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 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.
File contains material from the United Nations Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, held in Barbados between April 25 and May 6, 1994. File contains correspondence, relating to the conference organization, including correspondence with the International Ocean Institute (IOI) seeking accreditation at the conference. The file also contains brochures, a list of participants, and material from other NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) at the conference, including REEF (Remedial Ecotoxicological Expeditions Fund). The file also includes a copy of "Small Island Developing States" a paper presented by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, and material relating to its publication by the Caribbean Conservation Association.
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.
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).
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).
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.
File contains a letter from Professor Sari, expressing concern over Elisabeth Mann Borgese's resignation from Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
File contains correspondence with Jan van Ettinger, the Senior Officer of the Secretariat of the IWCO (Independent World Commission on the Ocenas). File contains a draft of the IWCO's "Purpose and Terms of Reference" (with handwritten annotations). File also includes Elisabeth Mann Borgese's comments on the IWCO's final report.
File contains a compilation of comments and suggestions for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO)'s final report, as received from members of the Commission (Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Ian Burton, Eduardo Faleiro, Stjepan Keckes, and Ruud Lubbers) and from outside experts (Gunnar Kullenberg, Pierre Papon, and Charles Perrings).
File contains two copies of a report by the International Ocean Institute (IOI)-Canada (dated May 9 and May 12, 1997). The paper outlines the history and current programs of the IOI, with sections on training and research programs, a list of publications, and the "Pacem in Maribus" (PIM) Conferences. Also contains correspondence.
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 documents used by members of the Independent World Commissio on the Ocenas (IWCO) during the fourth plenary session held June 6-9, 1997, in Newport, Rhode Island. Includes agenda, list of participants, schedule of events, and a brochure for the opening ceremony. The brochure contains handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese on financial matters.
File includes documents from the Study Group on the Economics of the Oceans. Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a member of this group that met 15-18 January 1997 in Malta. Includes draft agenda, annotated agenda, tentative timetable, and a draft report.
File contains correspondence with Richard Falk, a professor for the Center for International Studies at Princeton University and a member of Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). Topics discussed include concern over the IWCO's Rio agenda, Mann Borgese's comments on one of Falk's papers, and discussion of the IWCO's final report.
FIle contains correspondence (all of which is outgoing) to Jean-Pierre Lévy and Rudd Lubers. Topic of discussion concerns the Independent World Commission on the Oceans Study Group on the Economic Uses of the Ocean, of which Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a member.
File contains correspondence with Anton Micallef, of the Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics. Correspondence concerns the Independent World Commission on the Oceans Study Group on the Economic Uses of the Ocean, of which Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a member. Also contains notes on a brainstorming session on ocean economic held in London on July 30, 1996.
File contains correspondence with Layachi Yaker, the Secretary-General of the International World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). Correspondence concerns the IWCO Study Group on the Economic Uses of the Ocean, of which Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a member.
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 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 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 correspondence with Lee Kimball, executive director of the Council on Ocean Law (COL). Correspondence concerns his work with the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the World Resources Insitute (WRI) on the Antarctica Program, various COL workshops (including ones held in advance of the 1986 Preparatory Commission meeting), Pacem in Maribus conferences, and ratification of UNCLoS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea). File includes two papers by Kimball: "International Institutions and Legal Issues," and "Whither International Institutional Arrangements to Support Ocean Law." See MS-2-744, Box 274, Folder 3 for more correspondence from COL.
File contains Draft Minutes and Summary, which resulted from the group's meeting held May 28-31, 1997, in Lisbon, Portugal. The meeting discussed raising awareness, and increasing participation in the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). They also reviewed a draft report.
File contains documents used by members of the Executive Committee of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) during their sixth (6th) meeting held 5 June 1997, in Newport, Rhode Island. Included is a draft report of the fifth (5th) meeting, an agenda, financial documents, drafts minutes from a study group on north/south issues, and a list of documents and participants.
File contains correspondence with Salvino Busuttil on the Independent World Commission on the Oceans Study Group on the Economic Uses of the Ocean, of which Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a member. Both she and Busuttil resigned as coordinators of the workshop. File also includes a copy of "Economics and Sustainable Development in the Oceans" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, which highlights the notion of the "economics of the common heritage."
Correspondence concerns the IWCO Study Group on the Economic Uses of the Ocean, of which Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a member. Correspondents include Mario Ruivo, and Mario Soares.
File contains documents used by members of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) during the fourth plenary session held June 6-9, 1997, in Newport, Rhode Island. Includes agendas, budgets, audited financial statements, list of participants, minutes from the third session, and a statement by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Also includes several draft reports, including an outline of the final report, and several draft reports from the Working Groups ("Legal and Institutional Framework," "Peaceful Uses of the Oceans," "Economic Uses of the Oceans," "Science and Technology," and "North/South Issues").
File contains material sent by Layashi Yaker to Independent World Commission on the Ocean (IWCO) members. Includes a list of meetings of or relevant to the IWCO, address lists (two), and a report from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) on protecting the oceans. Also includes cover letters from Yaker.
File includes a copy of a paper by William Andahazy, Peter J. Cook and the members of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) Committee on Science and Technology. The paper was sent to replace an outdated version previously circulated.
File contains a copy of the first draft (revision one) of the report of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), dated November 4, 1997, chaired by Mário Soares. The report includes the following chapters: "Promoting Peace and Security in the Ocean," "The Quest for Equity in the Ocean," "Revaluing the Ocean," "Ocean Knowledge and Uncertainties," "The Ocean: Public Participatioon and Awareness," and "Towards Effective Ocean GOvernance: Making Law and Instiutions Work." Also includes several of the annexes: "Facts about the Ocean," "Selected sources and further reading material," "Glossary," and "The Commission and its work."
File contains a report submitted to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada) by Dillon Consulting and the International Ocean Institute (IOI). The report contains a proposal (studying Canadian ocean industry in light of the establishment of an Exclusive Economic Zone), resumes for team members, and budget.
File contains papers and proposal written by the Executive Director of the International Ocean Institute (IOI) Krishan Saigal. Includes: "The Goa Bio-Villages and Info-Villages Project," "Concept Paper on Villages Project," "Project Proposal for Integrated Development of Coastal Areas Through Information Dissemination and Ecotechnology," "Buddhism, the Economy and Sustainable Development," chapters from a draft of "Sustainable Development and the Spiritual Dimension," "Indian Ocean Centre for Research and Development in Marine Industrial Technology." Some correspondence is also included.
File includes reports, brochures, papers, background documents, and drafts of Elisabeth Mann Borgese's brochure "The Oceans, the Convention and You." Also includes "Environmental Law in the United Nations Environment Programme" by Peter H. Sand, and documents relating to the 1997 Sasakawa Environment Prize.
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 contains documents referred to and created by working group #3 during the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO)'s second plenary session in Rio de Janeiro. Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a member of this group. Includes a copy of "Case Study of Senegal," contributed by Alassane Dialy Ndiaye; a copy of "The Promises of Science and Technology," a note submitted by Professor Ulf Lie; notes and comments by working group #3 rapporteurs Borgese and Salvino Busuttil; remarks by Salvino Busuttil; correspondence; and an outline and agenda for the study groups.
File contains correspondence with Dr. Salvino Busuttil, who was the Director-General of the Foundation for International Studies at the University of Malta and Treasurer of Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). Topics discussed include Elisabeth Mann Borgese's and the International Ocean Institute (IOI)'s early funding of the IWCO, Pacem in Maribus XXIII (23), and organizing a workshop on ocean economics.
File includes correspondence with Krishan Saigal, who was the Executive Director of International Ocean Institute. File Includes preliminary lists of suggested Commission members, minutes of the fifth meeting of the representative of the operational centre of the International Ocean Institute (1995), a copy of the paper "Some Notes on Regional Organisation and Development" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, a copy of the trust deed for the Trust for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans, a copy of "Four Oceans: Project Outline for a Two-hour Feature Film" by Borgese, among other documents.
File contains a copy of "Science and the Mangement of Marine Fisheries on Wild Stocks" by Sidney Holt and Kees Lankester, a working paper from the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) Study Group on Ocean Science and its Technology. The findings of that group were also reported in a different paper by Peter Cook and William Andahazy.
File contains a draft report on the sixth (6th) meeting Executive Committee, that was held on June 5, 1997, in Newport, Rhode Island. The report discusses arrangements and plans for upcoming sessions and meetings ofh te Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). File also includes a cover letter from Layashi Yaker, and a corrigendum to the report of the fifth executive committee.
This document includes all reports created by, and the background papers used by, all six of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO)'s study groups. The first is "On the Peaceful Uses of the Oceans: Sovereignty, Security, Sustainability and Development," and contains the following background papers: "The Greco-Turkish Dispute over the Aegean Continental Shelf" by Katia Katsigera, "Aegean Sea Dispute between Greece and Turkey" by Hilal Elver, "Maritime Claims and Disputed Islands in the South and East China Seas: Options and Approaches" by Zhiguo Gao, and "The East China Sea Dispute" by Kaoru Okuizumi. The second is "The Legal and Institutional Framework for Use and Protection of the Ocean," and includes a paper with the same title by Lee Kimball, and "Ocean Governance: Legal and Institutional Framework" by Peter Sand. The third is "Economic Uses of the Ocean in the Context of Sustainability," and includes the following background papers: "Economic Incentives and the Oceans" by Scott Barrett, "Sustainable Coastal Fisheries: Policy Directions for Improved Resource Management" by Anthony T. Charles, "The Ecological, Economic, and Social Importance of the Oceans" by Dr. Robert Costanza, "The Economics of Ocean Resources" by Charles Perrings, "The Economic Uses of the Oceans for Sustainable Development" by Charles Perrings. The fourth is "Marine Science and its Technology," with the following background paper: "Ocean Science and its Technology" by William Andahazy and Peter Cook. The fifth is "Partnership and Solidarity: North/South Issues," and contains several draft chapters. The sixth is "Public Awareness and Participation," and contains the following background paper: "Our Ocean: Enhancing Global Consciousness of the Role of the Oceans in Human Affairs, and Participation in Decision-making" by Sidney Holt and Peter Sand. This document was intended for internal use only.
File contains a first draft of "The Ocean...Our Future," the report of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), chaired by Mário Soares, and dated October 9, 1997. Chapter titles include: "Promoting Peace and Security in the Ocean," "The Quest for Equity in the Ocean," "Revaluing the Ocean," "Ocean Knowledge and Uncertainties," "Our Ocean: Public Participation and Awareness," and "Towards Effective Ocean Governance: Making Law and Institutions Work." This copy contains some handwritten annotations by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File contains a policy proposal (possibly by Elisabeth Mann Borgese) from the International Ocean Institute (IOI). The report outlines potential courses of action for the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) on the Mediterranean.
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