File contains correspondence from Ronald St. John Macdonald, who was a Judge and a Professor of Law at Dalhousie University. Topics of discussion include Macdonald joining the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
File contains correspondence with Mario Ruivo, who was involved with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and a member of IWCO (Independent World Commission on the Oceans). Topics of discussion include setting up the IWCO, including revisions to the IWCO project outline, discussions of potential members of the IWCO, and other administrative matters. File contains duplicate copies of letters, which have not been digitized.
FIle contains correspondence from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Ambassador Bhagwat Singh, discussing the set of up of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans. Discussed are membership, funding, scheduling, and other administrative matters.
File contains a copy of an address given to the Fiftieth (50th) General Assembly of the United Nations, written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, on the need for a World Commission on the Seas and Oceans. The file also contains a draft version of the speech.
File includes both a brief summary of the hearing (which was released to Commission members before the full summary report was prepared), and a copy of the report. This regional hearing was held at the International Ocean Institute (IOI) China Operational Center in Tianjin, China (May 9-11, 1995).
File contains documents from the meeting. Includes an agenda, background reports on International Ocean Institute (IOI) course modules, and their evaluation, and a document on proposed courses to be run by IOI-Costa-Rica.
File contains documents from the meeting. Includes agenda, and reports. Discussed at the meeting were the Independent World Commission for the Oceans (IWCO), the International Ocean Institute (IOI)’s financial position, Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XXIII, and membership of the Board.
File contains a report detailing the history of the Pacem in Maribus (PIM) conferences up to 1995, and connecting them to the mission of the International Ocean Institute (IOI).
File contains a report of work done by the International Ocean Institute (IOI) on ocean governance. Includes summaries on conferences, meetings, and publications. Includes lists of papers presented at various conferences, including several Pacem in Maribus (PIM) conferences. Also includes a letter from the Department of the Environment (United Kingdom), inviting Elisabeth Mann Borgese to speak at a dinner as part of the London Workshop on Environmental Science, Comprehensiveness and Consistency in Global Decisions on Ocean Issues (November 30-December 2, 1995).
File contains the document "Tentative Schedule of the United Nations and UNIDO Meetings for 1995" as published by the Secretariat at the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Interpretation and Meetings Service. As stated on the schedule, "this list contains meetings of those UN bodies and offices location at the VIC, any other UN meetings convened at Vienna, meetings of UNIDO (United Nations International Development Organization) convened at Vienna and elsewhere, and meetings of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) for which interpretation is provided by UNOV."
File contains material relating to the United Nations Social Summit. Includes a position paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, along with correspondence, and a press release. FIle contains a duplicate copy that has not been digitized.
File includes two documents: a copy of "International Waters," which is the fourth chapter of a book, and a report from a Global Environment Facility (GEF) council meeting held in Washington D.C., on February 22-24, 1995, entitled "Scope and Preliminary Operational Strategy for International Waters," providing an update on GEF activities, and program priorities for 1995.
File contains a list of suggested members of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), sorted by geographical region, with brief biographical sketches of suggested members.
File includes documents used by members of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) during the first executive meeting held Devember 12, 1995, in Toyko. Includes agenda, budget, action calendar, program, guidelines for papers, and information on membership to IWCO.
File contains documents used by members of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) during the first plenary session held December 13-15, 1995, at the United Nations (UN) University in Tokyo. Includes agenda, program, and a list of members. Also includes the following documents re. the establishment of IWCO: "Purpose and Terms of Reference," "Composition and Organization," "Possible Approaches to Issues for Consideration by the Commission," and "Tentative Program of Work." Some documents contain handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File contains a piece of outgoing correspondence to Dr. Arias inviting him to participate in the First Plenary Session of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
File contains one piece of correspondence from Beatrice Beatrice-Ghazi, declining an invitation from the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
File contains correspondence with Guido De Marco (a Maltese politician), and later the Vice-Chair of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). Topics discussed include an invitation to join the IWCO.
File contains correspondence with Tsutomu Fuse, who was a professor at Yokohama City University. Topics discussed include funding and organizing the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
File contains correspondence with Fujiko Hara, of DIPLOMATT, about providing interpreting and secretarial services for Independent World Commission on the Oceans' meetings. Some correspondence concerns International Ocean Institute.
File contains correspondence with Dr. Klaus Jüergen Hedrich, the Parliamentary State Secretary with the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development. Correspondence includes Hedrich's CV, and discussion of the upcoming Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) meeting in Toyko.
File contains correspondence with Professor Su Jilan of the Second Institute of Oceanography. Correspondence includes an invitation to become a member of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
File contains correspondence with Judge Abdul Koroma, who was a judge on the International Court of Justice. The correspondence discusses his becoming a member of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans.
File contains correspondence with Philip Reynolds, who was the Senior Programme Officer in the Science, Technology and Private Sector Division of the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme). Topics of discussion include early administrative matters relating to setting up the Independent World Commission on the Ocean (e.g. securing funding).
File contains correspondence with Juan Somavia, an ambassador for the Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations. Included is an invitation to be the Vice-President of Latin American for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). File contains duplicate copies of a letter which have not been digitized.
File contains correspondence with German Minister for the Environment Dr. Klaus Topfer (on financing the Independent World Commission on the Oceans). File also contains some correspondence with Topfer's assistant Annette Schmidt-Rantssch.
FIle contains an outgoing piece of correspondence to Dr. Toure, inviting him to participate in the First Plenary Session of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
File contains a piece of correspondence from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Ted Turner, inviting him to participate in the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). See correspondence with Robert Muller, MS-2-744, Box 245, Folder 28, for a copy of Turner's reply (Muller also contacted Turner about the IWCO).
File contains a report which describes why the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) was established, its terms of reference, and the problems it will address (i.e., the coastal zone, marine pollution, marine resources, and sustainable development and the law of the sea). It also contains a table outlining the effect the 1982 Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) has had on the Oceania countries. The report was published by the International Ocean Institute (IOI) Operational Centre at the University of the South Pacific.
File includes a copy of Elisabeth Mann Borgese's keynote address at the Japan Commission Hearings, in which she discusses Japan's involvement in establishing the IWCO (Independent World Commission on the Oceans), and argues for the importance of the Commission in contributing to the economic, environmental, and security goals of the United Nations.
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 background documents for the meeting held in Madras, India. Includes an agenda, workplan for 1995, research and course schedules, funding and budgetary information.
File contains correspondence with Dr. Umberto Colombo, an Italian scientist and politician. Main topic of discussion was Professor Colombo joining the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
File contains correspondence with Nobuhiro Habuto, the Deputy Director of the Foreign News Department, NHK (on Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and ocean-mining), correspondence with and Guyana Ambassador to the United Nations Samuel R. Insanally (also on Part XI). All correspondence is outgoing only.
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 correspondence with Japanese Member of Parliament Yuzuru Shimazaki (on the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention of the Law on the Law of the Sea), Keith Suter, Danielle de St. Jorre (on problems with the Secretary-General's Consultations on the Law of the Sea), Margaret Wood of the International Ocean Institute (IOI), and Layachi Yaker (the letter to Yaker is missing a page).
File contains correspondence with Paul Gottlieb, who was with Harry N. Abrams. Correspondence concerns "Chairworm and Supershark," "Ocean Frontiers," and Thomas Mann's diaries.
File contains agendas, reports, case studies, lists of participants, brochures and handwritten notes from the seminar, which was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between March 28 and April 2, 1994. Elisabeth Mann Borgese was the coordinator for one of the sessions (April 1, 1994), and made several presentations. The seminar was sponsored by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the International Ocean Institute (IOI), and the IOI's Africa office. Several of the case studies relate to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) and landlocked Africian nations. File contains duplicate copies, which have not been digitized.
File contains correspondence with Elizabeth Dowdeswell, the Executive Director of UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). Topics of discussion include an invitation to join the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), which Dowdeswell declined.
File contains a piece of correspondence to Dolliver Nelson, who was from DOALOS (Division for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea), Legal Affairs, United Nations Secretariat. Letter discusses plans for Nelson to write a paper on the International Sea-bed Authority.
File contains correspondence with M.S. Swaminathan, who was the Chairman of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. Includes an invitation to join the Independent World Commission on the Oceans.
File contains outgoing correspondence only. Some correspondence concerns Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XXIII, and Warioba writing a paper on the Law of the Sea and developing countries.
File contains correspondence with Austrian Ambassador Karl Wolf. Some correspondence concerns PrepCom, Pacem in Maribus conferences and International Ocean Institute. Other topics of discussion included the "Boat Paper" and the Koroma nonpaper. File also includes a copy of "Alternative Models for Pioneer Cooperation in Exploration, Technology Development, and Training" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. See also MS-2-744, Box 114, Folder 7 and MS-2-744, Box 114, Folder 8 for more correspondence with Ambassador Wolf on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
File contains correspondence with the Publishing company Franco Angelia, and concerns Elisabeth Mann Borgese's contribution to the Ocean Change Publication Series, entitled "Changing International Ocean Policy" (for which Adalberto Vallega was Editor-in-Chief). Also contains comments by Mann Borgese on Vallega's introduction.
File contains a note by Elisabeth Mann Borgese concerning the Boat Paper and Nonpaper. It is possible this note was distributed to those involved with the Secretary-General's informal consultations on the topic.