File includes a draft report from the meeting that was held May 3-4, 1996, in Lisbon. The meeting discussed administrative and financial matters, the Commission's communication strategy, interactions with other agencies (both within the United Nations, and Non-Governmental Organizations, or NGOs), issues to be considered by the Commission, and planning for the Second Session of the Commission (held in Rio de Janerio) and the Third Plenary Session (held in Rotterdam).
File contains a report. Full title: Seabed Regime and Machinery: Some ideas, aspects and critics: An Analysis of Current Proposals from the Point of View of the Ocean Mining Industry.
File includes documents relevant to the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea talks. Includes "Draft United Nations (UN) Convention on the International Sea-Bed Area," "Establishment of a Regime for the Exploration and Exploitation of the Sea-Bed," and "International Regime."
File contains a memorandum to the executive committee by Sidney Holt, discussing problems affecting the fishing industries, that was distributed at the Second Plenary Session in Rio de Janeiro.
File contains documents relating to the International Centre for Ocean Development's Scholarship Programme. Included are lists of recipients for 1985-1986 and the 1987-1988.
File contains correspondence with Philip R.L. Somerville, the Vice-Consul of the Canadian Consulate General, San Francisco (with a Pacem in Maribus invitation and a report on the Canadian position on UNCLoS III), John Blair of Shell Canada (on Pacem in Maribus), correspondence with Carleton Smith (with newspaper clippings) of the J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Prize (and Arvid Pardo's nomination), and Sondra Sellars, asking for a list of articles/speeches by Pardo.
File contains outgoing correspondence to Dieter Thomas (San Marino), on the role of small or mini-States in the United Nations, and a letter to West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.
File contains correspondence with Stephen Salter (of the University of Edinburgh), Jürgen Sünder [?] Obren Stankovic, and A.D. Buzzalini of the Skelly Oil company.
File contains correspondence with Alan Swabey regarding a talk for the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, as well as correspondence with K.D. Suter, Kazuo Sumi, A.W. Smith, G.J. Smith, and C. Sanger.
File contains correspondence with Bhagwat Singh; Krista Singleton-Cambage; Neroni Slade; Gillian Sorensen; Fergus Watt; and Michael Zammit Cutajar. File also includes brochure for the "International Year of the Ocean Asia-Pacific Conference," held in Brisbane Australia on September 26, 1998, and an NGO/DPI ballot.
File contains correspondence with Japanese Member of Parliament Yuzuru Shimazaki (on the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention of the Law on the Law of the Sea), Keith Suter, Danielle de St. Jorre (on problems with the Secretary-General's Consultations on the Law of the Sea), Margaret Wood of the International Ocean Institute (IOI), and Layachi Yaker (the letter to Yaker is missing a page).
File contains correspondence with organizations and publications. Correspondents include Sea Technology magazine (and attached is a letter to the editor by Mann Borgese); University of Hawaii at Manoa (regarding the "Staus of Freedom for the Seas" manuscript); W.W. Norton and Company; World Scientific Publishing Company; and the Yolla Bolly Press (regarding "Chairworm and Supershark").
File contains correspondence with CIDA, Fisheries and Oceans, the Canadian Embassy, and Supply and Services Canada. Correspondents include Jean-Guy Saint-Martin; Paula Scott; Madame Nicole Senecal; Michael Shenstone; Thea Smith (report attached); E.R. Solmon; Danielle de St. Jorre; Zosia Szpakowska (report attached); Paul M. Tellier; Deborah Turnbull (CV attached).
File contains appointments of International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) positions (namely of Elisabeth Mann Borgese as Chairperson) by the Canadian government. Also included are banking, salary and ICOD committee resolutions.
File contains a proposal for a project to examine a system of exploration and exploitation by W. Broeren, an issue of "Sea Grant Newsletter" (vol. 9, no. 1), copies of figures from the Commodities Yearbook, "Le manganese", and a research project outline regarding Africa and sea-bed mining. Also includes some correspondence.
File includes a study, scheduled from the Winter 1978 and 1979, which focuses on seabed mining for Africian development, and Africian interests in the International Seabed Authority. The draft contains a bibliography, a discussion of methodology, and three sceanrios. Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a participant in the study.
File contains a discussion of papers need for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans' final report (organized by topic). This document was likely written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File contains reports from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada for the Audit Committee of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD)'s Board of Directors. The reports, which date from 1988 and 1990, outline the Government's approach to auditing the ICOD's financial statements.
File includes papers prepared by Dalhousie University regarding the creation of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD). Includes "ICOD - A Working Brief"; "ICOD - The Nova Scotia Capability Base"; and "A Summary of Ocean-Related Activities at Dalhousie." Also includes a letter of support for the concept of an ICOD from the Vice-President (Academic) of Acadia University.
File contains reports detailing International Ocean Institute (IOI) projects, funding, Operational Centres, and other matters. Includes reports, with appendices, for the periods of December 1995-April 1996, November 1998-May 1999, and an annual report for 1999-2000.
File contains several reports, a paper, and a proposal written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Includes the following documents: 1) five annexes: "The Eco-Village Project: Introduction and Summary," "The Job Creating Potential of Integrated Coastal Management: Introduction and Summary," "The Revitalization of the Regional Sea Programme," "Institutional Development at the Global Level Introduction and Summary," "The IOI Training Programme;" 2) "Technology Cooperation," a paper written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) (this version contains some handwritten annotations/corrections by the author); 3) the first draft of the "Proposal for the Establishment of the International Ocean Institute Virtual University"; and 4) a description of International Ocean Institute (for a promotional brochure).
File contains a report to CIDA, regarding the funding of the Project: P7990-0893-S44413 to support the work of the International Ocean Institute (IOI). Includes correspondence, a copy of the report, and several annexes the IOI’s report: Project Performance Evaluation Report (PPER), meeting minutes, “Report on Programme of Addis Seminar” (which discusses the Preparatory Commission, and the Boat Paper controversy), and a list of participants, “Minutes of Course Development Committee,” an agreement between the IOI and the Centre de Recherches Oceanographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT), several memorandums of understanding, a list of course participants, and material relating to Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XXII.
File contains a copy of Minister Jens Evensen's "summing up," of the discussions on intersessional work relating to the Law of the Sea conference, held in New York, December 1978. The file also includes a list of participants.
File includes reports and correspondence relating to Malta's draft resolution to create an intergovernment sea service. The file also includes "Mission of Malta to the United Nations," a statement by Arvid Pardo.
File contains a copy of "The Law of the Sea: Report from Caracas" on the second session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, originally published in the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institution's magazine (in November/December 1974).
File contains a copy of the "Reduced Single Negotiating Text" based on a doucment used in the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea III (UNCLoS III), dealing with the sea-bed. Included is a list of comments on the draft of unknown authorship.
File contains a report, by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, of the third sessinon of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. The paper was presented to the Club of Rome.
File contains correspondence with Jeremy Rifkin (Peoples Business Commission), Dale Riehli (on the television adaption of "The Drama of the Oceans"), and W. Riphagen.
File contains correspondence with Berudt Richter, Jacques Rougeru (of the Centre d'Architecture de la Mer et de l'Espace), Don Reed, Ruder and Finn, and Ruth Ross. Topics of discussion include Borgese's "The Drama of the Oceans," the International Ocean Institute (IOI), and a speech Borgese gave at the Henry Salvator Center (which includes a transcript, with handwritten annotations and corrections by Borgese).
File contains correspondence with Jean Ripert (United Nations, and concerning activities of the International Ocean Institute (IOI)), Ravi Ravindra (Professor of Physics at Dalhousie, which discusses possible collaboration between the Threshold Foundation and the IOI), and H.E. Ambassador Shridath S. Ramphal (of the Commonwealth Secretariat, concerning Pacem in Maribus (PIM) X).
File contains correspondence with Dimitri Rebekoff, John Schaffner, University of Chicago Press, Phie van Ettinger. Also includes a Rebekoff Institute notice, advertising courses at the Institute.
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Kirstin Ratajczak; Hans-Juergen Schinzler; Henning Schulte-Noelle; Jurgen Streich; Dr. Suess; and Klaus Töpfer. Topics of discussion include the work of the International Ocean Institute (IOI), Agenda 21, and the United Nations.
File contains correspondence with Zaleena Ramnoth; Danielle de St. Jorre; Paul Sutherland; and A.D. Tillett. Topics of discussion include United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) ratifications, scholarships, and Allan Farmer's appointment at President of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD).
Correspondence concerns the IWCO Study Group on the Economic Uses of the Ocean, of which Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a member. Correspondents include Mario Ruivo, and Mario Soares.
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Ingrid K. Rankl; Dr. Real; Henning Scherf; Tomas Schmidt; W. Schmidt; Dagmar Schreiber; Frank Schweikert; Bernd Skudelny (proposal by Mann Borgese, on the International Sea-bed Authority, attached); J.H. Stel; and Clemens Stroetmann.
File includes correspondence with: Kenneth Rattray (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jamaica); Ivo Sanander (Deputy Foreign Minister, Croatia); Alfred Sereki (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Albania); Indian Ambassador Bhagwat Singh; Indian Minister Manmohan Singh; Ambassador to the United Nations Danielle de St. Jorre; John R. Stevenson; and Keith Suter. Mainly discussed is the "Boat Paper" and the responding Koroma non-paper (written in part by Judge Koroma and Mann Borgese).
File contains a lists of individuals invited to contribute to a publication, and a questionnaire from the International Ocean Institute (IOI) released after the Caracas session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).
File contains correspondence and a questionnaire, sent to members of the Group of 77, prepared by the International Ocean Institute (IOI) after the Caracas session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS). See also MS-2-744, Box 136, Folder 4 and MS-2-744, Box 121, Folder 10.
File contains correspondence with the "Quarterly Review of Biology," Joyce Rosner, Mr. Ronning, and Plenum Publishing Corporation (the latter referring to pictures for inclusion in "The Mines of Neptune").
File contains various documents relating to the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and its programs. Includes a statement about the IOI by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, which was published in "Environmental Conservation," an International Ocean Institute pamphlet (with an insert for Pacem in Maribus (PIM) IX), a statement by Theodore Herman, on research he undertook at the IOI (with handwritten notes by Mann Borgese), a newspaper clipping on the history of the IOI, and correspondence to [Bhagwat] with a proposal for a Leadership Seminar about the International Seabed Authority (ISA).
File contains budget information for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) prepared by the International Ocean Institute (IOI), discussing expenses, and sources of funding. The file also contains a letter from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
File contains two proposals, "Country Eligibility" and "Recipient Countries," which outline criteria for International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) programme funding.
File contains a series of proposals from Ambassador Karl Wolf to Ambassador Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, for consideration in the preparation of the Composite Informal Single Negotiating Text.
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