Stuart Beck
Palauan diplomat (1946–2016)
Stuart Jay Beck (December 23, 1946 – March 1, 2016) was an American law practitioner and a diplomat for Palau.
Stuart Beck | |
|---|---|
| Palauan Ambassador to Oceans and Seas | |
| In office August 2013 – March 1, 2016 | |
| Leader | Tommy Remengesau |
| Secretary-General | Ban Ki-Moon |
| Palauan Ambassador to the United Nations | |
| In office 2003–2010 | |
| Succeeded by | H.E. Dr. Caleb Otto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stuart Jay Beck December 23, 1946 Manhattan, New York City |
| Died | March 1, 2016 (aged 69) Manhattan, New York City |
| Nationality | American Honorary Palauan |
| Spouse(s) | Ebiltulik Beck (m. 1983; 4 children) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Yale Law School |
Beck was born in Manhattan. He was raised in Brooklyn.
As a lawyer, Beck helped negotiate the Compact of Free Association, which established Palau as an independent nation in free association with the United States in 1994. He was granted honorary citizenship.[1]
In 2003, he accepted the job as Palau's first Permanent Representative to the United Nations.[2] He had this job until 2013. In 2013, he was appointed as Palau's first ever United Nations Ambassador for Oceans and Seas.
Beck died of kidney cancer on March 1, 2016 in Manhattan, at the age of 69.
References
change- ↑ http://www.pri.org/theworld/?q=node/19270 PRI the world
- ↑ http://www.palauun.org/ Palau UN website
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