C. G. Weeramantry Quotes

Sri Lanka, Lawyer
November 17, 1926 – January, 5, 2017.

Sri Lankabhimanya Christopher Gregory Weeramantry, AM was a Sri Lankan lawyer who was a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1991 to 2000, serving as its vice-president from 1997 to 2000. Weeramantry was a judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka from 1967 to 1972. He was also served as an emeritus professor at Monash University and the president of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms.

Also known as Judge

The main reason we are held hostage by the most destructive technology on earth is simple: the complete lack of international resolve to ban nuclear weapons and banish them from the arsenals of the world.

C. G. Weeramantry
- World
- Earth
- Technology
The creation of a nuclear weapons convention is not only achievable, it is imperative if civilisation is to survive.

C. G. Weeramantry
- Creation
- Weapons
- Nuclear