File includes four speeches by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.Speeches include: "Dinner Address: Workshop on Fisheries and Marine Issues," "The Philosophy of Ocean Governance," "Independent World Commission on the Oceans," a speech given on the launching of the IWCO in Japan, and "A mission for ICOD," a speech from 1984 on the proposed International Centre for Ocean Development (which also includes a preliminary budget for the ICOD).
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.
File contains a copy of a speech delievered by Elisabeth Mann Borgese to a conference held in Salerno, Italy. The speech deals with Marine Parks in the Mediterranian. This version contains some handwritten annotations. See also MS-2-744, Box 139, Folder 13 for additional drafts and speeches from this conference.
File contains a paper written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese in advance of the "Conference on the Conduct of International Relations in an Interdependent World," which was held at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (October 12-18. 1969). File also Includes a list of speakers at the conference.
File contains a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, discussing the future of the oceans. Topics covered include the ocean as a source of energy (hydrocarbons), polymetallic nodules (and ocean mining), shipping, and security/ocean governance.
File contains a copy of an address made by Elisabeth Mann Borgese to the Collège de France. The speech addresses the issue of "technology gaps" between developing and developing nations.
File contains a paper published by the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security (CIIPS) in their "Points of View" series (number 5, November 1987). The paper addresses a recent proposal to the United Nations on the subject of a UN agency that coordinates activities in outer space. The paper compares this with the process that brought about the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), and also discusses benefits for Canada that would flow from a World Space Organization.
File contains a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, discussing the international organizations that could emerge from a hypothetical World War III (in the 1990s). Includes a discussion of the University of Chicago's Committee to Frame a World Constitution, and other attempts to build international organizations. This version contains handwritten corrections by Mann Borgese.
File contains typed drafts of short stories by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Includes "Birdpeople," "The Time Bomb," and "How Gottlieb Hauptman Abolished the Death Penalty: A Fable," with a German translation: "Die Parabel von der Zeitbombe."
File contains correspondence with Anatoli Kolodkin, who was the President of the International Maritime Law Association. Discussed is membership in the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
File contains correspondence (outgoing only). Discussed was Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XXIII and the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO)'s hearings.
File contains correspondence with Jim MacNeill, a Canadian civil servant, environmentalist, and consultant. Topics of discussion include the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) report, an offer to work with the Commission, and Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XXIII.
File contains correspondence with Anton Micallef of the University of Malta, detailing an Ocean Economics Workshop. Part 1 of file can be found in MS-2-744, Box 324, Folder 20.
File contains one piece of correspondence from the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers (Government of India) to Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Discussed is the second draft of the Purposes, Terms and References of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans.
File contains correspondence with Dr. Pardo from Elisabeth Mann Borgese (outgoing only). Borgese asked for a reaction to the idea of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
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 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 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.
File contains correspondence with James Gustave Speth, an American environmental lawyer, working for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Topics of correspondence include joining the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), and securing UNDP support for the IWCO.
File contains a piece of correspondence from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Dr. Carl-Dieter Spranger, then German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development. Correspondence discusses the Turbot War, among other topics.
File contains correspondence from Maurice Strong, who was the first Executive Director of UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). The file includes an invitation from Mann Borgese to be involved with the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
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.
File includes an executive summary from "Establishment of an Independent World Commission for the Seas and the Oceans," (later the IWCO), a list of commissionaries, and a project proposal.
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 contains a report authored by Don Mills, discussing the creation of material highlighting oceans, and the role NGOs (non-governmental organizations) can play in its production.
File contains a survey that was sponsored by Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). In it scientists, academics, policy-makers, and others were asked their opinions on the following topics: Coastal zone management, marine pollution, marine living resources, research and development, and education and training.
File contains the draft report produced from the third (3rd) meeting of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO)'s executive committee in Rio de Janeiro. Discussed at the meeting were financial and administrative matters, along with plans for the second (2nd) and third (3rd) plenary sessions.
File includes a cover letter from Layashi Yaker, along with two draft reports. The draft report for the Third Session of the Commission contains a background information note. Topics discussed at the Third Plenary Session include the North Sea dispute, and administrative matters (including reports from the study groups and the writing of the final report). The Executive Committee dicussed administrative and financial matters, and a summary of the findings of the Third Plenary Session.
File contains a photocopied excerpt from "Voices for the Oceans" edited by R. Rajagopalan and published by the International Ocean Institute Operational Centre in Madras, India. The report summarizes the views of 200 individuals consulted over four public hearings. The excerpt also includes a preface to the work written by Eduardo Faleiro.
File contains correspondence with Dr. M.M.K. Sardana of the Department of Ocean Development (India). Correspondence concerns LASER research and its implications for seabed mapping, Elisabeth Mann Borgese's attempts to amend the Law of the Sea Convention before it comes into fource, and the International Ocean Institute and its training programmes. The file also includes a paper, "The Role of the Prepratory Commission in the International Seabed Authority in Implementing the Pioneer Regime."
File contains a summary of what was Item one at a meeting chaired by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, conducted at Pacem in Maribus (PIM) VII. Contains handwritten comments and corrections by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
Item is a card with the inscription “Dearest Elisabeth these are the first shots of the “Castello dell Abate” in all some 30 rooms (old fashioned, high, very large, walls some 1.5-2.0 meters thick all in good shape as structures (roofs need redoing, no cracks in arches!) Keep these: soon I will write more Peter."
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