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Professor Tommy Koh is currently Ambassador-At-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Chairman of the Institute of Policy Studies and the National Heritage Board. He is on secondment from the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore.

Prof Koh was the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Singapore from 1971 to 1974. He was Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York from 1968 to 1971 (concurrently accredited as High Commissioner to Canada) and again from 1974 to 1984 (concurrently accredited as High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Mexico). He was Ambassador to the United States of America from 1984 to 1990. He was President of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea from 1980 to 1982. He was Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for and the Main Committee of the UN Conference on Environment and Development from 1990 to 1992. He was the founding Chairman of the National Arts Council from 1991 to 1996, Director of the Institute of Policy Studies from 1990 to February 1997 and from December 2000 to July 2004. From February 1997 to October 2000, he served as the founding Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Foundation. He was also Singapore's Chief Negotiator for the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (2000 to 2003). He is the agent of Singapore in two legal disputes between Singapore and Malaysia. He chairs three committees for the National University of Singapore relating to law, Asia research and environmental management.

Prof Koh was appointed by the United Nations Secretary‑General as his Special Envoy to lead a mission to the Russian Federation, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in August/September 1993. Prof Koh was a member of three WTO dispute panels, two of which as Chairman.

Prof Koh received a First Class Honours degree in Law from the National University of Singapore, has a Masters degree in Law from Harvard University and a post-graduate Diploma in Criminology from Cambridge University. He was conferred a full professorship in 1977. In 1984, Prof Koh was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by Yale University. He has also received awards from Columbia University, Stanford University, Georgetown University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Curtin University. On 22 September 2002, Prof Koh was conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by Monash University. He has taught at various universities in the United States and China.

For his service to the nation, Prof Koh was awarded the Public Service Star in 1971, the Meritorious Service Medal in 1979, the Distinguished Service Order Award in 1990, and the Order of Nila Utama (First Class) in 2008. Prof Koh was appointed Commander in the Order of the Golden Ark by HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands in March 1993. He received the award of the Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O’Higgins from the Government of Chile on 3 April 1997. He also received the 1996 Elizabeth Haub Prize from the University of Brussels and the International Council on Environmental Law on 17 April 1997. Prof Koh was awarded the 1998 Fok Ying Tung Southeast Asia Prize by the Fok Ying Tung Foundation in Hong Kong on 29 May 1998. On 22 February 2000 he was awarded the "Commander, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland" by the President of Finland. On 2 May 2000, he was conferred the title of "Grand Officer in the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg" by the Prime Minister of Luxembourg. On 6 August 2001, he was conferred the rank of Officer in the Order of the Legion of Honour by the President of the French Republic. He was presented with the Peace and Commerce Award by the US Secretary of Commerce, Donald Evans, in Washington DC, on 5 May 2003. His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain has bestowed upon Prof Koh the Encomienda of Isabel la Catolica on 24 May 2004. On 21 April 2006, Prof Koh received the Champion of the Earth Award from the United Nations Environment Programme. On 10 November 2006, Prof Koh received the inaugural “President’s Award for the Environment” from President S R Nathan. He was conferred the Watermark Honorary Award by the Public Utilities Board on 17 July 2007. On 18 July 2008, Prof Koh was a co-recipient of the Onassis Distinguished Scholar Award from the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy in Rhodes, Greece.

His publications include The United States and East Asia: Conflict and Co-operation (Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies & Times Academic Press, 1995); The Quest for World Order: Perspectives of a Pragmatic Idealist (Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies & Times Academic Press, 1998); Asia and Europe: Essays and Speeches (Singapore: Asia-Europe Foundation & World Scientific Publishing, 2000); and co-edited The Little Red Dot: Reflections by Singapore’s Diplomats (Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies & World Scientific Publishing, 2005); chief editor of Singapore: The Encyclopedia (Singapore: National Heritage Board and Editions Didier Millet, 2006).

Major Publications

Books/Reports:

Integrating the Business Community in the APEC Process: Genesis of the Pacific Business Forum
Arun Mahizhnan,Tommy koh and Lee Tsao Yuan in APEC at 20, Chapter 8, 2009

The Little Red Dot: Reflections by Singapore's Diplomats, Volume II
Tommy Koh and Chang Li Lin, eds. Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies and World Scientific Publishing Co. Ltd, 2009

Pedra Branca: The Road to the World Court
S Jayakumar and Tommy Koh, Singapore: NUS Press & Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2009

The Making of the ASEAN Charter
Tommy Koh, Rosario G Manalo, Walter Woon, eds. Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies and World Scientific Press, 2009

United States and Southeast Asia
Tommy T B Koh in America's Role in Asia: Asian and American Views, United States of America: The Asia Foundation, 2008

The Little Red Dot: Reflections by Singapore's Diplomats
Tommy Koh and Chang Li Lin, eds. Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies and World Scientific Publishing Co. Ltd, 2005

The United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: Highlight and Insights
Tommy Koh and Chang Li Lin, eds. Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies and World Scientific Publishing Co. Ltd, 2004

Asia and Europe: Essays and Speeches by Tommy Koh
Edited by Yeo Lay Hwee & Asad Latif. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2000

The Quest for World Order: Perspectives of a Pragmatic Idealist
Tommy T B Koh. Edited by Amitav Acharya. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1998

The United States and East Asia: Conflict and Co-operation
Tommy T B Koh. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1995

Book Chapters/Journal Articles:

The Land Reclamation Case: Thoughts and Reflections
Tommy Koh and Jolene Lin in Volume X, 2006 Singapore Year Book of International Law and Contributors (SYBIL) - (2006) 10 SYBIL 1-7

Integrating the Business Community in the APEC Process: Genesis of the Pacific Business Forum
Arun Mahizhnan,Tommy koh and Lee Tsao Yuan in APEC at 20, Chapter 8, 2009

My Adventure with International Law
Tommy T B Koh in the Singapore Journal of International & Comparative Law , Vol. 5 No. 2, 2001

Differences in Asian and European Values
Tommy T B Koh in Report of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, No. 30, 1999

Can Any Country Afford A Moral Foreign Policy?
Tommy T B Koh in The Quest for World Order: Perspectives of a Pragmatic Idealist, edited by Amitav Acharya. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1998

Size Is Not Destiny
Tommy T B Koh & Yeo Lay Hwee in Singapore Re-Engineering Success, edited by Lee Tsao Yuan & Arun Mahizhnan. Singapore: IPS & Oxford University Press, 1998

The New Asia: Reality or Myth
Tommy T B Koh in Harvard Asia Pacific Review, Winter 97/98

The Asian Miracle
Tommy T B Koh in Columbia East Asian Review, Vol. 1 No.1, 1997

The WTO’s First Ministerial Conference: the Negotiating Process
Tommy T B Koh in Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 1, No.2, 1997

American Strengths and Weaknesses
Tommy T B Koh in International Negotiation, Vol.1, 1996

The Positive Values of East Asia
Tommy T B Koh in Overcoming Indifference - Ten Key Challenges in Today's Changing World, edited by Klaus Schwab, New York University Press,1995

A View from East and Southeast Asia
Tommy T B Koh in Destinies Shared: US-Japanese Relations. Boulder, San Francisco, and London: Westview Press, 1989

The Exclusive Economic Zone
Tommy T B Koh in Malaya Law Review, Vol. 30, 1988

The Origins of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea
Tommy T B Koh in Malaya Law Review, Vol. 29, 1987

The Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, Straits and Archipelagoes under the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea
Tommy T B Koh in Malaya Law Review, Vol. 29, 1987

The Negotiating Process of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
Tommy T B Koh & S Jayakumar in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982, A Commentary (Volume 1) edited by Myron H Nordoquist. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1985

Negotiating a New World Order for the Sea
Tommy T B Koh in Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 24 No. 4, 1984

A Plea for Penal Reform in Singapore
Tommy T B Koh in Malayan Law Journal, Volume lvii, 1972

International Collaboration Concerning Southeast Asia
Tommy T B Koh in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, July 1970

Speeches and Articles:

Still relevant after all these years
Article by Tommy Koh , The Business Times, 10 November 2009

My adventure with international law
Speech delivered at Office Launch of Centre for international,30 October 2009

Why the US will still be No. 1 in 2039
Article by Tommy Koh , The Straits Times, 7 October 2009

Geneva of the East, Venice of 21st century
Article by Tommy Koh , The Straits Times, 19 August 2009

Path of the righteous crane: The life and legacy of Eu tong Sen
Speech delivered at book launch, 22 July 2009

5 Reasons to say no to bottled water
Article by Tommy Koh and Leong Ching, Pure, Jul-Sep 2009

Forget bottled water, tap water as good as it gets
Article by Tommy Koh and Leong Ching, The Straits Times, 2 July 2009

Asean Workshop on The United Nations Convention on The Law Of The Sea And Marine Biodiversity Conservation
Keynote address by Tommy Koh at Asean Workshop on The United Nations Convention on The Law Of The Sea And Marine Biodiversity Conservation, 2 July 2009

Australia must respect Asean's role
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 24 June 2009

Australia must respect Asean's role
Article by Tommy Koh, Think Tank, 24 June 2009

East Asia's rise not a threat to the West
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 1 June 2009

Eurocham Europe Day Luncheon Celebration
Remarks by Professor Tommy Koh at the Eurocham Europe Day Luncheon Celebration, 8 May 2009

Why you shouldn't yawn at Asean?
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 29 April 2009

Pirates and the Law
Article by Robert Beckman and Tommy Koh, International Herald Tribune, 22 April 2009

Singapore as a Model City
Article by Tommy Koh, Skyline, March/April 2009

Learning from two crises
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 4 March 2009

Five truths from Asia
Article by Tommy Koh in "What Matters - Ten questions that will shape our future", A publication of McKinsey and Company, January 2009

Reception Hosted by Development Bank of Japan Inc
Remarks by Professor Tommy Koh at the Reception Hosted by Development Bank of Japan Inc,13 January 2009

Celebrate, calibrate
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 12 December 2008

Launch of The Singapore Red Data Book 2008 (Second Edition)
Speech delivered by Tommy Koh at the Launch of The Singapore Red Data Book 2008 (Second Edition) Co-edited by Peter Ng, Ho Hua Chew and Geoffrey Davison at NUS Science Faculty, 29 November 2008

What The World Can Expect from Obama
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 12 November 2008

Condolence Message to Mr Philip Jeyaretnam
30 September 2008

America's Role in South-east Asia
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 17 September 2008

Baltic balancing act
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 26 August 2008

Discussion on “ASEAN-China Relations and Asian Regionalism”
Paper delivered by Tommy Koh at Dr Eric Teo’s Memorial Forum, 4 August 2008

Memories of Dr Eric Teo by Tommy Koh
Speech delivered at Dr Eric Teo’s Memorial Forum, 4 August 2008

NUS Law Freshmen Inauguration Ceremony
Speech delivered at the NUS Law Freshmen Inauguration Ceremony Monday, 4 August 2008

US presidential candidates: The pluses and minuses
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 23 July 2008

Not perfect but charter is good start on road to regional progress
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 21 July 2008
Commentary on the exchange:
Today. 2008. How to read this debate. 26 July

Acceptance Speech
Acceptance Speech at the Award Ceremony of The Onassis Distinguished Scholar Award 18 July 2008, Rhodes, Greece

Citation by Judge Hisashi Owada at the Onassis Distinguished Scholar Award Ceremony
Award Ceremony of The Onassis Distinguished Scholar Award 18 July 2008, Rhodes, Greece

Is ASEAN Good For The Business Community?
Speech delivered at The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, The Third Distinguished Speakers Lecture, 14 April 2008

许通美：商界领袖可扮积极角色推动政府尽早落实亚细安协议
Speech delivered at The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, The Third Distinguished Speakers Lecture, 14 April 2008

The rich legacy of Singapore's first nationalist
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 15 March 2008

Ensuring Asia's taps flow safely and steadily
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 10 December 2007

1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
Speech delivered at the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit, 6 December 2007

Opening Ceremony of the 1st Asia Pacific Water Summit
Speech delivered at the Opening Ceremony of the 1st Asia Pacific Water Summit , 3 December 2007

Asia Pacific Water Forum and Asia Pacific Water Summit
Speech delivered at the Asian Water Development Outlook, 29 November 2007

Law and Diplomacy in Singapore
Article by Tommy Koh, in Law Gazette, October 2007

All the pieces in Singapore's case 'fit perfectly together'
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 21 November 2007

许通美10大论点总结
Article by Tommy Koh, 联合早报, 21 November 2007

New milestone in better straits cooperation
Article by Tommy Koh, The Business Times, 28 September 2007

Crucial Issues in Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol Asia and the World
Keynote Address to Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law, 30 August 2007

International Mediation : The Experience of an UN Special Envoy
Speech delivered at the The Singapore Mediation Centre’s 10th Anniversary Lunch, 17 August 2007

Charter makes ASEAN stronger, more united and effective
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, Wednesday, 8 August 2007

Mother Earth is sick
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, Saturday, 21 April 2007

The Law of the Sea : Some Personal Reflections
7th Cedric Barclay Memorial Lecture, 27 February 2007

Information, Knowledge and The Future of Asia
Keynote Address to Library Association Of Singapore Annual Conference, 29 January 2007

Opening Of The National Museum Of Singapore
Speech delivered at the Opening Of The National Museum Of Singapore, 7 December 2006

Employing The Disabled In Singapore
Talking points for the Launch Of Disability Awareness Public Education (Dape) Campaign, 1 December 2006

In Praise Of Libraries And Librarians
Message by Tommy Koh in Celebrating libraries, National Library Board, 2006

ASEAN Unity and Integration
Talking points for the 16th ASEAN Banking Conference Plenary Session, 16 November 2006

Ten Wishes Relating to the Environment.
Speech by Tommy Koh at The President’s Award for the Environment, 10 November 2006

Asia’s Challenges
Article by Tommy Koh, In East Asian Visions: Perspectives on Economic Development, 2006

Closing Ceremony of Read! Singapore
Speech by Tommy Koh. 7 August 2006

The Nature of Policy Relevant Knowledge In Asian Security Affairs
Seech by Tommy Koh at the Institute Of Defence And Strategic Studies 10th Anniversary Conference. 5-6 August 2006

Opening Remarks
Speech by Tommy Koh at the Inaugural NUS Eminent Persosn Lecture by Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia. 12 July 2006

Acceptance Speech
Acceptance Speech at CH2MHill’s “Building a Better World” Award Dinner, 15 June 2006, Shangri-la Hotel, Singapore

Advancing Maritime Security Cooperation
Opening Statement of Break Out Group 1 “Advancing Maritime Security Coopeartion at the 5th IISS Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-la Dialogue, 3 June 2006

Acceptance Speech
Speech by Tommy Koh at United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP)’s Champions of the Earth 2006. 21 April 2006

Opening Remarks
Speech by Tommy Koh at World Launch of Focus on Your World - An International Photo Competition. 20 April 2006

Eulogy on Mr S Rajaratnam.
Tommy Koh. 25 February 2006

Three Revolutionary Changes
Speech by Tommy Koh at Ernst & Young Budget Seminar 2006. 24 February 2006

Asia’s Three Biggest Challenges
Speech by Tommy Koh at 4th Asia-Pac Roundtable Lunch Talk. 7 February 2006

中国与亚细安关系的未来发展
许通美、塞维里诺和林绵基, 联合早报, 2005年十二月十六

China and Asean: Roadmap to future
Article by Tommy Koh, Rodolfo Severino and Jusuf Wanandi, The Business Times. 14 December 2005

A Letter from Dean Griswold
Article by Tommy Koh in The Harvard Experience – Crimson Essays. 2005

Three Messages for America from an Asian Who Loves America
Speech by Tommy Koh at Inaugural Utstarcom Asian Leadership Lecture Series & Distinguished Southeast Asian Lecture Series, Edmund A. Walsh School Of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.. 29 September 2005

READ! Singapore 2005 Closing Ceremony
Speech by Tommy Koh. 6 August 2005

Closing Summary at the Inaugural Asia-Middle East Dialogue
Speech by Tommy Koh. 22 June 2005

Opening Remarks at the Inaugural Asia-Middle East Dialogue
Speech by Tommy Koh. 21 June 2005

Remarks at the Asia-Middle East Dialogue Welcome Dinner
Speech by Tommy Koh. 20 June 2005

Let us make Singapore the Most Disabled Friendly City in the Whole of Asia
Article by Tommy Koh, in I am Human, Not Alien, by Grace Ling Chan. 2005

Singapore And Asia : Engaging And Transcending The Region
Speech by Tommy Koh at Raffles Asia Programme Opening Ceremony Cum Seminar, Raffles Junior College. 22 April 2005

The Land Reclamation Case
Speech by Tommy Koh to NUS Law Students. 14 April 2005

Launch of Hans Christian Andersen Festival
Speech by Tommy Koh at the. 14 April 2005

What are the X-Factors that will Make Singapore a World-Class City?
Speech by Tommy Koh at the URA Corporate Plan Seminar Programme. 4 April 2005

USSFTA: The Year in Review
Article by Tommy Koh, The Business Times. 29 Jan 2005

Singapore Launch on The Asia Foundation's Report on America's Role in Asia
Speech by Tommy Koh. 6 December 2004

Chile In The World: A View From Singapore
Article by Tommy Koh, Diario Financiero, Chile. 2004

Tribute to Professor Alice Tay
rticle by Tommy Koh in Essay for the Festschrift in honour of Prof Alice Erh-Soon Tay, by The Centre for Asian and Pacific Law,University of Sydney. 26 May 2003

Singapore: Multiculturalism's Success Story
Speech by Tommy Koh at Connecting Cultures: Singapore Uncovered, London. 16 September 2004

Plugging S'pore into the World
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, Friday, 11 August 2004

3 lessons from China-Japan Asian Cup Final
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, Friday, 11 August 2004

Spirit of CSR - Time for Action
Speech by Tommy Koh at the First Asia Pacific CSR Seminar. 12 July 2004

Euro 2004's Four Lessons
Article by Tommy Koh. 6 July 2004

Message from H.E. Ambassador Tommy Koh (Singapore), President (1981-82) of the Third United Nations Conferenceon the Law of the Sea
Article by Tommy Koh, Proceedings of the Tenth Anniversary Commemoration of the Establishment of the International Seabed Authority, Kingston, Jamaica. 25-26 May 2004

Toast to the President
Speech by Tommy Koh at the President S R Nathan’s 80th Birthday Celebration. 2 April 2004

What Hans Christian Andersen Means To Me
Speech by Tommy Koh at the Launch of the Bicentenary Celebrations of Hans Christian Andersen Friday. 2 April 2004

The New Global Threat: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Its Impacts
Editorial by Tommy Koh in The New Global Threat: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Its Impacts, edited by T Koh, A Plant and E H Lee. 2003

Crossing the Divide: Dialogue Among Civilisations
Speech by Tommy Koh at the Third Daisaku Ikeda Annual Lecture (DIAL III). 15 August 2003

Learning from Europe
Article by Tommy Koh in Desperately Seeking Europe, edited by S Stern and E Seligmann E, 2003

Asia And The West: What Do We Expect Of Each Other?
Speech by Tommy Koh at the ISPA International Congress XVII. 18 June 2003

How to Confront and Defeat Terrorism in Southeast Asia?
Article by Tommy Koh, Today. 16 June 2003

The USSFTA : Lessons Learnt
Speech by Tommy Koh at the MIS/IPS Executive Briefing. 20 March 2003

Official Opening Of Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place
Speech by Tommy Koh. 1 March 2003

US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
Speech by Tommy Koh at the IPS-AmCham-FCA Lunch Briefing. 25 February 2003

Law of the Sea still useful after 20 years
Article by Tommy Koh, The Straits Times, 10 December 2002

The Case For An Eu-Singapore free Trade Agreement
Speech by Tommy Koh at the Singapore International Chamber Of Commerce AGM Luncheon. 12 June 2002

Strategic Campaign Against Global Terrorism
Speech by Tommy Koh at the Centre For Strategic and International Studies International Councillors Meeting. 17 April 2002

The Us-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: Taking Us-Singapore Relations Higher
Speech by Tommy Koh to the American Chamber Of Commerce, 15 April 2002

Ensuring Continued Safety and Clean Seas - The Way Forward
Article by Tommy Koh and Associate Robert Beckman, Port of Singapore - The Maritime Hub magazine, Issue 8

Integrating into the New Economy: Challenges and Opportunities
Speech by Tommy Koh at the Sixth Asia Europe Business Forum. 8 October 2001

America With Its Friends on the Moral High Road
Article by Tommy Koh, IHT, 26 September 2001

Diplomatic Reflections: Implications for the Region
Speech by Tommy Koh at the Forbes CEO Conference. 19 September 2001

The Ignorance on Both Sides Can Cause Trouble
Article by Tommy Koh, IHT, 26 July 2001

Why Do Asian and Americans Often Misunderstand Each Other?
Speech by Tommy Koh at the Columbia University Club (Singapore) Annual Dinner. 29 June 2001

Four Years After the Asia Crisis: Is Confucianism Dead?
Article by Tommy Koh, Handelsblatt, 18 June 2001

Others:

“亚洲国家把盈余资金用于发展更有意义”
21世纪经济, 11月12日2009

Perspectives from thought leaders
Remarks by Professor Tommy Koh in The Directors' Bulletin, Issue No. 2/2009

In Conversation with Professor Tommy Koh
In Rapporteur, Newsletter of the Centre on Asia and Globalization, LKYSPP, February 2009, pp.18-19

Pedra Branca
The Straits Times. 22 May 2008

Pedra Branca: 4 possible outcomes
Today. 22 May 2008

Ruling for Singapore
The Straits Times. 22 May 2008

Ruling for Malaysia
The Straits Times. 22 May 2008

4 possible outcomes when ICJ delivers decision on Pedra Branca on Friday
Channel News Asia. 21 May 2008

SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA: Prof Tommy Koh Outlines Four Possible Outcomes Of ICJ Ruling On Pedra Branca Dispute.
Channel News Asia. 21 May 2008

Closing statement by Opening statement by Professor Tommy Koh at the hearing of the case concerning Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore)

Transcript of Public sitting held at the International Court of Justice, 20 November 2007

Opening statement by Professor Tommy Koh at the hearing of the case concerning Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore)
Transcript of Public sitting held at the International Court of Justice, 6 November 2007

Four Years After the Asian Crisis: Is Confucianism Dead?
(translated into German) published in the German newspaper Handelsblatt, 26 June 2001

From Collecting Paintings to Debriefing Artists
Tommy T B Koh in Lianhe Zaobao, 25 November 1998

ASEAN: Celebrations and Deliberations
Tommy T B Koh in the Asian Wall Street Journal, 25 - 26 July 1997

An Asian-European Encounter of the Third Kind
Tommy T B Koh & Lee Tsao Yuan in the International Herald Tribune, 1 March 1996

The 10 Values that Undergird East Asian Strength and Success
Tommy T B Koh in International Herald Tribune, 11-12 December 1993

Current Positions
Chairman, Institute of Policy Studies Ambassador-At-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Professor of Law, National University of Singapore Chairman, National Heritage Board Chairman, Chinese Heritage Centre

Previous Positions

Director, SingTel, 2003-2008
Executive Director, Asia-Europe Foundation, 1997-2000
Director, Development Bank of Singapore, 1994-2003
Payne Visiting Professor, Institute of International Studies, Stanford University, 1995
Chairman, Empress Place Museum, 1993-95
UN Special Envoy to the Russian Federation, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, 1993
Chairman, National Arts Council, 1991-96
Director, Institute of Policy Studies, 1990-97; December 2000-July 2004
Ambassador to the United States of America, 1984-90
Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York (Concurrently accredited as High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Mexico), 1974-84
Associate Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Singapore, 1971-74
Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York (Concurrently accredited as High Commissioner to Canada), 1968-71
Visiting Lecturer, School of Law, State University of New York at Buffalo (Spring Semester), 1967
Lecturer, Faculty of Law University of Singapore, 1964-71
Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Law University of Singapore, 1962-64