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Final Act UNCLOS III
The national liberation movements participating as observers at the several
sessions of the Conference are also listed in the appendix hereto.
12. Consequent upon General Assembly resolution 34/92, the Conference
decided on 6 March 1980 22 that Namibia, represented by the United Nations Council
for Namibia, should participate in the Conference in accordance with the relevant
decisions of the General Assembly.
III. OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
13. The Conference elected Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe (Sri Lanka) as
its President. Subsequently, at its seventh session, the Conference confirmed that
he was, and continued to be the President of the Conference although he was no
longer a member of his national delegation. 23 On the death of Hamilton Shirley
Amerasinghe on 4 December 1980, the Conference paid tribute to his memory at
a special commemorative meeting on 17 March 1981 at its tenth session (A/
CONF.62/SR.144). 24
14. The Secretary-General of the United Nations opened the tenth session
as temporary President. The Conference elected Tommy T. B. Koh (Singapore) as
President on 13 March 1981. 25
15. The Conference decided that the Chairmen and Rapporteurs of the three
Main Committees, the Chairman of the Drafting Committee, and the Rapporteur-
General of the Conference would be elected in a personal capacity and that the
Vice-Presidents, the Vice-Chairmen of the Main Committees and the members of
the Drafting Committee should be elected by country. 26
16. The Conference elected as Vice-Presidents, the representatives of the
following States: Algeria; Belgium, replaced by Ireland during alternate sessions
(by agreement of the regional group concerned); Bolivia; Chile; China; Dominican
Republic; Egypt; France; Iceland; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Kuwait; Liberia;
Madagascar; Nepal; Nigeria; Norway; Pakistan; Peru; Poland; Singapore, replaced
by Sri Lanka at the tenth session (by agreement of the regional group concerned);
Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Uganda; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; United States of America; Yugoslavia;
Zaire and Zambia.
17. The following Committees were set up by the Conference: the General
Committee; the three Main Committees; the Drafting Committee and the Credentials
Committee. The assignment of subjects to the plenary and each of the Main
Committees was set out in section III of document A/CONF.62/29.
The General Committee consisted of the President of the Conference as
its Chairman, the Vice-Presidents, the officers of the Main Committees, and
the Rapporteur-General. The Chairman of the Drafting Committee had the
right to participate in the meeting of the General Committee without the right
to vote. 27
The Conference elected the following officers for the three Main Committees
which were constituted by all States represented at the Conference: