Rudy Insanally

Samuel Rudolph Insanally (23 January 1936 – 26 November 2023) was a Guyanese diplomat. He was Guyana's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1987 onwards and was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana from 2001 to 2008.

Early life Insanally was born in Georgetown, Guyana on 23 January 1936. Before his career as a diplomat began, he taught French and Spanish in Jamaica at Kingston College and Jamaica College, as well as in Guyana at Queen's College and the University of Guyana. He was the longest serving delegate at the time to the United Nations. In the course of Insanally's duties at the Permanent Mission to the UN, he concurrently served as Ambassador to Japan from 1992.

During his presidency, he convened a World Hearing on Development attended by a large number of eminent persons, including experts, academics and practitioners of development in June 1994. He also served as Chairman of the Open Ended Working Group on the question of Equitable Representation on and increase of the Membership of the Security Council.

Insanally was Chancellor of the University of Guyana from 1994 to 2001.

Personal life and death Rudy Insanally was married to Bonita, and had one daughter, Dr. Amanda Insanally-Nunez. He died on 26 November 2023, at the age of 87.

Publications Rudy Insanally, Multilateral Diplomacy for Small States: "The art of letting others have your way" (2012) Rudy Insanally, Dancing Between the Raindrops: A Dispatch From A Small State Diplomat (2015) Rudy Insanally, The Guyanese Culture: Fusion or Diffusion. (2018) S.R. Insanally, The Mystery of God: The Principles of God Diplomacy. (2020)

Honors Order of Roraima (O.R). 1995. (Guyana ). Order of the Liberator. Grand Cordon. 1978 (Venezuela). Order of the Southern Cross, Grand Cordon. 2003. (Brazil). Order of the Rising Sun, Grand Cordon, 2009 (Japan). Doctor of Laws (Hon.) Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts. (USA).

Yearly achievements Played a prominent role in the negotiation of the Second Lome (ACP-EEC) Convention.

Elected Chairman of the Sugar Sub-Committee on several occasions and later Chairman of the Trade Sub-Committee for the negotiation of a Protocol to provide for the enlargement of the Community.

Appointed Special Rapporteur for the Joint ACP-EEC Assembly on the implementation of the Lome Convention.1982Returned to Guyana as Head of the Political Division covering the Western Hemisphere. Served as roving High Commissioner to several Caribbean countries and as Ambassador to Colombia. During this period, he was also a member of the Board of - Governors of the Institute of International Relations, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.1987Occupied the post of Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In this capacity, he was1993Elected President of the forty-eighth Session of the United Nations General Assembly and during that period served as Chairman of the Working Group on the Reform of the Security Council. Also presided over the World Hearings on Development held at UN Headquarters. 1994–2001Served as Chancellor of the University of Guyana.1981Attended high-level meetings of many other international and regional organizations such as the Non-Aligned Movement, the Group of 77 and the Commonwealth. Participated in the North/South Summit held in Cancun, Mexico.1999Served as Chairman of the Group of 77 and as Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the South Summit. 2001Member of the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly of the United Nations.