File includes correspondence and articles. Included is a preprint of "The Law of the Sea" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, published in "Scientific American," with a letter to the editor of the periodical, correcting an error; a copy of "Ocean Management: The Next Steps for Canada" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese; correspondence to Jan Pronk (sent with a copy of "What Can Developing Countries Gain from the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea?" for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, or UNCTAD by Mann Borgese); and "The Draft Convention on the Law of the Sea: An Appeal for Action Now" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File contains newspaper clippings, and copies of newspaper articles. Mainly regarding the international seabed authority, and Malta's (failed) bid to host it.
File contains a report, by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, of the third sessinon of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. The paper was presented to the Club of Rome.
File contains a copy of a speech by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, on balancing an ocean development strategy with the building of a new International Economic Order.
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 list of materials that were available for consultation in the special library room established for the duration of the [Law of the Sea] conference (fifth session) and were located in the Secretariat building at the United Nations' headquarters in New York.
File contains a paper, with handwritten corrections by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, discussing the Tenth and Eleventh Session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, and the future of the Convention.
File contains several articles and background documents. Specific titles include: "UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) III, eighth session," "Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea: Geneva Assembly Resolutions Relating to the Law of the Sea," "The Sea Lawyers," "Memorandum on Marine Resources, Ocean Management, the Law of the Sea, and the New International Economic Order," "Sharing the Ocean Resources : Unresolved Issues in the Law of the Sea" by Shegeru Oda, and "Law of the Sea: New Perspectives."
File contains unititled documents regarding the Seventh Session on of the United Nations conference and the signing at Montego Bay (including an editorial by Mann Borgese and a speech she delivered in Japan), handwritten notes, and the "Law of the Sea Contributions to Peace." The file also contains some background material, including a questionnaire, an International Ocean Institute (IOI) report, and a document from the United Nations.
File includes statements and reports relating to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Included are: "Legal and Institutional Problems of the Forthcoming Law of the Sea Conference to be Held in Santiago de Chile in 1974" by Joseph Cleland (Ghana), "Industry Views in the System of Exploitation at the Law of the Sea Conference," "Report on Informal Private Consultations in Mexico City 4-11 June 1979 Pertaining to Intersessional work of the Law of the Sea Conference," "Statement of the Austrian Delegation on 26 August 1980," and "Conference on the Law of the Sea: Eighth Session," a statement by M.C.W. Pinto.
Includes correspondence and "Keeping our share of the ocean's riches," "International fisheries management withour global agreement: United States policies and their impact on the Soviet Union," "Alternatives to a loaw of the sea treaty," "World order and the law of the sea" (EMB), "United States ocean policy :perspectives 1974," "The third United Nations law of the sea conference: Caracas," "The law to govern deepsea mining until superseded by international agreement" by J.G. Laylin, "The deep seabed hard mineral resources act - a negative view."
File contains proposals, memorandums, and drafts put forth regarding land locked and geographically disadvantaged states in preparation for the Composite Informal Single Negotiating Text.
File consists of documents (reports, a memorandum, and correspondence) relating to the Austrian proposal for the establishment of a Joint Enterprise for Exploration, Research and Development in the Ocean Mining (JEFERAD). Includes some preliminary remarks on JEFERAD, correspondence from B. Sen, sent with a memo regarding the Austrian proposal before Prepcom from the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committtee, a short speech on the topic (with handwritten corrections by Elisabeth Mann Borgese), a working paper, and a paper entitled "Deep Seabed Mining: Legal and Commercial Considerations."
File contains a report, which was written after the fifth (5th) session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) III and is of unknown authorship. The file also contains a booklet from the International Ocean Institute (IOI), on the upcoming talks in Geneva (which includes an article by Borgese, "A New Strategy").
File contains material relating to the Joint Enterprise for Exploration, Research and Development (JEFERAD). Includes working papers, statements introducing the working paper to a meeting (likely Prep Com), policy recommendation, proposal, committee paper concerning the working papers, research materials, and correspondence.
File contains a copy of an introduction by Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Arvid Pardo's book, which was published by the International Ocean Institute (IOI), discussing his role in the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS). Contains only pages 2-16.
File contains two copies (a draft and the published version) of an article (subtitled) "Revision and Prevision" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, which was published in the CSDI (Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions) magazine. The article summarizes the fourth session of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III).
File contains two information notes, which were submitted as informal background documents for the Secretary-General's informal consultations on deepsead mining and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea held in April and August of 1993.
File contains some considerations the Holy See submitted in advance of the seventh session (March 28 - May 19, 1978) of the Second Committee of the Conference on the Law of the Sea. The paper opens with a discussion of why the Holy See is present at the conference.
File includes an edited copy of a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese on using the "common heritage" principle as a test case for the building of a new international order.
File contains a copy of a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, discussing how the Law of the Sea can influence the building of a new international order. Missing page 3.
File contains two papers: One is from Jan Evensen, Head of the Delegation of Norway and entitled "Working Paper on the Exclusive Economic Zone," and the other is from M. Moncef Kedadi, Chairman of the Group of 77 and entitled "The Economic Zone."
File includes a first draft of "Resolution XXX of the General Assembly," prepared for the 1968-1969 session of the United Nations. The draft is accompanied by a memorandum from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to the staff at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, discussing the sources of several ideas in the draft.
File contains a paper, which identifies recommendations for harmonizing and strengthening the convention on the law of the sea and the treaty, with respect to the prohibition of the emplacement of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction on the seabed and the ocean floor. Paper was originally filed under the heading "Disarmament," and is by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File contains a draft paper of the "nonpaper" written with the International Ocean Institute (IOI) for the Group of 77 entitled: "Agreement on the Establishment of an Interim Regime From the Coming into Force of the Convention to the Time When Commercial Seabed Mining Becomes Economically and Ecologically Feasible."
File contains statements by Austrian Ambassador Karl Wolf, including a working paper submitted for consideration by the Group of 77, and a paper on the Austrian proposal, JEFERAD (Joint Enterprise For Exploration, Research And Development in Ocean Mining).
File contains two copies of the report (one in English, the other in Spanish), on the second session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS). The papers were written for the Club of Rome (CoR).
File contains an excerpt from the Congressional Record of the United States Senate, regarding the Fifth Session of the Law of the Sea. Senator Clairborne Pell read "The Complexities of a Sea Change" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese into the record.
File contains an intervention (statement) by Arvid Pardo in the main committee to the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-bed and the Ocean Floor Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction.
File includes copies of an interview with Elisabeth Mann Borgese on the Law of the Sea in "Development Forum" (volume 5, number 7). Includes both an English and a French copy.
File contains two copies (one is an earlier draft) of an article by Elisabeth Mann Borgese regarding the Fifth Session of the Third Law of the Sea Conference.
File includes two different statements on the Second Session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) III in Caracas, by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Also includes a background document on the session.
File contains the first draft of a report by legal scholar Douglas M. Johnston, commissioned by the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (the "Macdonald Commission").
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.
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 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 contains two copies of an op-ed article written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese for the Christian Science Monitor (one is an edited (abbreviated) version).The articles deal with the forthcoming Seventh Session of the Law of the Sea Conference.
File contains background papers distributed by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Includes "The United Nations (UN) Conference on the Law of the Sea" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese,"The Preparations for the Law of the Sea Conference" by John R. Stevenson and Bernard Oxman, and "The Latin American Contribution to the Development of the Law of the Sea" by F.V. García-Amador. Also includes a brief letter from Ambassador John R. Stevenson (the American Special Representative of the President for the Law of the Sea Conference) on the Fifth Pacem in Maribus (PIM V) Convocation.
File contains a cover letter advertising a conference addressing the Algiers Recommendation (at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions), and a background paper entitled "The Law of the Sea" (CID. 1/ALG/C.B.1/Rev/1). File contains a duplicate copy of the paper which was not digitized.
File contains a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, detailing the history of the "marine revolution" which lead to the Law of the Sea Convention. This version contains handwritten annotations by Mann Borgese.
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