 2001 – Mr. Earl Huntley has been appointed as Saint Lucia’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. The appointment became effective September 01, 2001.

Most recently, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Huntley is the country’s longest serving diplomat, having joined the Foreign Ministry in 1978 and has been the Permanent Secretary and Head of the diplomatic service for last twenty years.

The newly appointed ambassador is one of the region’s leading advocates of closer political integration in the Caribbean and has written several pieces on political union in the Eastern Caribbean.

He replaces Senator the Honourable Julian Hunte who is currently serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

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