Fellowship for govt official

Fellowship for govt official

JAKARTA: The Hamilton Shirley Amerangsinghe Fellowship on the
Law of the Sea will be awarded this year to Dody Kusumonegoro of
the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Kusumonegoro said he intended to use the research opportunity
provided by the Fellowship to assist Indonesia implement the law
of the sea.

The United Nations Information Center announced here Tuesday
that he also intended to advise the government on all legal
aspects of marine affairs.

The fellowship was established by the United Nations General
Assembly on December 10, 1981 in recognition of the outstanding
contribution of the late Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe to the
Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, as its
president.

The annual fellowship award is intended to enable qualified
persons, in particular government officials, research fellows, or
others specializing in the Law of the Sea, to research its
implementation.