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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 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 includes several miscellaneous documents, including: 1) "Resolution II: Co-ordination of Marine Activities," 2) a declaration involving the peaceful uses of the seabed, 3) an article about mineral exploration in Gabon, 4) an article about mining in Africa, 5) "Financial Terms of Contracts," 6) an address to an unidentified chairman; 7) handwritten financial arrangements; 8) "Economic Impact of Deep Sea Mining"; 9) a partial copy of the 28th Session of the General Assembly; 10) "An Ocean Resources Agency," 11) a partial statute, and 12) Section 4 - Comments on the new model. The part 1 of this file is in MS-2-744, Box 136, Folder 10.
File contains notes written in advance of the 1979-1980 sessions of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS). Also contains a document entitled "Marine Resources, Ocean Management, and the International Development Strategy for the 80s and Beyond."
File includes an article, and agendas from the Pacific Asian Studies Association for the conference on Island and Archipelago Sea Law which was held in Guam, USA from April 5-9, 1977.
File contains a copy of an article by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, discussing the accomplishments made in the Sixth Session of the Law of the Sea Conference (including the Informal Composite Negotiating Text). The article was published in "World Issues," October/November 1977 edition (published by Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions).
File contains documents used in negotiations for the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. Includes, "Comments on the Compromise Formula, Third Revision," "Comments on the Compromise Formula, Third Revision," a proposal (a new compromise proposal), several untitled statement (some complete, some partial), and a statement on the structure and function of the International Seabed Authority. Some documents contain handwritten (by Elisabeth Mann Borgese) comments. These documents were originally housed in a large binder with other United Nations (UN) reference materials (i.e. press releases, journals, sessional reports) and the contents of MS-2-744, Box 117, Folder 2.
File contains a copy of a statement by John Alan Beesley, presented at a Plenary debate to the enlarged United Nations (UN) Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-bed and the Ocean Floor Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction.
File contains statements and press releases from the permanent representatives to the United Nations from the United Kingdom, Ukraine, the United States, Fiji, Cyprus, the People's Republic of China, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Sweden, Indonesia, Japan, Peru,the Group of 77 (Colombia), Australia, and Denmark. Some statements were from the forty-seventh (47th) session of the United Statements General Assembly, and others from the First Commission on Science and Technology.
File contains a draft copy (with some corrections) of a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese on the accomplishments Ninth (9th) Session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (including a discussion of the Informal Composite Negotiating Text), and some of the difficulties that lay ahead.
File contains two papers written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. The first, "The Draft Convention on the Law of the Sea: An Appeal for Action Now," was written after the suspension of the Tenth (10th) Session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, after the United States Government announced a review of the Draft Convention. The second is a a copy of "The Draft Convention" on the Informal Composite Negotiating Text.
File contains a summary of the Fifth Session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, along with a history of the talks since 1967. Contains some handwritten annotations/corrections.
File contains a copy of a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese on the Fourth Session of the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom) held in Kingston, Jamaica between March 17 and April 11, 1986. This version contains several handwritten annotations/corrections by Mann Borgese.
File contains a section of a background paper published by the International Ocean Institute (IOI). The analysis by Elisabeth Mann Borgese discusses the Informal Single Negotiating Text (ISNT), which emerged from the Third Session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III).
File contains a copy of a speech, discussing ocean governance in the wake of the Law of the Sea Convention, the Brundtland Report, and the Rio 1992 Summit.
File contains a report on the Preparatory Commission, providing an update on recent accomplishments (mainly between 1986-1987). The report is likely authored by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File contains a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese on the history of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, up to the Year of the Oceans (1998), and ends with a discussion of what still needs to be done to save the oceans.
File contains three chapters, Including: 1) Chapter six: United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, 2) Chapter XII: The Enterprise; and 3) Chapter XV: The International Seabed Authority and Preparatory Commission. Presumably all authored by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Also has some handwritten annotations which may be by Arvid Pardo.
File contains a preliminary draft, by the Delegation of Portugal to UNCLoS (United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea) III. The report was co-authored by Mario Ruivo and M.E. Gonçalves, and was written after the fourth (4th) session of UNCLoS. See MS-2-744, Box 126, Folder 22 for another version of this speech.
File contains a speech by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, primarily regarding technology transfer and seabed mining. The speech contains typed and handwritten pages. The file also includes a copy of a fax to Judy Olsen, on Mann Borgese's "Perestroika and the Law of the Sea."
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