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Correspondence with the International Ocean Institute-South Pacific

File contains correspondence with and about International Ocean Institute (IOI)-South Pacific, some of which concerns the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), funding proposals (for "Management Issues in Environmental and Resource Economics," and "Management and Development of Coastal Fisheries"), and the Pacem in Maribus convocations. File includes a discussion paper prepared by the IOI-South Pacific ("Towards 2000: The Future Governance of the International Ocean Institute"), course outlines and participant forms for two IOI-South Pacific Training Programmes, a copy of "Pasifika," the IOI-South Pacific newsletter (April 1995-March 1996), action reports and a press release

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and various Italian embassies and organizations

File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and various government officials. Includes correspondence regarding a Canadian visit of Italian author Alberto Moravia, a performance of Franco Mannino’s “Ocean Concert” in Rotterdam during Pacem in Maribus (PIM), and the training programme.

'J' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with Nicholas Johnson, J.A. Jacobs, Douglas M. Johnson, Mimi Jaffe, and Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (International Institute for Environment and Development). Some of the correspondence concerns various projects of the International Ocean Institute (IOI), including the training programme and/or the “Ocean Yearbook.”

'K' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Alexander King (Club of Rome, on "perestroika international"); Lise Kleefeldt-Bauer; Lotte Klemperer. Some correspondence concerns the Mann family.

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and George Livanos

File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and George P. Livanos, Chair of HELMEPA (Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association). Topics of discussion include donations (including funding for a computer) and funding, and the Blue Planet Prize. Also includes articles from "Science" on cold fusion.

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese, the International Ocean Institute, and Masako Otsuka

File contains correspondence with Otsuka, an employee of Intercom Inc. Correspondence concerns funding, the creation of an International Ocean Institute (IOI) operating centre in Japan, development of a film on the oceans, and Elisabeth Mann Borgese's honourary degree from Yokohama City University. Includes, a concept paper on IOI activities for 1998-2003 (to be submitted to the Nippon Foundation), and "Project Outline for a Contribution of the Non-governmental Sector to the Process of Updating and Upgrading the UNEP Initiated Regional Seas Programme" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.

'P' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with Joao Pessoa (discusses the International Ocean Institute (IOI), and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)), United States Senator Charles Percy (Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, discussing IOI activities), Ashok Parthasarathi (sent with an article, “Global Co-Operation Only Way Out for LDCs”), and M. Percy Guerrero (Government Minister from Venezuela).

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Klaus H. Pringsheim

File contains correspondence with Elisabeth Mann Borgese’s cousin, Klaus H. Pringsheim, a Professor of Political Science at McMaster University. Topics of discussion include International Ocean Institute (IOI) funding, and his retirement. Also includes press release from Canada-Japan Trade Council announcing Pringsheim’s appointment as its President. File also includes one piece of correspondence from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Hans E. Pringsheim, Klaus's brother.

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese with Gloria Zuleta Rodrigues

File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese, or the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and Rodrigues. Topics of discussion include jobs and references, a Spanish translation of Mann Borgese's "Chairworm and Supershark" (includes a draft), Pacem in Maribus (PIM) convocation, discussion of translations of "Ocean Yearbook" and other documents, IOI training courses. Includes Rodrigues' CV, and "Some Preliminary Thoughts About IOI-Columbia."

‘S’ miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with Kurt Schmidt (Federal Republic of Germany), P.D. Snelson (Commonwealth Secretariat), Alex Sceberras Trigona of the Maltese Government, Arthur Alexiou, and R. Van Grieken.

Correspondence with Krishan Saigal

File contains correspondence to/from Saigal. Much of which discusses various International Ocean Institute (IOI) activities, including training programmes, courses, Pacem in Maribus (PIM) conventions, and funding.

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Adam Schaff

File contains correspondence with Schaff, of the Polish Association of the Club of Rome, much of which concerns Tatiana Parkhalina, who accepted for a research assistant position at International Ocean Institute (IOI)-Malta. Also discussed is a Polish translation of one of Elisabeth Mann Borgese's books.

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and the Hon. Thomas Siddon

File contains correspondence with Siddon, who was the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. Some correspondence concerns Pacem in Maribus, the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), the National Marine Council, and ocean policy. Much of the correspondence was received by Mann Borgese in her role as Chair of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD). File also includes an invitation and a news release.

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Ambassador Neroni Slade

File contains correspondence with Slade, the Samoan Ambassador to the United Nations. Some correspondence concerns the United Nations Informal Consultative Process on Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS), SIDS (Small Island Developing States), the International Ocean Institute (IOI)'s training programme, and Elisabeth Mann Borgese's criticism of Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) . File also includes a copy of a statement by Slade on oceans and the Law of the Sea during the 54th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, a copy of his CV, and a press release from the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) on a joint venture with the government of Japan to engage in deep ocean mineral exploration in various South Pacific Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs).

'T' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with (among others): Dr. El-Hafid Tabet-Aoul; Professor Ines Wesley Tanaskovic; Dr. Hubert Tierry; Olaf Tandberg, Professor James Tobin (outgoing only) ;Edith Thauer; Amado S. Tolentino; Dr. Klaus Topfer (outgoing only); Tom Traves (outgoing only); and Alfredas Tytmonas. Topics of discussion include the Tobin tax, the rewriting of the Barcelona Convention, a project on sustainable sea-bed development, International Ocean Institute (IOI) financial matters, and the International Sea-bed Authority.

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Senator Alan Cranston regarding the Tyler Prize nomination

File contains a piece of correspondence from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to United States Senator Alan Cranston, asking him to support the International Ocean Institute (IOI)’s nomination for the prize. The letter gives a summary of IOI activities, and a list of individuals supporting the nomination.

Correspondence between the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) and the International Ocean Institute (IOI)

File contains correspondence with DOALOS, the majority of which concerns the establishment of the Train-Sea-Coast-Program by DOALOS and International Ocean Institute (IOI). Other topics of discussion include proposed training programmes, and the DOALOS library, a working paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese ("Analysis of Debate on Coordination") on the idea of the United Nations forming a "Committee of the Whole," to deal with ocean developments and ocean space in an inter-related and systematic manner. The file also includes a letter from Michael MccGwire.

'V' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence to/from: Jon van Dyke, Žiga Vodušek, Daniel Vignes, Michel Vigneaux (concerns a thesis Elisabeth Mann Borgese was writing), Julio del val Caturla, [von Salis], Richard C. Vetter, Mr. Verploegh (World Meteorological Organization),, Bart van Steenbergen, Gustavo J. Vollmer, and C.M. Vadrot. Some correspondence touches on the “Ocean Yearbook” and the Training Programme.

Conference on the new international economic order and the law of the sea [part 1 of 2] : [transcript]

File contains the transcript of the conference's morning and afternoon sessions from February 5, 1976. The conference was sponsored by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the International Ocean Institute (IOI), participants included Arvid Pardo, Sidney Holt, Jan van Ettinger, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, among others. Some of the transcript pages have handwritten annotations. This file also contains a partial transcript from an unknown date.

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) roundtable on straddling and highly migratory fish stocks : [conference materials]

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.

The new international economic order and the law of the sea : [transcripts]

File contains transcripts (along with a page of notes and a list of participants) from the two-day seminar sponsored by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the International Ocean Institute (IOI). This conference was attended by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Silviu Brucan, Sidney Holt, and Arvid Pardo, among others.

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa - regional leadership seminar on marine/ocean affairs in Africa

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.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Fourth Global meeting of regional seas conventions and action plans

File contains documents from the meeting, which was held in Montreal from November 21-23, 2001. File includes: A list of documents; a list of participants; a report from the 1999 meeting of this group; a provisional agenda; a presentation by the International Ocean Institute (IOI); an inventory of work in chemicals undertaken by regional sea programmes; "Ecosystem-based Management of Fisheries: The Way Forward;" a report of transboundary movements of wastes; reports on a process to establish the state of the marine environment; a report on cooperation in the Mediterranean; a policy papers from the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or Their Representatives on International Environmental Government meeting of July 17, 2001; reports multilateral environmental agreements; a report on the "Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment rom Land-based Activities through Improved Coastal and Ocean Governance;" a report on issues facing regional sea conventions and plans; meeting minutes from the Caspian Sturgeon Resources: Stakeholders' Meeting (July 12-13, 2001); a memorandum of understanding between the Secretariat of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme and the Secretariat of the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific; and the "Report of the Third Global Meeting of Regional Seas Convention and Action Plans" from November 2000.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Global Programme of Action (GPA) for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities : [meeting documents]

File contains documents used and created by participants in various Global Programme of Action (GPA) conferences and meetings held between 2000 and 2001. Includes (from the April 2000 meeting): a list of documents, agendas, background papers, correspondence about the participation of the International Ocean Institute (IOI), an "Alternative Draft High Level Declaration," conclusions from the co-chairs, a draft report from Discussion Panel B: "Economic and Social Impact of Marine Pollution and Degradation, Especially in Coastal Areas." Contains, from the August 2000 meetings: correspondence, and discussion papers. Also contains correspondence, a non-paper, press releases, agendas, membership lists, policy papers, copies of a website, a paper from the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds 1971 and 1992, steering committee documents (Mann Borgese was a member), all arising from the Fourth Meeting of Regional Seas held in Montreal between November 21 and 23, 2001. Also included is a copy of "The Montreal Declaration on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities," which arose out of the conferences. The file also contains a plan for the International Ocean Institute booth at one of the conferences, and handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. See file MS-2-744, Box 257, Folder 10 for correspondence between GPA and International Ocean Institute during this period, and MS-2-744, Box 257, Folder 11 and MS-2-744, Box 257, Folder 12 for related documents. File contains duplicates which have not been digitized.

Mediterranean Multaqa (UNESCO conference) : [correspondence, meeting documents, and reports]

File contains material, including correspondence, reports, agenda, and registrations forms for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s 1998 conference called "Mediterranean Multaqa," which was chaired by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. The conference aimed to explore the idea of establishing the Mediterranean as a maritime "zone of peace." Also included in this file is a concept paper, "Integrating Sustainable Development and Regional Security," and a statement by the chair of the closing session, both by Mann Borgese.

Correspondence with Richard Bells

File contains correspondence with Professor Richard Bells regarding the planning of a conference for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, as well as an untitled project proposal.
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