A book produced by the International Ocean Institute (IOI), the Nippon Foundation and the Ship and Ocean Foundation, commemerating the life of Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Contains pictures, and a section of the Japanese translation of "The Oceanic Circle." Also contains a list of Pacem in Maribus (PIM) conferences, and Mann Borgese's curriculum vitae in English.
File contains material on the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Included is material printed off UNITAR website (e.g., a work programme from 2001). Also included is an invitation and an agenda to a conference on "The Sea and Security" to be held in March 2002, at which Mann Borgese was supposed to give the keynote address.
File contains brochures, newsletters, papers, project proposals, news releases, newspaper clippings, and print-outs from UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) website. Documents deal with the UNEP's Sasakawa Prize (for the years 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2002), a report by previous award winners (of whom Elisabeth Mann Borgese was one), reports on collaboration with the International Ocean Institute (IOI), a copy of GESAMP's (the Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Environmental Protection) draft report ("Sea of Troubles: State of the World's Oceans"). The file also includes a copy of "Das Parlament" (for which Borgese wrote an article), the United Nations' "Protocol for the Prevention and Elimination of Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft or Incineration at Sea," information on the Caribbean Environment Programme, and information on Agenda 21. File contains duplicate copies, and oversize material, which have not been digitized.
File contains correspondence with Dr. Gao Zhiguo and his wife, Ping Han. Some of which concerns Pacem in Maribus (PIM) and the Ocean Yearbook. Other topics of discussion include Ping Han’s studying at Dalhousie. Also includes a copy of the article "China and the Law of the Sea (LoS) Convention" by Gao Zhiguo.
File contains “Oceans and the Service Economy: Integrating the Insurance Industry into Integrated Coastal Management” by the International Ocean Institute (IOI), which discusses applies the issue of the common heritage to the issue of ocean economics. Includes two versions of a concept paper prepared by the IOI for the Insurance Industry and World Summit on Sustainable Development (held in Johannesburg, 2002).
File contains information on the Train-Sea-Coast Program, which was a United Nations initiative run by DOALOS (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Some documents discuss the International Ocean Institute (IOI)'s running a training programme on behalf of the Train-Sea-Coast Program. Includes reports, drafts, proposals, newsletters, conference and meeting material, website print-outs, program rules; and project documents. Correspondence is attached to some publications. File also contains duplicate copies, which have not been digitized.
File contains correspondence relating to Elisabeth Mann Borgese's article, "Law of the Sea for the Twenty-First Century." Please see MS-2-744, Box 339, Folder 5 for a copy of the article.
File contains correspondence with journalists - namely CBC, CTV, and Vatican Radio - reporting on Elisabeth Mann Borgese life and work. File includes correspondence concerning Mann Borgese's proposed film project, "Four Oceans" and a film adaptation of Mann Borgese's "Drama on the Oceans;" a proposal for a documentary film about Mann Borgese; copies of articles about Mann Borgese; and various pieces Mann Borgese submitted to the press. Also contains several copies of Mann Borgese's CVs. See also correspondence with Eberhard Goerner (MS-2-744, Box 361, Folder 18) for related correspondence.
This file contains reports by Elisabeth Mann Borgese on the first two sessions of the United Nations Informal Consultative Process on the Oceans and the Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS), which had the aim to build a global system of ocean governance. The first session was held May 30-June 2, 2000, and the second session was held from May 7 to May 11, 2001.
File contains a student assignment written about Elisabeth Mann Borgese's story "Molly." The project appears to be a film treatment of the story, with a scene by scene breakdown.
File contains documents from the meeting, which was held in Montreal from November 21-23, 2001. File includes: A list of documents; a list of participants; a report from the 1999 meeting of this group; a provisional agenda; a presentation by the International Ocean Institute (IOI); an inventory of work in chemicals undertaken by regional sea programmes; "Ecosystem-based Management of Fisheries: The Way Forward;" a report of transboundary movements of wastes; reports on a process to establish the state of the marine environment; a report on cooperation in the Mediterranean; a policy papers from the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or Their Representatives on International Environmental Government meeting of July 17, 2001; reports multilateral environmental agreements; a report on the "Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment rom Land-based Activities through Improved Coastal and Ocean Governance;" a report on issues facing regional sea conventions and plans; meeting minutes from the Caspian Sturgeon Resources: Stakeholders' Meeting (July 12-13, 2001); a memorandum of understanding between the Secretariat of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme and the Secretariat of the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific; and the "Report of the Third Global Meeting of Regional Seas Convention and Action Plans" from November 2000.
File contains documents used and created by participants in various Global Programme of Action (GPA) conferences and meetings held between 2000 and 2001. Includes (from the April 2000 meeting): a list of documents, agendas, background papers, correspondence about the participation of the International Ocean Institute (IOI), an "Alternative Draft High Level Declaration," conclusions from the co-chairs, a draft report from Discussion Panel B: "Economic and Social Impact of Marine Pollution and Degradation, Especially in Coastal Areas." Contains, from the August 2000 meetings: correspondence, and discussion papers. Also contains correspondence, a non-paper, press releases, agendas, membership lists, policy papers, copies of a website, a paper from the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds 1971 and 1992, steering committee documents (Mann Borgese was a member), all arising from the Fourth Meeting of Regional Seas held in Montreal between November 21 and 23, 2001. Also included is a copy of "The Montreal Declaration on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities," which arose out of the conferences. The file also contains a plan for the International Ocean Institute booth at one of the conferences, and handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. See file MS-2-744, Box 257, Folder 10 for correspondence between GPA and International Ocean Institute during this period, and MS-2-744, Box 257, Folder 11 and MS-2-744, Box 257, Folder 12 for related documents. File contains duplicates which have not been digitized.
File contains photographs of Elisabeth Mann Borgese with unidentified friends or family. Includes photos from other locales visited by the photographer that were sent to Elisabeth Mann Borgese with the Christmas photos.
File contains a letter from Hsiuping Pringsheim, Klaus Pringsheim (Elisabeth Mann Borgese's cousin)'s wife. Topics of discussion include the film on the Mann family, her children, and Klaus. Originally sent with photographs.
File contains correspondence with Judge Abdul Koroma, of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the United Nations. Correspondence concerns International Ocean Institute and Pacem in Maribus conferences, the need for ratification of UNCLoS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), a nomination for Judge Koroma to sit on the International Court of Justice, a series of letters sent out in advance of the Preparatory Committee meeting of 1986 (PrepCom), and the continued need for a new international economic order in the 1990s.
File contains correspondence with Alyn Ware, Consultant at Large for the Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy. Includes a copies of two papers by Ware ('Returning to the World Court: Notes on Possible Avenues for Follow-up Action in the International Court of Justice on Nuclear Disarmament," and "Nuclear Denizens of the Deep: Can we Prohibit Them?"), discussion surrounding bill introduced in the New Zealand parliament ("Nuclear Free Zone Expansion"), along with a copy of the bill, a speech by Elisabeth Mann Borgese on the bill, and a paper by Mann Borgese titled "Ocean Governance."
File contains various news articles about Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Topics discussed include her 80th birthday, receiving Germany's Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit, her family, her dogs, her trips to Germany, Nikolas Gelpke, her work on the oceans, and other topics. Includes several interviews (some in German, some in English).
File includes copies of a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, written for a publication in honour of Shigeru Oda ("Liber Amicorum Judge Shigeru Oda"), on the expansion of the concept of "the common heritage of mankind" from the mineral resources of the international seabed to the ocean's living resources. The file contains a preprint version, as well as an earlier draft. The file also includes a copy of a different article by Mann Borgese, "The Common Heritage," which was published in 1974 in "Ceres" magazine (see MS-2-744, Box 174, Folder 18). File contains duplicate copies which have not been digitized.
File contains correspondence, agreements, and drafts relating to Elisabeth Mann Borgese's publication in journals owned by Elsevier. Many of the draft articles contain comments/corrections by Mann Borgese.Includes correspondence and drafts relating to the following articles: "Commentary: Earth Summit Implementation: Progress Achieved on Oceans and Coasts,""Capacity Building Paper: The Training Programme of the International Ocean Institute," "The Law of the Sea: Unfinished Business" (partial) from "Natural Resources Forum," "Global Civil Society: Lessons from Ocean Governance," and "The Economics of the Common Heritage."
File contains correspondence and news articles relating to Thomas Schumann and Edition Memoria, a publishing company which specializes in exiled German authors, and which published two volumes of Elisabeth Mann Borgese's fiction. Includes a draft copy of Mann Borgese's short story "Die arme Sinda."
File contains a copy of IAPMA (International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists) Bulletin 30 ("Water"). Elisabeth Mann Borgese wrote an introduction to the work ("Law of the Sea for the Twenty-first Century").
File contains an adaptation of the parable of the north wind and the sun, connecting it to the War on Terror. The parable is likely by Elisabeth Mann Borgese (see letter of September 25, 2001 in MS-2-744, Box 238, Folder 2).
File includes correspondence with Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific and Freshwater Fisheries Canada, Supply and Services Canada, and Dalhousie University. Correspondents include Roy Cheeseman; Aldo Chircop; Garry Comber (Secretary-Treasurer of ICOD); David Copp; Jeanne-Mance Cote (administrative assistant to the President of ICOD); Heather Creech; Luc Cuyvers; Mary Jo Duncan. File includes a copy of International Ocean Institute (IOI) statutes and lists IOI Board of Trustees. File contains one piece of personal correspondence.
File contains a report produced for a contact meeting between the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and the Nippon Foundation in Tokyo, Japan. The report contains information regarding the IOI Virtual University's vision, structure, curriculum, degree programs, partners and support for the project.
File contains a chart created by Elisabeth Mann Borgese that may have been presented or distributed as part of UNICPOLOS (United Nations Informal Consultative Process on the Oceans). Includes draft versions with corrections by Mann Borgese. Also includes correspondence on the chart, and copies of "Call to International Action" adopted at the 1996 Coastal Zone Conference.
File contains correspondence with Valerie Facey of the Mill Press. Majority of the correspondence concerns the publication of EMB's children's book "Chairworm and Supershark." Specifically its translation into German and Italian. Also includes a draft for a flap of the book. Some letters also discuss the International Ocean Institute Leadership Seminar in Jamaica and Thomas Mann.
File contains correspondence with Ambassador John Alan Beesley, Canada's ambassador to the Law of the Sea Conference, and the head of the drafting committee. Topics of discussion include Beesley's honourary degree from Dalhousie, ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XXVI, Law of the Sea training at the International Ocean Institute (IOI). File also contains a newspaper article on PIM XXVI, several articles and speeches by Ambassador Beesley ("The Missing Environmental Perspective," "The Negotiating Strategy of UNCLOS III: Developing and Developed Countries as Partners: A Pattern for Future Multilateral International Conferences?," "Purposes and Principles or Platitudes and Pronouncements," and "The International Constitution for the Oceans: Canada and the Rule of the Law"). Also includes "The Plot to Save the World" by Wade Rowland, which mentions Beesley and the UNCLoS conference, and copies of "Canada and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: The Need for Ratification," written/edited in part by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, and sent to various government officials.
File contains correspondence with Legal Scholar and Judge, Ronald St. John Macdonald. Topics of discussion include attendance at Pacem in Maribus (PIM) conferences, Elisabeth Mann Borgese's contribution to a book honouring Professor Wang Tieya (includes a brief biography blurb of Mann Borgese), Mann Borgese's support for a nomination of Macdonald for promotion within the Order of Canada, and correspondence with Macdonald about joining the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). File Includes a copy of "UNCLoS, UNCED, and the Restructuring of the United Nations System" by Mann Borgese; a copy of "The United Nations Decade of International Law" by Macdonald; and a copy of an article by René Jean Dupuy ("Humanity and the Environment").
File contains correspondence with the Non-Governmental Organization Section of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. File also includes invitations for International Ocean Institute participants to UN-sponsored conferences for NGOs.
File contains outgoing correspondence from Elisabeth Mann Borgese concerning stories she submitted for publication (the titles of the stories are unknown).
File contains correspondence to and/or from Farido Ayoub, Ruth Bamela Engo-Tjega, Marcia Brewster, Herb Dhaliwal, JoAnne DiSano, Peter Donigi, and Saroja Douglas. Also included are peer reviews for an article Mann Borgese wrote, "The Law of the Sea: Unfinished Business for Ever?," a draft copy and a discussion of changes to said article.
File contains a birth announcement for Juliet Solere Ward (born December 31, 1999), sent by parents Raju and Stanley Ward. Includes a handwritten note to Elisabeth Mann Borgese on the reverse.
File contains background materials used at mettings of the International Ocean Institute (IOI) with the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University, and with the UN (United Nations) University for Peace on the development of a Virtual University for the Ocean. The package includes a "Proposal for the Establishment of the IOI Virtual University" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, along with letters of support for the venture, syllabi, and other reports and summaries.
File contains two copies of the article by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, which attempts to spell out some guidelines for "ocean economics" in the Twenty-First Century. This file contains a copy of the published version (from "Ocean & Coastal Management"), and a pre-published version.
Item is a VHS videocassette containing an interview with Elisabeth Mann Borgese produced by the German German broadcaster "Deutche Welle." The interview was conducted in German and English for the program "Deutschland Heute" (Germany Today).
File contains proposal from the International Ocean Institute (IOI)’s leadership seminar, held in Ottawa, Ontario. Also contains a list of selected issues for consideration.
File contains a greeting card from a Linda [last name unknown], sent with photographs of Elisabeth Mann Borgese at the Winham family Christmas party in 1999.
File includes correspondence and agreements with publishers and magazines. Correspondents include Basic Books; Duke University Press; Future; GEO magazine; Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (regarding Borgese's "Mediterranean Project").
File includes copies of speeches and papers by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Includes: "Music and Oceans," "Bioprospecting and Access to the Genetic Resources in the Area" (likely an excerpt from a larger work), "Working Paper: Analysis of Debate on Coordination," a copy of "Neuschottlände Bote," which contains a copy of Mann Borgese's convocation address given at Dalhousie in 1998 ("Meeting at a Crossroads"), and an article on her, "The Oceanic Circle" (a speech given by Mann Borgese upon receiving an honorary degree from Yokohama City University), "Report on the 'Pallas' Accident," "Oil and Gas and the Oceans," (a lecture given by Mann Borgese to the Coady International Institute), "Global Civic Culture," an unidentified speech given in celebration of the International Year of the Ocean (1998), and "The Future of the Oceans."
File includes speeches and papers by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Includes her acceptance speech for the Ozaki prize, as well as: "Summary Report on a Two-day Visit to the Coastal Eco-Villages in Tamil Nadu, India," "Convocation address" (delivered at Dalhousie, upon receiving her honorary degree), "Four Oceans" (a project outline for a two-hour film), an application for funding for the Leadership Seminar for the Leaders and Experts of the Delegations to the Fifth Session of the International Sea-bed Authority, Jamaica, August 11-13, 1999, a project outline "Addressing Global Ocean Environmental Issues: Responding to the International Year of the Oceans," "The Years of my Life" (The Nexus Lecture), and a draft of "The World I Want to Leave to my Grandchildren."
File contains correspondence, speeches, and articles by Robert Muller, Chancellor for the UN University for Peace. Some correspondence concerns Independent World Commission on the Oceans, International Ocean Institute Virtual University, and the UN Peace University.
File contains publications and correspondence with university Chancellor Robert Muller. Publications include University for Peace brochures and "2000 Ideas: Volume IV" by Robert Muller.
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