Professor Tommy Koh is the executive director of the Asia-Europe
Foundation. A member of the Toyota International Advisory Board and chairman
of the International Advisory Group of the Maritime and Port Authority
of Singapore, he has been Singapore's Permanent Representative to the
United Nations on two occasions. He has also been the Ambassador to the
United States and Mexico and the High Commissioner to Canada. He has held
different positions within the United Nations and is currently the president
of the Preparatory Committee and the Main Committee of the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development.