File contains a copy of a summary report of the regional hearing that was held at International Ocean Institute (IOI) China Operational Center in Tianjin, May 9-11, 1995. Also includes two additional summary reports: "Phase II: Workshop on the implementation of UNCLOS [United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea] in China as a Follow-Up up to The Hearing," held November 2-5, 1995 in Tianjin, China, and a brief summary report on "Phase III: Group of Experts Proposal Preparation Meeting," held December 13-14, 1995, in Tianjin, China.
File contains the second draft of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO)'s report ("The Ocean...Our Future"). Contains six chapters ("Promoting Peace and Security in the Ocean," "The Quest for Equity in the Ocean," "Ocean Science and Technology," "Revaluing the Ocean," "Our Ocean: Public Participation and Awareness," and Towards Effective Ocean Governance") and several annexes. This copy also includes handwritten annotations and corrections by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File contains documents originally housed in a large binder with other United Nations (UN) materials and the contents of MS-2-744, Box 117, File 4, MS-2-744, Box 117, File 5, MS-2-744, Box 117, File 7 and MS-2-744 Box 117, File 8. File contains summarizes of meetings held in August 1976.
File contains two lists of participants. One is unlabelled with handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, the other list is from the Intersessional Consultations on the Law of the Sea in Geneva on March 1, 1977.
File contains informal suggestions by various countries, "Financial Arrangements of the Authority" (redrafted versions of the relevant articles of the convention), "Financing the Enterprise," meeting minutes (mainly on the protection and preservation of the marine environment), a memorandum of the group of land-locked and geographically disavantaged states "On the Rights of the Land-Locked and Geographically Disadvantaged States in the Economic Zone," and a memorandum by Peru (as co-ordinator of the group of coastal states). Parts 1 and 2 of this file are in MS-2-744, Box 120, File 7 and MS-2-744, Box 120, File 8, respectively.
File contains material originally housed in a large binder with other United Nations (UN) reference material (i.e. press releases, journals, sessional reports), and the contents of MS-2-744, Box 117, File 1. File contains a memorandum from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Austrian Ambassador Karl Wolf, and amendments to the fifth (5th) draft.
File contains a copy of a transcription that predominantly features Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Outlines many of the issues to be discussed at the 1974 conference, including Exclusive Economic Zones.
File contains a copy of working paper two, which comprises four resolutions: Resolution I on the "Establishment of the Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-Bed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea;" Resolution II on "Governing Preparatory Investment in Pioneer Activities Relating to Polymetallic Nodules;" Resolution III and Resolution IV both titled "The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea." Also includes a loose page from another document.
File contains correspondence with various individuals. Correspondents include Najeeb Al Nuimi (Legal Advisor to the Crown Prince on Qatar), which discuss Pacem in Maribus XXI, and the Secretary-General's consultations on the Law of the Sea, and attached is a paper by Mann Borgese: "Making the Convention 'Universally Accepatble';" Lennox Ballah of the Institute of Marine Affairs (attached is a copy of the Nonpaper); W. Balzan (personal assistant to Guido De Marco); Paul Berenger, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Mauritius; Martin Blakeway (who wrote to the Prince of Tonga about raitification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea); United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, which advocate turing the Preparatory Commission into an Interim Authority, in light of the "boat paper; and Salvino Busuttil on Malta's failure to announce ratification of the convention.
File contains correspondence with Liberal Member of Parliament for Halifax, Mary Clancy. Topics of discussion include a visa application for a student at Dalhousie, support for the United Nations for the Convention for the Law of the Sea, which includes a draft resolution made by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File contains correspondence with German Ambassador Per Fischer and two letters from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Timo Lahelma (of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland), on the subject of manganese nodules in the EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) of Chile. File contains a duplicate letter, which has not been digitized.
File contains correspondence with the following: Judge Abdul Koroma (on the boat paper, and attachments: A speech on that paper, the "Anderson Paper," a "Draft Resolution for Adoption by the General Assembly," an "Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea"); Ambassador Ramtane Lamamara (outgoing only, on the need to rally Group 77 countries on ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea); Patricia Lewis; and Dr. Luis Preval (on Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea).
File contains correspondence with Claiborne Pell, who was an American Senator from Rhode Island, and advocate for the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea. Includes Congressional Hearings and Congressional Records (newsletters), and a resolution (S. Res. 186) on sea-bed mining.
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 correspondence with: Anton Vratusa of the ICPE (International Center for Public Enterprise in Developing Countries) on adovating for ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS); Lojze Peterle (Slovenian Deputy Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, letter contains an appeal from Mann Borgese on why UNCLoS is important to Slovenia); Mark Wood (a journalist at "The Malta Independent"); Layachi Yaker (mainly on the Secreatary General Consultations, the boat paper, and the non-paper); and Günther Zade of the World Maritime University (the International Ocean Institute held a training programme with them in 1992).
File contains handwritten notes (numbered 1 to 9), discussing the period after the signing of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III). Discusses the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and JEFERAD (Joint Enterprise for Exploration in Research and Development).
File contains a paper written by Kazuo Sumi, a professor at Yokohama City University. The paper addresses concerns with the concept of a 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
File contains a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, which concerns the common heritage of mankind and the nature of the proposed Seabed Authority. A copy of a draft version, with handwritten corrections .
File contains a draft of the paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, regarding the sixth session of UNCLoS (the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea).
File contains a speech by Arvid Pardo to the National Press Club, given in advance of the 1974 meeting of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III) in Caracas, Venezuela. This version has handwritten corrections by Pardo.
File contains a background paper. Full title: "Concerning the Difficulties Raised at the Last Informal Consultation of the Secretary-General with Respect to the Deep Sea-Bed Mining Provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea."
File includes a copy of a paper submitted to the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Law of the Sea Institute, "Transfer of Technology and UNCLoS III: Draft Convention."
File contains a description of the second session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) III, which took place in Caracas, Venezuela from June 20th to August 29th, 1974. There are some handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese on the reverse of several pages.
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