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Among the Ramon Magsaysay award winners this year was Tommy Koh. Born in 1937 and educated as a lawyer and a legal scholar, Mr. Koh chaired a pivotal negotiating committee of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. The award citation lauds him for “bridging a fundamental divide over seabed mining…
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Singaporean diplomat and lawyer Tommy Koh (left), Bangladeshi aid giver Runa Khan (centre) and Myanmar activist Bo Kyi (right). | Photo Credit: maward.asia A Singaporean diplomat who led the adoption of the UN Ocean Treaty, a Myanmar activist who put his freedom on the line for democracy, and a former Bangladeshi teacher who brought compassion…
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