File contains correspondence with Keckes, the Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)'s Regional Seas Programme. Some correspondence concerns Pacem in Maribus (PIM), UNEP publications, and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and various government officials. Topics of discussion include the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), the Swedish Animal Protection Ordinance, and a request information for students. Also includes a letter from Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson on the Stockholm Initiative.
File contains two pieces of outgoing correspondence from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Frank Ferrari of the Institute, providing an update on activities (especially those in Africa) of the International Ocean Institute (IOI).
File contains correspondence concerning a potential source of funding for the International Ocean Institute (IOI). Some correspondence mentions Aurelio Peccei of the Club of Rome.
File contains a letter from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, on the International Ocean Institute (IOI). Attached is a summary of IOI activities and projects for 2002, including the eco-village project, the insurance (risk-reduction) project, establishing regional centres for technology development and transfer, a sustainable development project, and the IOI-Virtual University (IOI-VU).
File contains correspondence between the Canada’s Department of External Affairs/Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Elisabeth Mann Borgese/International Ocean Institute (IOI). Correspondents include Joe Clark, Douglas Roche, Bill Graham, Lloyd Axworthy and various governmental officials. Topics of discussion include the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), Elisabeth Mann Borgese’s appointment as Chair of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD), Apartheid in South Africa, Pacem in Maribus (PIM) convocations, and the International Sea-Bed Authority. File also Includes backgrounders and press releases from the Department; speeches (“Canada and the Challenges of the Post-War Period in the Gulf” by Joe Clark, a Parliamentary statement by André Ouellet, and a speech by Ouellet on the 50th Session of the United Nations General Assembly); documents from the International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGO) Forum and the National Forum on Canada’s International Relations on their submission to the government on Canada’s foreign policy; a copy of "The Ocean Assembly” by Mann Borgese; a copy of "Canadian Foreign Policy, the Law of the Sea, and Ocean Development," a brief by Mann Borgese sent to the Foreign Policy Review Committee; an excerpy from a Parliamentary debate on UNCLoS; and a meeting summary from the Canadian Network for an International Criminal Court. File also contains a letter from the Minister of External Affairs (Gail Guy) for Trinidad and Tobago.
File contains correspondence, mainly concerning funding for the International Ocean Institute (IOI). Topics of discussion also include the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) the IOI's Training Programme, and its publications. Also includes copies of contracts and conference invoices.
File contains correspondence with various individuals from GEOMAR. The file also includes a website print-out and other documents that provide information about the organization.
File contains correspondence with the German Foundation for International Development (Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung), concerning RIO (Reshaping the International Order). Some correspondence is with the Director General, Gerhard Fritz.
File contains correspondence concerning oceans, environmental issues, and the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) with various MPs, ministers, senators, and other government officials, including Jean Chrétien (outgoing only); Romeo LeBlanc (concerning Pacem in Maribus); Lucien Bouchard; Jim Fulton; Bill Graham; Charles Caccia (attached is a speech on the Earth Summit in Rio); Rideau Hall; Monique Vezina; Gilles Loiselle; Diane Marleau; Don Campbell; Customs Border Services; Sergio Marchi; Pierre Pettigrew; and Douglas Roche (includes a speech). Includes material regarding the Canadian Exhibit Program, a Team Canada trade mission in 1999, the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), Oceans Day (includes a poster), the Tobin Tax, a discussion paper and presentation material relating to "A Canadian Perspective on the Precautionary Approach/Principle," a copy of Bill C-10 "An Act respecting the national marine conservation areas of Canada," a report by the Centre for Collaborative Government, and other topics. File also includes newsletters, invitations, government reports, and a CD ROM. Note that various other files contain correspondence with Canadian or Nova Scotian government officials.
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese with various Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans (including Bernard Valcourt, John Crosbie, Brian Tobin, and Herb Dhaliwal), and various Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) officials. Topics of discussion include the National Marine Council, the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), the collapse of the East Coast fisheries in Canada, the Canada Oceans Act,the DFO's Sustainable Development Strategy (includes comments on it by Elisabeth Mann Borgese), invitations to various events, and Mann Borgese's involvement with the Minister's Advisory Council on the Oceans. File also includes material received from the DFO including: Bill C-98 ("An Act respecting the oceans of Canada"), "Deciding Together: A National Oceans Management Strategy," "The Marine Protected Areas Program: Documents and Consultations," DFO's "Sustainable Development Strategy: 2001-2003," promotional material from the DFO (including pamphlets, bookmarks and magnets, mainly to celebrate the International Year of the Oceans), a statement from Canada's Environment Minister David Anderson to the United Nation's Commission on Sustainable Development's Seventh Session on Oceans and Seas, several DFO backgrounders and news releases, and material relating to the establishment of an Arctic website. Also included is an ad from the Chronicle-Herald attacking Minister Tobin.
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Senator MacEachen, who was the Chairman of the Advisory Council of the International Ocean Institute (IOI), Canada. Topics of discussion include board members, and updates on IOI activities. The file also includes an invitation to attend the opening of the Allan J. MacEachen International Academic and Cultural Centre, and a letter from Jim Smith (Nova Scotia MLA) to Allan MacEachen on Elisabeth Mann Borgese's memorial.
File contains correspondence with Siddon, who was the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. Some correspondence concerns Pacem in Maribus, the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), the National Marine Council, and ocean policy. Much of the correspondence was received by Mann Borgese in her role as Chair of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD). File also includes an invitation and a news release.
File contains correspondence with officials on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Includes a letter by Ines Wesley-Tanaskovic on his family. Additional correspondence discusses of Pacem in Maribus (PIM). The file also includes a copy of "Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons."
File contains correspondence with Brian Flemming, the first chair of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD), includes a letter from Elisabeth Mann Borgese, updating her Curriculum Vitae (CV) for 1983, a report she authored (“Proposal on Training for ICOD”), concerning potential areas of co-operation between the ICOD and the International Ocean Institute (IOI), with correspondence regarding this proposal. For more documents on the ICOD, please see the “International Centre for Ocean Development” series in the Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds.
File contains correspondence with the International Labour Office (ILO) concerning International Ocean Institute (IOI) projects such as Pacem in Maribus (PIM), the “Ocean Yearbook” and the Training Programme.
File contains correspondence from and documents related to the International Ocean Institute (IOI). Includes a copy of "Marine Industrial Technology: Developments and Trends" (possibly by Elisabeth Mann Borgese); memos (some of which concern meetings between Dalhousie, the IOI, the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD), and others); proposals; reports; meeting minutes and agendas; an agreement relating to the lease of a building; blueprints; course outline; Borgese's speaking notes for a Pacem in Maribus (PIM) convocation; and a proposal (“Mediterranean Centre for Research and Development in Marine Industrial Technology”).
File contains correspondence about the establishment of an International Ocean Institute (IOI) operating centre in Qatar. File includes a memo titled "Question of the Establishment of an International Ocean Institute Operational Centre in Qatar." Some of the material refers to the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
File contains correspondence with, and documents sent to the International Ocean Institute's Board of Governors. Includes meeting agendas and minutes; a programme of IOI activities for 1992; interim report on IOI activities; a report from CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency); IOI statutes; reports from the IOI's Executive Director; IOI's articles of incorporation; CVs of potential Board members; lists of Board members; and a position paper by Mann Borgese ("Ocean Governance and the Social Summit"). Many of the topics of correspondence include funding, board membership, and board meetings.
File contains a piece of correspondence to Elisabeth Mann Borgese from the Malta Oceanographic Commission. Includes a copy of a newspaper article about Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XV.
File contains correspondence with the Administration personnel, concerning participation in an International Ocean Institute (IOI) training course, and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project. File also includes a brochure (for the International Year of the Oceans), background information, and a project proposal.
File contains correspondence with various employees of the Ocean Resources Management Programme (including Hugh Williamson). Includes a copy of "Report of a Consultancy on a Proposal to Establish a Regional Programme of Courses in Ocean Resource Management" by Caroline "Fox" Vanderbilt.
File contains correspondence with the Saudi-Sudanese Red Sea Joint Commission, concerning the International Ocean Institute (IOI)’s nomination for the Tyler Prize, and a special IOI programme for Arab nations.
File contains correspondence with and documents from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Correspondence concerns training programmes, Pacem in Maribus convocation, ratifications of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), and a nomination for the 1998 King Baudouin Prize. Includes Elisabeth Mann Borgese's notes for an International Ocean Institute (IOI) presentation at an UNCTAD meeting in Geneva, September 21, 1987; IOI's application for status with UNCTAD; a brochure; reports (mainly from UNCTAD committees); an activity brief for an IOI course ("Management and Conservation of Marine Resources"); notices; and meeting agenda.
File contains an application form from the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) section of the United Nations (UN) regarding International Ocean Institute (IOI) being granted consultative status with the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and information regarding UN NGO criteria.
File contains correspondence, largely concerning International Ocean Institute (IOI) projects, such as the “Ocean Yearbook,” and Pacem in Maribus (PIM). Also includes “UNITAR Activities Relating to Ocean Problems.”
File contains a letter with the United States Consul in Halifax regarding Elisabeth Mann Borgese's adoption of Canadian citizenship, and a letter with the Department of State, sent with a CV, and articles by Mann Borgese.
File contains correspondence with Sherman of the Liberian Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy. Some correspondence concerns Pacem in Maribus (PIM), PrepCom (the Preparatory Commission for the International Seabed Authority), and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS). File includes a copy of a magazine interview with Sherman.
File contains correspondence with several Canadian governmental departments. Includes correspondence with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), concerning funding for International Ocean Institute (IOI) projects (Pacem in Maribus (PIM) conferences, and training programmes), and the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) project. The Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration, concerning ocean mining. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, concerning an Open-University series of books and films on the ocean. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and Pierre Elliott Trudeau regarding the common heritage principle, disarmament, and an IOI training programme. Also includes correspondence to the PMO and Trudeau from third parties (former Member of Parliament Andrew Brewin, with a document entitled “Canadian Foreign Policy in the 1980s”), Gilbert Winham, and Gordon E. Beanlands. Also includes correspondence with Scotiabank, regarding funding.
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and various government officials. Includes correspondence regarding a Canadian visit of Italian author Alberto Moravia, a performance of Franco Mannino’s “Ocean Concert” in Rotterdam during Pacem in Maribus (PIM), and the training programme.
File contains a form letter, listing publications relating to Pacem in Maribus (PIM), as well as publications by Mann Borgese, and Arvid Pardo, which was sent to a number of libraries. Also contains a mailing list of libraries.
File contains correspondence with government and university representatives regarding the Training Programme and the establishment of marine technology centres.
File contains correspondence with Dr. Pravdić, of the Rudjer Bošković Institute in Croatia. Topics of discussion include personal matters, Pacem in Maribus (PIM), the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), training programmes and the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD).
File contains correspondence with Maltese lawyer and politician Victor Ragonesi, some of which concerns the establishment of a Mediterranean Centre for Research and Development in Marine Industrial Technology. Includes a copy of a letter from Maltese Prime Minister Edward Fenech Adami to the Secretary General of the United Nations on the concept.
File contains correspondence regarding International Ocean Institute (IOI) participation in a conference on Caribbean and Gulf Development and Impact on Marine Environment.
File contains correspondence with various World Economic Forum (WEF) officials, much of which concerns "Trustees 21." Other topics of conversation include the Club of Rome, and Pacem in Maribus. The file also includes a copy of the WEF's mission statement.
File contains correspondence with various ambassadors, and students from Yugoslavia. Correspondence concerns the political situation Yugoslavia, Elisabeth Mann Borgese’s appointment as Honourary Consul for the Yugoslavian Consulate in Halifax, some personal correspondence, and related two articles on Yugoslavia. Also includes correspondence with between the Yugoslavian ambassadors and several Nova Scotian politicians (John Savage and John Buchanan).
File contains correspondence with Joe Clark (then Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs). Topics include an invitation to attend Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XVI, and encouraging Canadian ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III), and how it would impact recent events (Arcitc disputes, the Gulf War, etc.).
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese, or the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and Rodrigues. Topics of discussion include jobs and references, a Spanish translation of Mann Borgese's "Chairworm and Supershark" (includes a draft), Pacem in Maribus (PIM) convocation, discussion of translations of "Ocean Yearbook" and other documents, IOI training courses. Includes Rodrigues' CV, and "Some Preliminary Thoughts About IOI-Columbia."
File contains correspondence to Jean L. Ripert, the Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, which was sent along with a covering letter to Ranaswamy Mani. The correspondence provides a description of the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and its projects.
File contains correspondence with Rideau Hall, concerning the Order of Canada, and the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada. Includes correspondence with Rideau Hall staff and Governor General Jeanne Sauvé (informing Mann Borgese of the Order of Canada award), letters of congratulations from Tom Hockin, Alan R. Abraham, Fred Crickard, and Innis Christie, letters of support for other Order of Canada nominees, and correspondence concerning the 125th Anniversary Medal. The file also includes a programme from the November 8, 1988 investiture of the Order of Canada (Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a recipient), a booklet listing Order of Canada members, and a certificate received by Borgese on receipt of the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada in 1992.
File contains correspondence with Otsuka, an employee of Intercom Inc. Correspondence concerns funding, the creation of an International Ocean Institute (IOI) operating centre in Japan, development of a film on the oceans, and Elisabeth Mann Borgese's honourary degree from Yokohama City University. Includes, a concept paper on IOI activities for 1998-2003 (to be submitted to the Nippon Foundation), and "Project Outline for a Contribution of the Non-governmental Sector to the Process of Updating and Upgrading the UNEP Initiated Regional Seas Programme" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
