File contains a draft report from the session that was held June 6-9, 1997 in Newport, Rhode Island. Discussed were financial matters affect the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), reports from the five Working Groups, the communication strategy, the final report, and plans for the fifth (5th) plenary session in Cape Town (South Africa).
File contains observations on Lévy's report by Lucius Caflisch. Was originally filed with papers from the Geneva meetings in October, 1996. May have been presented to members of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) during those meetings.
File contains an information note, which was an agenda item for the United Nations General Assembly Fifty-Second Session ("Ocean and the Law of the Sea"). The note provides an update on the activities of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) Likely authored by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
FIle contains a report authored by the International Ocean Institute (IOI), relating the work of the IOI on the themes and issues being explored by the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) developed in Rio de Janeiro, 1996. Report may have been part of the documents distributed to participants of the second plenary session.
File includes a draft background paper by Richard Falk entitled "On the Peaceful Uses of the Oceans: Sovereignty, Security, Sustainability, and Development," and a draft report from a study group meeting held January 22-24, 1997, in Lisbon. The study group discussed the following issues, which it felt warranted inclusion in the Commission's final report: adapting to the post-Cold War security environment, the changing role of navies, creeping jurisdiction, responsible use of the ocean, zones of peace, conflict resolution, and providing institutional oversight for the oceans.
File contains a draft report, from the group's meeting held March 14-16, 1997, in Lisbon. Discussed are trends in science and technology and their effect on scientific research and management of the oceans.
File contains a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, on the importance of a "technology transfer" to poor (mainly southern) nations to allow them to achieve sustainable development with respect to their ocean resources. It was originally filed with papers from the Geneva meetings in October, 1996, and may have been presented to members of IWCO (Independent World Commission on the Oceans) during those meetings. The file folder also contains a shorter version of a paper on the same topic, which was sent to Bill Faries. File contains duplicate copies which have not been digitized.
File contains a copy of the final draft of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO)'s report ("The Ocean...Our Future"), dated March 4, 1998. Report includes a preface by Commission president Mário Soares, and six sections: "Promoting Peace and Security in the Oceans," "The Quest for Equality in the Oceans," "Ocean Science and Technology," "Valuing the Ocean," "Our Oceans: Public Awareness and Protection," and "Towards Effective Ocean Governance." File also includes covering correspondence from Jan van Ettinger.
File contains a description of subjects to be discussed in connection with the seabed regime (marked "Statment by Ambassador Wolf"), other discussion notes, meeting minutes, a list of participants, a memo, and a draft resolution.
File contains lists of delegations to various sessions of the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference. It also includes lists of officers of the conference, and membership of the general committee.
This file contains a memorandum from Elisabeth Mann Borgese marked "San Marino" and originally was personal and confidential. Concerns, at least in part, the agenda for the intersessional working session to be held prior to the Seventh Session of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) III.
File contains "The right of landlocked states to participate in the development of mariculture," informal meeting notes regarding dispute settlement, notes from the Third Informal Plenary Meeting on Dispute Settlement, notes from a workshop of the First Committee, and notes from the Fourth Informal Plenary Meeting on Dispute Settlement.
File contains informal suggestions by various countries, informal meeting notes, a provisional list of delegations, "Financing the Enterprise," a presentation by various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the issue of seabed mining, a speech by a United Kingdom (UK) delegate on the transfer of technology, notes for Minister Jens Evensen's summation, some handwritten notes (including some by Elisabeth Mann Borgese), and a list of participants. Parts 1 and 3 of this file are in MS-2-744, Box 120, File 7 and MS-2-744, Box 120, FIle 9, respectively.
File contains a copy of the typed transcript. Present are Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Robert Hutchins, Arvid Pardo, [Friedman], [Hambro], [Andrassy], [Rao], [Freeman], [Kaplan], [Crawford], [Wheeler], [Wilkinson], [Mero], [Kruger], [Tugwell], [Armstrong], [Hoffman], Harry Ashmore, [Kelly], [Bucher], [Campbell], [Khan], [Busha], and [Gaskell]. The transcript covers the June 17th and 18th, 1968 sessions.
File contains a copy of a document distributed by the Observer of Peru, Ambassador Alfonso Arias-Schriber, at the debates on the Law of the Sea in Lagos, Nigeria.
File contains correspondence from various individuals/organizations beginning with "A." Includes correspondence from The American Journal of International Law (including a review by Elisabeth Mann Borgese of "La Sécurité en Mer" by Phillipe Boisson), a list of participants for a Law of the Sea Preparatory Commission Seminar in Australia, a draft letter from the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization, and an agenda for a conference at which Mann Borgese was a presented ("The Law of the Sea: A Step Toward Institutionalization of Global Interdependence").
FIle includes correspondence between Ambassador Hamilton S. Amerasinghe, permanent representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations and president of the Law of the Sea conference. Topics of discussion include Pacem in Maribus (PIM) conferences, the International Ocean Institute (and a meeting of its trustees), and Arvid Pardo and Mann Borgese's study on the New International Economic Order, as part of RIO (Reshaping the International Order). Also includes an address by Ambassador Amerasinghe given before the 1974 Caracas meeting of the conference, a brochure (from the Marga Institute), and an agenda for a conference on the New International Economic Order and the Law of the Sea.
File contains correspondence with Carmen Artigas, a lawyer working in the Secretariat of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. Discussed is her attendance at the Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XI conference.
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, programme and newspaper clippings from or about Romanian politican and dissident Silviu Brucan. Some correspondence concerns Pacem in Maribus conferences, and Romania and the ratification of UNCLoS (the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea). File also contains a note to Elisabeth Mann Borgese on Brucan from Harry Ashmore (formerly of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions). File also contains a copy of "World Socialism at the Crossroads: An Insider's View" by Brucan.
File contains correspondence with Paolo Fulci, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, on Elisabeth Mann Borgese's proposal to establish a United Nations Ocean Assembly. File also contains correspondence with Canadian Member of Parliament Charles Caccia, on the "Halifax Declaration" reached at Pacem in Marbius (PIM) XXVI.
Includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, workshop, seminar, and conference materials, a CV., and a report "Maritime and strategic studies programme, 1983-1984."
Includes "Military and Strategic Studies Program Annual Report" (1990-1992); "Report on Workshop on Human Security for Sustainable Global Development in the Next Millennium"; "Conference Report, Internet World '97"; documents concerning "Canada's Oceans Strategies Project - The Atlantic Report," namely executive summary and recommendations.
Includes a proposal for an international health program, committee reports, ethics and international projects at Dalhousie University and a brief report in support of a policy on foreign students at Dalhousie University.
Includes "Report of the Academic Review Committee for the Proposed Diploma in Marine Affairs," "Stage 2 Self Study Report of the Marine Affairs Program"; "Master of Marine Management: Report of the Review Committee"; Educational Underpinnings of Interdisciplinary Marine Affairs Programs."
Includes a proposal from the development studies council to establish an inter-university programme in development studies, a proposal of a marine resource geology program, a proposal from the institute for resources and environmental studies for environmental manpower development and a proposal from Xiamen University for a linkage with Dalhousie University.
Some correspondence concerns EMB's classes and teaching positions within the Department of Political Science. Correspondents include Robert Boardman; Melanie Boyd-Brown (attached is her Honours essay outline); David Cameron; Tony Charles; Scott Coffen-Smout; Fred Crickard.
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