LankaWeb – Sri Lanka threw out Shirley Amerasinghe from the UN but the World stood by him and re-elected him as President of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea – Jealousy should have no place in Govt. of Sri Lanka’s decision making

AI Overview Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe was re-elected as President of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) in 1980 by a vote of the international community, despite no longer being part of Sri Lanka’s official delegation. This historic event is one of the most unique episodes in UN diplomacy, […]