File contains correspondence from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Danielle de St. Jorre, who was the Seychelles Minister of Foreign Affairs, Planning and Environment. Included is an invitation to join the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), and information about the 1995 meeting in Tokyo.
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 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.
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 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 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 documents used in the initial planning stages of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), before the first plenary session. Includes several lists of members and potential members; budget for the first plenary session; recommendations to the Chairman from the informal consultations held at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris on April 10-11, 1995; Independent Commission on the Oceans - Proposal; summary report of major conclusion of the preparatory committee of IWCO; and a discussion paper on the preparation of a report on "The Oceans in the 21st Century" by IWCO. File also contains a paper entitled "Independent World Commission for the Seas and the Oceans," by Krishan Saigal of the International Ocean Institute (IOI). This paper outlines an action calendar, draft communication letter, and other documents about establishing the IWCO. The latter document was originally housed in a seperate file also entitled MS-2-744, Box 248, Folder 8. File also contains duplicate copies that have not been scanned.
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.
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 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 correspondence surrounding Elisabeth Mann Borgese's attempt to securing funding for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) from the following institutions: The Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Saskawa Foundation, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), The Institute of International Education, The MacArthur Foundation, and The Ford Foundation.
File contains correspondence from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Dr. Gurgulino de Souza, the rector of the United Nations University (UNU). The correspondence includes an invitation to the UNU to co-sponsor the first plenary session of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
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).
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 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 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 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 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.
File contains documents concerning the International Ocean Institute (IOI)'s proposed project to produce spirulina, an edible algae that grows in salt water and can be used as a source of food in case of famine or other emergencies. File includes Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), International Ocean Institute, and Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission, project proposals, agendas, and a statement by IOI President Layashi Yaker. For related documents, see MS-2-744, Box 260, File 1 and MS-2-744, Box 260, File 2.
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 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 Professor Kwiatkowska, the Associate Director of the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea. Topics of discussion include confusion over whether Professor Kwiatkowska had joined the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). File contains a duplicate copy of a letter, which has not been digitized.
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 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 correspondence with Layashi Yaker, the Secretary-General for Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). It includes a copy of the paper "Message from the Independent World Commission on the Oceans to the Fiftieth General Assembly of the United Nations" by Elisabeth Mann-Borgese, IWCO administrative documents pertaining to meetings (including a proposal for the establishment of a Mediterranean centre for environment and development), etc. File contains duplicate letters, which have not been digitized.
File contains correspondence with the following: Judge Abdul Koroma (on the boat paper, and attachments: A speech on that paper, the "Anderson Paper," a "Draft Resolution for Adoption by the General Assembly," an "Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea"); Ambassador Ramtane Lamamara (outgoing only, on the need to rally Group 77 countries on ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea); Patricia Lewis; and Dr. Luis Preval (on Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea).
File contains a report on the International Ocean Institute's stationary, discussing the upcoming conference, by providing descriptions of the participants, and the impact the conference could have on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III).
File contains a letter by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, sent to those attempting to rewrite Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, encouraging adoption of the PrepCom regime agreed on in the mid 1980s.
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 journalists - namely CBC, CTV, and Vatican Radio - reporting on Elisabeth Mann Borgese life and work. File includes correspondence concerning Mann Borgese's proposed film project, "Four Oceans" and a film adaptation of Mann Borgese's "Drama on the Oceans;" a proposal for a documentary film about Mann Borgese; copies of articles about Mann Borgese; and various pieces Mann Borgese submitted to the press. Also contains several copies of Mann Borgese's CVs. See also correspondence with Eberhard Goerner (MS-2-744, Box 361, Folder 18) for related correspondence.
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 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 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.
File contains correspondence, agenda, list of participants, and a report relating to the NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations) Roundtable on Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, organized by the United Nations Association in Canada. The International Ocean Institute (IOI) attended the conference.
File contains correspondence to and from the UNA in Canada. Included is conference material surrounding the World Youth Leadership Training Summit, an invitation to a lecture by Dr. Federico Mayor, and an invitation to participate in a citizens' panel.
File contains two versions (a draft outline and a pre-print) of a paper detailing the achievements of UNCLOS (the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea).
File contains documents for the meeting held at the United Nations University, in Tokyo. Includes an agenda, “Minutes of the Discussions: One Day Seminar on the Oceans –Areas of Future Opportunities for Industrialists, at Ahmedabad, Gurjarat, India,” documents relating to a project funded by the United Nations Development Programme, correspondence, syllabi for a course, correspondence, and other notes for the meeting.
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 copies of the draft resoultion of the "Law of the Sea" and a resolution concerning sea-bed mining. The file also includes a non-paper entitled "Agreement on the Implementation of Part XI and Annexes III and IV of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea."
File contains documents relating to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Included is a news release on the publication of the fourth annual "Human Development Report," "Terms of Reference for a Review of a Possible UNDP Strategic Initiative in Ocean and Coastal Management," "Summary of Recommendations of Working Group on Technology Cooperation," memorandums, a draft report ("Ocean and Coastal Resources Management for Sustainable Human Development"), the "Action Plan for Human Resources Development and Capacity Building for the Planning and Management of Coastal and Marine Areas, 1993-1997," a note from Philip Reynolds on a meeting discussing a possible UNDP initiative on ocean and coastal management.
File includes "Proposals for Consideration by the Courses Development Committee" from the International Ocean Institute Operational Centre at the University of the South Pacific presented at the United Nations University Tokyo, Japan.
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