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Correspondence with Ton Waarts

File contains correspondence with W.K. Hoekzema (Internationale Spectator), and a copy, sent to Ton Waarts, of "III UNCLoS 4: Revisions and Provisions" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.

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

File contains the transcript of the conference's afternoon session from February 6, 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 and Elisabeth Mann Borgese. This file also contains a partial transcript from an unknown date.

'W' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with Frances Weismiller, Anthony Wayne Smith, Thomas E. Lovejoy,and Karl Wolf (Austrian Ambassador). Also includes "Suffering a Sea Change" from the "Economist" by Barbara Ward.

Handwritten meeting notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

File contains documents originally housed in a large binder with other United Nations (UN) materials and the contents of MS-2-744, Box 117, File 4, MS-2-744, Box 117, File 5, MS-2-744, Box 117, File 7 and MS-2-744 Box 117, File 8. File contains summarizes of meetings held in August 1976.

Board of trustees and the planning council of the International Ocean Institute : [meeting minutes and correspondence]

File contains draft minutes of the joint Sixth Session of the Board of Trustees and the Fourteenth Session of the Planning Council (from the Mexico City meeting of December, 1977), which discussed the "Ocean Yearbook," Pacem in Maribus (PIM) VII and IX, financial matters, the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) and other matters. The file also contains the draft minutes of the Fifteenth Session of the Planning Council (held April 22, 1978 in Divonne-les-Baines), providing a summary of the UNCLoS talks (including the Compostite Text, the Group of 77, and the need for a seabed authority), projects, Pacem in Maribus IX, a new International Ocean Institute (IOI) director, the status of the IOI in Malta, and the Castellabate Project. The file also contains speeches, correspondence , and a list of the Board of Trustees members.

Project proposal by Mário Ruivo

File contains a proposal entitled: "Proposta para um projecto de estudos de desenvolvimento a coopção international em assuritos oceãnicos, no ãmbito das actividades do International Ocean Institute, com o apoido da fundação gulbenkian."

FAO study tours/courses in China : [project proposal]

File includes the following reports prepared by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations: "Report on FAO Study Tour in China on Recycling of Organic Wastes in Agriculture," "Report on FAO Study Tours and Training Course in China on Forestry Support for Agriculture," and "Report on FAO Study Tour in China on Soil and Water Conservation Management."

Evensen meeting : [notes and speech]

File contains a description of subjects to be discussed in connection with the seabed regime (marked "Statment by Ambassador Wolf"), other discussion notes, meeting minutes, a list of participants, a memo, and a draft resolution.

Shaping the law of the sea by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

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).

Documents from the sixth session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, volume 2

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.

Miscellaneous loose documents on the Law of the Sea negotiations

File includes three doucments (one resultion, a report, and a proposal). Specific documents include 1) a draft resolution on the law of the sea from Sri Lanka, 2) "Review of the Sixth Session of the Law of the Sea Conference" by Kazou Sumi, and 3) a proposal by Maxwell Bruce entitled "Advocate for the Unborn."

Thirteenth session of the Planning Council of the International Ocean Institute : [meeting minutes, correspndence, and project proposal]

File contains materials relating to the session, held on June 4, 1977 in New York. Includes meeting minutes, which includes summaries of discussions of the Sixth (6th) session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea Conference (UNCLoS), Pacem in Maribus (PIM) conferences, the "Ocean Yearbook" publication, projects summaries/update, an article on the International Ocean Institute (IOI) for "Oceans" magazine, and financial matters. Also includes a membership list for the Planning Council, correspondence (mainly with Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Maxwell Bruce on Bruce's resignation from the Canadian Friends of the IOI), and a detailed proposal, "The Third World and the New Law of the Sea Within the Framework of the New International Economic Order."

Expanded co-operative program on the new international order and the law of the sea : a proposal : [first draft]

File contains a first draft of a proposal by the International Ocean Institute (IOI) submitted to the Coordinating Committee of the Non-Aligned States. The report was authored by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, in her role as Chairman of the Planning Council, and contains a covering letter to be sent to government officals.

'A' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with American Bibliographical Center (ABC) - Clio Press, George Abi Saab, and A.A. Archer. Topics of discussion includes edits to a paper written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, and royalty reports. File also includes royalty statements.

Lists of participants

File contains two lists of participants. One is unlabelled with handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, the other list is from the Intersessional Consultations on the Law of the Sea in Geneva on March 1, 1977.

Sixth session, volume 2 : ammendments to "draft resolution on improvement of international institutional arrangement relating to the convention on the Law of the Sea"

File contains material originally housed in a large binder with other United Nations (UN) reference material (i.e. press releases, journals, sessional reports), and the contents of MS-2-744, Box 117, File 1. File contains a memorandum from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Austrian Ambassador Karl Wolf, and amendments to the fifth (5th) draft.

Correspondence regarding United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

File contains project descriptions, documents related to Pacem in Maribus X and XIV (ten / 10 and fourteen / 14), correspondence to Pierre Elliott Trudeau, "Convention for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution," "Report of the ad hoc Expert Group meeting on the Draft World Charter for Nature," and other miscellaneous reports. Reports written in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic.

Miscellaneous loose documents [part 2 of 3]

File contains informal suggestions by various countries, informal meeting notes, a provisional list of delegations, "Financing the Enterprise," a presentation by various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the issue of seabed mining, a speech by a United Kingdom (UK) delegate on the transfer of technology, notes for Minister Jens Evensen's summation, some handwritten notes (including some by Elisabeth Mann Borgese), and a list of participants. Parts 1 and 3 of this file are in MS-2-744, Box 120, File 7 and MS-2-744, Box 120, FIle 9, respectively.

Correspondence with Karl Wolf

File contains correspondence with Austrian Ambassador to the United Nations, Karl Wolf. Also includes a report from the Geneva conference and a report from the Export Council of Norway. See also MS-2-744, Box 114, Folder 8 and MS-2-744, Box 355, Folder 24 for more correspondence with Ambassador Wolf on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

'W' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with Cornelia Wohlforth, Don Walsh (publisher of a book "The Law of the Sea"), and Keith Walton (of the United Nations). Topics of discussion include Mann Borgese's comments on F.L. La Que's paper ("Possible Contribution of Deep Sea Mining to a New World Economic Order"). Also includes information about the Natural Resources Forum.

Miscellaneous reports, articles, and partial documents [part 2 of 2]

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.

Miscellaneous loose documents [part 1 of 3]

File contains draft ammendments, various articles, suggested compromise formulae, a note by Tommy Koh, "Financial arrangements of the Enterprise", informal conference room documents, Chairman's reports, a report by an ad hoc group on the relationship between disarmament and development, a memo by the group of landlocked states, informal meeting notes, a memo by Peru, committee records and various informal suggestions. Parts 2 and 3 of this file are in MS-2-744, Box 120, File 8 and MS-2-744, Box 120, File 9, respectively.

Miscellaneous administrative and financial records of the International Ocean Institute

File contains budgets from the International Ocean Institute (IOI), for the years 1978 and 1980. The file also contains a report on the activites of the IOI between 1979-1980 (discussing training programmes and Pacem in Maribus (PIM) X), a summary of current and forthcoming activities for the period of 1980-1983, and lists of members of various boards and bodies of the IOI.
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