Showing 3240 results

Archival Description
File Text With digital objects
Print preview View:

Miscellaneous speeches and papers by Elisabeth Mann Borgese (Part 1 of 2)

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."

Harlem duet

File contains set designs for Neptune Theatre's production of "Harlem Duet," directed by Alison Sealy Smith and designed by Denyse Karn. The technical director for the production was Scott Miller. The designs are drawn to the scale of 1/2" = 1'.

Karn, Denyse

GPA news forum : [newsletter and website printouts]

File contains a newsletter and a print-out of material from a website. The material is a co-publication between International Ocean Institute (IOI) and UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). The issue features the article "The Regional Seas Programme - A New Direction" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.

'C - F' miscellaneous correspondence

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.

Correspondence with the Honourable Charles Caccia

FIle contains correspondence with Canadian Member of Parliament Charles Caccia. Correspondence concerns Bill C-27, the Law of the Sea, the United States-Canada fisheries dispute, the International Ocean Institute, and animal rights. Includes a commentary by Caccia that was published in the journal Environment, documents about Caccia's Parliamentary Centre for Environmentally Sustainable Development and copies of House of Commons Debates. Also includes a speech by Caccia ("Political Leadership and the Brundtland Report: What are the Implications for Public Policy?")

'L - M' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with Ruud Lubbers (on the United Nations Oceans Assembly proposal), Senator Allan J. MacEachen, Francois Napoleon Bailet and Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin (on the notion of a Tobin Tax).

Arvid Pardo : retrospect and prospect by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

File contains a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, written after Pardo's death (in 1999), discussing his achievements (mainly with respect to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), and concluding with a discussion of new issues affecting the international sea-bed area (e.g. under-sea fiber optic cables).

'S' - 'Z' miscellaneous correspondence

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.

Correspondence with Don Campbell

File contains correspondence with Deputy Minister Donald W. Campbell of the Ministry of Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Topics discussed include the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), the proposal for a "Committee of the Whole" or a United Nations forum to discuss ocean matters, and Canada's ratification of UNCLoS (the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea). File also includes "Proposal for the Establishment of a Committee of the Whole to Deal Effectively with Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Duplicate copies of documents have not been digitized.

Reports and papers by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

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).

The international sea-bed authority : new tasks

File contains a report by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, which outlines new roles for the International Sea-Bed Authority (ISBA). In particular is a discussion about the potential uses of methane hydrates as a new energy source. File also includes correspondence with Michael Zammit Cutajar of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Miscellaneous papers by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

File includes the following papers by Elisabeth Mann Borgese: "Proposal for the Establishment of a Committee of the Whole to Deal Effectively with Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea," "The Convention: A birds-eye view," "UNICPOLOS [United Nations Informal Consultative Process on the Oceans and the Law of the Sea]:The first session," "On the Agenda", "Law of the Sea for the Twenty-[first] Century", "The Future of the Oceans: Challenges and Policies for UNESCO [United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization] at Horizon 2020", "Enhancing Sustainable Development and Human Security in the Ocean", a draft of "Integrating Sustainable Development and Regional Security", "Ocean Governance and the Secretary-General's Agenda for Peace", "The Ocean Assembly", "Agrigento", "New Ways to Govern the Seas", "UNCLoS +5", "Fiji, USP", and a policy paper.

Correspondence with Mario Baptista Coelho

File contains correspondence to Mario Baptista Coelho, who was the personal assistant to Portugese president Mario Soares. Included is discussion of administrative matters relating to organization of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), especially the the First Plenary session of the IWCO held at the United Nations University in Tokyo in September 1995 (including provisional agendas). Also included is a tentative programme of work for the IWCO. File contains duplicate copies of letters, which have not been digitized.

Correspondence with Venancio De Moura

File contains a piece of correspondence from De Moura, who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Angola. Letter concerns Elisabeth Mann Borgese's resignation from the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).

Correspondence with Stjepan Keckes

File contains correspondence with Stejan Keckes, who was a member of Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). Correspondence discusses the draft text of the International Ocean Institute (IOI)'s activities for the IWCO.

Correspondence with Dr. S.K. Singh

File includes correspondence with Dr. Singh, it Includes a copy of Elisabeth Mann Borgese's "Suggestions for Minor Changes for Final Draft," for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO)'s final report, and a letter on Elisabeth Mann Borgese's resignation from the IWCO.

Correspondence with Dr. Mario Soares

File contains correspondence with Dr. Mario Soares, who was the President of Portugal and the Chairman of Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). File includes correspondence surrounding the set up of the IWCO, and recruitments for membership. Also discussed are Elisabeth Mann Borgese financial contributions to the Commission, problems with the IWCO report, and other administrative matters. As well, the file also includes a copy of Mann Borgese's resignation letter. File contains duplicate copies of letters, which have not been digitized.

'D' - 'F' miscellaneous correspondence

Files contains correspondence with individuals with names beginning from D to F. Correspondents include Maltese politican Guido de Marco (on implementing Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLos)), Annick de Marffy-Mantuano; Al Duda (on deep sea-bed mining), and Professor Tsutomu Fuse (sent with attached recommendations for UNCLoS Part XI by Elisabeth Mann Borgese). All correspondence is outgoing only.

Draft manuscript and datasets

File contains draft manuscript "Population regulation in cod along the Norwegian Skagerrak coast" by Jean-Marc Fromentin, Ransom A. Myers,Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Nils Chr. Stenseth3, Jakob Gjøsæter, and Hartvig Christie; "What do Petersen mark-recapture estimators estimates?" by Ransom Myers; "Proposed joint experiment between GLIFWIC and the WDNR on the interaction between angling and spearing" by Ransom Myers. File also contains notes regarding hoki model, notes on reviewed manuscript, and annotated datasets.

Correspondence with Dr. Sidney Holt

File contains correspondence with Sidney Holt, a member of Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). Correspondence includes a discussion with Elisabeth Mann Borgese over concerns she attempted to block his participation in the Commission, and a copy of his letter of resignation. File contains duplicate copies which have not been digitized.

Correspondence with Jan P. Pronk

File contains correspondence with Jan Pronk, who was the Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation. Topics discussed include securing funding for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), and the reasons behind Elisabeth Mann Borgese's resignation in 1998.

Correspondence with Esekia Solofa

File contains correspondence with Esekia Solofa, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific and a member of Indepndent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). File includes an invitation to join the IWCO.

Correspondence with Minister Jose Israel Vargas

File includes correspondence with Jose Israel Vargas, who was the Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology and a Vice-Chairman of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). Topics of discussion include Japan's adoption of the Law of the Sea Convention (and how Brazil's experience could help them), and Minister Vargas asking Elisabeth to reconsider her resignation from the IWCO.

Multiple draft manuscripts by Ransom Myers and co-authors

File contains draft manuscripts "Reducing uncertainty in the estimation of extinction probabilities by meta-analysis of data from many populations" by Ransom Myers and Mike Bradford; "Density-dependent mortality, formation of year-class strength, and survey accuracy of walleye in Mille Lacs" by Ransom Myers and notes on steepness and Myers initial slope.

Awake the World event records 1998

File contains records related to the 1998 AIDS Awake the World event, including one red ribbon, handwritten notes regarding AIDS-AWAKE event planning, one card, 1998 event pamphlets and schedule, a list of participants, performer biographies, Safe Harbour Church and AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia brochures, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.

Music and oceans by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

File contains an essay by Elisabeth Mann Borgese on the influence of the oceans have inspired art, and an argument about how music is the art form that is the closest to nature (and, thus, the oceans). States on the front, in pencil, that it was sent to Eberhard Goerner.

Mediterranean Multaqa (UNESCO conference) : [correspondence, meeting documents, and reports]

File contains material, including correspondence, reports, agenda, and registrations forms for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s 1998 conference called "Mediterranean Multaqa," which was chaired by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. The conference aimed to explore the idea of establishing the Mediterranean as a maritime "zone of peace." Also included in this file is a concept paper, "Integrating Sustainable Development and Regional Security," and a statement by the chair of the closing session, both by Mann Borgese.

The coastal and inshore marine environment of the western Indian Ocean region at the dawn of the twenty-first century : [draft brochures]

File contains a faxed draft copy of content for a series of brochures on the need for reforming the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)'s Regional Sea Programme. The author of the report is uncertain, but this version contains handwritten annotations/corrections by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.

Dracula

File contains set designs for Neptune Theatre's production of "Dracula," directed by Linda Moore and designed by Brian Perchaluk.

Perchaluk, Brian

Dracula

File contains set and light designs for Neptune Theatre's production of "Dracula," directed by Linda Moore and designed by Brian Perchaluk. The set designs are drawn to the scale of 1/2" = 1'. For this production, Scott Miller was the technical director and Alan Brodie did the lighting design.

Brodie, Alan

Peace for the high seas by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

File contains two copies of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s "The Courier," one in German, the other in English, which contain the article "Peace for the High Seas" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese as part of the edition "20, 000 Worlds Under the Sea: The Sea and its Treasures, Threats and Conflicts, Laws for the Ocean."

Correspondence with Judge Mohammed Bedjaoui

File contains correspondence with Judge Mohammed Bedjaoui, who served as a judge on the International Court of Justice and was a member of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). Topics include an invitation to join the IWCO, discussion of writing a paper, and several letters expressing dismay at the handling of Ambassador Yaker's departure from the IWCO. File contains duplicate copies of letters, which have not been digitized.

Correspondence with Fernando Henrique Cardoso

File contains correspondence from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who was the President of Brazil. Borgese expresses her concern over Brazil's Executive Order 1710, and its potential environmental impacts.

Correspondence with Greenpeace

File contains correspondence from Greenpeace International. The letter reviews the 2nd (second) draft (dated December 19, 1997) of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO)'s final report.

Correspondence with Dr. Jean-Pierre Lévy

File includes correspondence with Jean-Pierre Lévy, who was the Executive Secretary of Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). Includes a note on the presentation of IWCO's report to the United Nations in New York and the debate on the Law of the Sea in the General Assembly. File also includes a draft agenda for a Study Group on the Economics of the Ocean in the Context of Sustainability (held in Lisbon in 1997).

Krishan Saigal: papers and reports regarding ecology and coastal development and sustainability

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.

Miscellaneous brochures from the International Ocean Institute

File contains four brochures. One on the Friends of the International Ocean Institute (IOI); a draft of one from the IOI entield "Pacem in Maribus" (from the 1978 PIM conference); an agenda for Pacem in Maribus (PIM) IX; and one for the "Foundation for Sustainable Development (India)," which was produced by the IOI.

Correspondence with Kader Asmal, M.P.

File contains correspondence with Kader Asmal was the South African Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry, and the vice-chairman of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). File also contains comments by Mann Borgese on the draft report of the Commission.

Correspondence with Dr. Hasjim Djalal

File contains correspondence with Ambassador Djala, the former chairman of the International Sea Authority. File also includes a copy of "Proposal for the Establishment of a United Nations Ocean Assembly (UNOA)" and "Policy Integration: The Ocean Assembly," both by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, submitted as possible projects to mark the Year of the Oceans (1998).

Correspondence with B.A. Hamzah

File contains a piece of correspondence from B.A. Hamzah, who was the Director General of the Maritime Institute of Malaysia. Letter concerns Elisabeth Mann Borgese's resignation from the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).

Correspondence with Dr. Ruud Lubbers

Dr. Ruud Lubbers, the former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, was a Vice-Chairman of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). Included is discussion of the First Plenary meeting of the IWCO in Toyko in 1995. Also included is correspondence surrounding Elisabeth Mann Borgese's resignation from the IWCO in 1998. File contains duplicate copies which have not been digitized.

Correspondence with Ben Sari

File contains a letter from Professor Sari, expressing concern over Elisabeth Mann Borgese's resignation from Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
Results 101 to 150 of 3240