File contains faxed material sent by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), includes an agreement between UNIDO and the International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS), and the statutes for the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
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.
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 correspondence with Ivan Goodbody of the University of the West Indies (UWI), and concerns planning for an International Ocean Institute (IOI) training course in Jamaica. File also includes a pamphlet on courses at the UWI.
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Gunter Görner. Some correspondence concerns Pacem in Maribus (PIM), Mann Borgese's receiving the 1988 Sasakawa Environment Prize, and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).
File contains correspondence with Paul Gottlieb, who was with Harry N. Abrams. Correspondence concerns "Chairworm and Supershark," "Ocean Frontiers," and Thomas Mann's diaries.
File contains correspondence with German politician Horst Grunenberg. Includes a letter from the United States State Department on the US position on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).
File includes correspondence with Dr. G. Hempel of the Alfred Wegener Institut für Polar-und Meeresforchung, and relates to a paper written by the institute for inclusion in Elisabeth Mann Borgese's "Ocean Frontiers." Also includes a German language news clipping.
File contains outgoing correspondence only. Some correspondence concerns Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XVII, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), and Elisabeth Mann Borgese’s perestroika project. File also includes newspaper clippings on Gorbachev.
File contains a letter from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Vice President Elect Al Gore, asking him to reconsider American opposition to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
File contains correspondence with Peter Dohrn, much of which concerns planning training courses (especially on the Mediterranean). Other topics of discussion include Pacem in Maribus. The file also contains a brochure for a location to host the training sites.
File contains correspondence with Dr. Roland Fuchs, the Vice-Rector of the United Nations University (UNU). Much of the correspondence concerns the planning for Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XIX, and a published version of the proceedings. Includes a list of potential speakers, budgets, and chapter outlines. Also includes a letter from Fuchs announcing his departure from the post of Vice-Rector at the UNU.
File contains correspondence to/from: Onskebutiken (concerning an order of dishes and glassware by Elisabeth Mann Borgese), the OPEC Fund for International Development, Fianziaria Meridionale, and the Ocean Trust Foundation.
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 a report detailing the history of the Pacem in Maribus (PIM) conferences up to 1995, and connecting them to the mission of the International Ocean Institute (IOI).
File includes a printout of the Canadian Ocean Assessment section of the International Ocean Institute-Halifax website (includes both English and French versions). Also contains a printout of the IOI-Halifax homepage.
File contains correspondence with Robert Fournier (outgoing only); Lennox Hinds (Canadian International Development Agency), and Ron Jones (outgoing only). Topics of discussion include funding and administrative matters relating to the Independent World Commission on the Oceans, and hearings to be organized on its behalf in Canada.
File contains correspondence with J. Alan Beesley about participating in the Independent World Commission on the Oceans public hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia (held on April 26, 1996). Included is a copy of Beesley's CV.
File contains correspondence with Canadian government officials, including Huguette Labelle (president of the Canadian International Development Fund, or CIDA); and L.S. Parsons of the Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans (outgoing only), and Professor Dale Poel (outgoing only). Correspondence mainly about the funding of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans and its public hearings in Canada. File contains duplicate copies which have not been digitized.
File contains correspondence and agreements between International Ocean Institute (IOI) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), relating to CIDA's funding of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
File contains correspondence between Madeline Coffen-Smout of the IOI (International Ocean Institute), and Mr. Lennox Hinds of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and associated financial documents for 1997.
File includes news releases relating top the public hearings hosted by the Canadian Ocean Assessment in Halifax, Ottawa, and Vancouver (Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a speaker at each). The file also includes newspaper clippings (from the Dalhousie News, and the Chronicle Herald), and agendas for the meetings. File contains duplicate copies, which have not been digitized.
File contains a preface, written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, on the Canadian Ocean Assessment, discussing its relation to the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). This document was possibly the one she presented at the public hearings for the Canadian Ocean Assessment. File also includes handwritten notes by Borgese, on the back of an agenda for the Ottawa Public Hearings held by the Canadian Ocean Assessment. File also contains duplicate copies, which have not been digitized.
File contains several drafts of the paper, along with a speech introducing the discussion paper. Much of the paper deals with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).
File contains a report (possibly authored by Elisabeth Mann Borgese) on the status of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS). The report outlines several key features of the Convention (including the Common Heritage of Mankind, and the concept of interrelated ocean space). The report also discusses recommendations relating to UNCLoS.
File contains a plan to turn the proceedings of three Pacem in Maribus (PIM) conferences (XIV, XV, and XVI) into three textbooks. Includes a list of speakers from each conference, along with appendices: “Distant Learning Materials,” and “Training Ocean Managers: Seeing the Need and Meeting it: The International Ocean Institute (IOI) Perspective” by Caroline Vanderbilt.
File contains two copies of a report by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, providing a discussion on the implementation of the Rio Agreements, the activities of the International Ocean Institute (IOI) in this context, the continued need for a new economic approach to the oceans ("Economics of the Common Heritage"), and a discussion of the institutional requirements of sustainable developments.
File contains a report of work done by the International Ocean Institute (IOI) on ocean governance. Includes summaries on conferences, meetings, and publications. Includes lists of papers presented at various conferences, including several Pacem in Maribus (PIM) conferences. Also includes a letter from the Department of the Environment (United Kingdom), inviting Elisabeth Mann Borgese to speak at a dinner as part of the London Workshop on Environmental Science, Comprehensiveness and Consistency in Global Decisions on Ocean Issues (November 30-December 2, 1995).
File contains two drafts of a concept paper authored by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. The paper is a proposal for a study to be undertaken by Mann Borgese, includes some budgetary figures. Attached is correspondence with Rob Riemen and Barbara Finberg.
File contains several papers and reports authored by the International Ocean Institute's (IOI) Executive Director Krishan Saigal. Includes the following papers: "Integrated Coastal Zone Management," "Sustainable Management of Ecosystems," "Geopolitics and Sustainable Development of the Indian Ocean," "First Information Report from the International World Commission (IWCO) on Oceans to the Fiftieth General Assembly of the UN," "Networking Systems: The Experience of the International Ocean Institute (1993-1995)," "The Oceanic System," "Ghandian Economics, the Environment and Sustainable Development," "Peace, Environment, and Values: A Ghandian Perspective," "The Ocean in the Rig Veda," "Building Partnerships through Information Networking: The Experience of the International Ocean Institute (1992-1997)," "Politics, Science, Economics and Sustainable Development of the Oceans." Some correspondence attached.
File includes various newpaper articles. Includes an editorial by Elisabeth Mann Borgese sent to the Globe and Mail and Canadian politicans on why Canada needs to ratify the Convention on the Law of the Sea, a copy of "Bury the Law of the Sea Treaty" by Doug Bandow, letters from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to the editor of the New York Times, responding to an article by Steven Greenhouse, correspondence, and relevant articles from the New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Sunday Star-Ledger.
File contains documents pertaining to Part XI of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Includes the Boat Paper, which was a controversial paper, to which the nonpaper (which the International Ocean Institute (IOI) was involved in writing) was a response. File also includes a report from the Secretary-General's informal consultations on the topic.
File contains a report on the International Ocean Institute's stationary, discussing the upcoming conference, by providing descriptions of the participants, and the impact the conference could have on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III).
File contains a paper on Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), sea-bed mining, and the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom). File also includes a duplicate copy which has not been digitized.
File contains a draft report by Aldo E. Chircop prepared for the International Ocean Institute (IOI) for the United Nations Environment Programme, Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activitiy Centre. This version contains a list of illustrations/photographs for inclusion in the final draft.
File contains a report by Aldo Chircop, prepared by the IOI for the Alternative Modes of Funding the Mediterranean Trust Fund project. File also includes a piece of correspondence.
File contains the proposal, and an excerpt from Elisabeth Mann Borgese’s “The Oceanic Circle.” The file also includes Elisabeth Mann Borgese's correspondence with politicians to whom she sent the proposal, and some relating Canadian government documents (a copy of Bill C-27, an analysis of the Bill, and news releases from Fisheries and Oceans Canada). Includes a letter from Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, the Honourable David A. Anderson.