[5] After World War II, Stavropoulous began his career with the United Nations, which he would go on to serve in for over 30 years.
[7] The team produced a vast amount of documentation which was to serve as background material for the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine.
[7] Later on, Stavropoulos would be recruited by Ralph Bunche, after he had been named Principal Secretary of the United Nations Palestine Commission (UNPC).
[10] Stavropoulos served as the Special Representative of the Secretary General at the two first United Nations Conferences on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in 1958 and 1960 respectively.
[15] Stavropoulos died in 1984 in Athens, Greece, at the age of 79, as a result of a heart attack after a long illness.