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Correspondence with Dr. Klaus Topfer

Correspondence with Dr. Klaus Topfer

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.
Correspondence with Layachi Yaker

Correspondence with Layachi Yaker

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.
'K - P' miscellaneous correspondence

'K - P' miscellaneous correspondence

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).
Photograph of the 1993 Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI) board meeting

Photograph of the 1993 Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI) board meeting

Item is a photograph with the inscription on reverse “MERI ANNUAL MEETING 1993 GREAT COVE, BROOKLIN, MAINE. Back row (from left): Tad Crawford, Lisa Semple, Susan Shaw, Elisabeth Borgese, John McCreight, Kim Healy, Jan Snow. Front row (from left): Susan Crawford, Diane Brenner, Karin Tilberg, Linnea Tilberg, and Dave Schia.”
Boat paper and nonpaper : [informal discussion documents]

Boat paper and nonpaper : [informal discussion documents]

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.
Correspondence with journalists regarding articles about Elisabeth Mann Borgese's life and work

Correspondence with journalists regarding articles about Elisabeth Mann Borgese's life and work

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.
Information notes concerning the Secretary-General's informal consultations on outstanding issues...

Information notes concerning the Secretary-General's informal consultations on outstanding issues relating to the deep seabed mining provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

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.
'S' - 'Z' miscellaneous correspondence

'S' - 'Z' miscellaneous correspondence

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.
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) roundtable on straddling and highly migratory fish stocks : ...

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.
Meeting of the representatives of the operational centres of the International Ocean Institute : ...

Meeting of the representatives of the operational centres of the International Ocean Institute : [agenda, meeting minutes, and background documents]

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.
Correspondence with Angeli Franco

Correspondence with Angeli Franco

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.
United Nations resolutions

United Nations resolutions

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."
United Nations Development Programme publications

United Nations Development Programme publications

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.
Wind up plan : [proposals for the closing of the International Centre for Ocean Development]

Wind up plan : [proposals for the closing of the International Centre for Ocean Development]

File contains a list of questions and concerns about the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) closing and phase outs; includes lists of projects to be transferred to the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and projects to be completed by ICOD. Also contains a report from a staff meeting concerning severance packages.
Correspondence with Al Gore

Correspondence with Al Gore

File contains a letter from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Vice President Elect Al Gore, asking him to reconsider American opposition to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
'M - P' miscellaneous correspondence

'M - P' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence. Correspondents include the Permanent Ambassador of Jamaica to the United Nations Lucille Mair (attached is a copy of the G-77 Draft Paper); Ambassador Don Mills; Claude Morel (Ministry of the Environment, Economic Planning and External Relations for Seychelles) ; Satya Nandan (attached is a statement by Elisabeth Mann Borgese to the United Nation's Commission for Sustainable Development), Professor Kaldone Nweihed (sent with a list of countries that have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea); Chinese Premier Li Peng; M.C.W. (Chris) Pinto; Steve Polansky; Senator Claiborne Pell (sent with the non-paper: "Agreement on the Implementation of Part XI and Annexes III and IV of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea"); and Jan Pronk.
Correspondence with Mill Press Limited (Part 3 of 3)

Correspondence with Mill Press Limited (Part 3 of 3)

File is regarding the publication "Chairworm and Supershark" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese and inlcudes correspondence with Vera Hyatt, Guiseppe Castoldi, Francesca Ferrari, Jane Oliver, Adalberto Vallega, Wendy Barish, Gina Shaw, Bernette Ford, Michael McGwire, Brigetta Weeks, Paola Mucci, Adalberto Vallega, Linda Cameron, Joseph and Judith Den-Dal, Tracy Fortini, and Baker and Taylor. Also includes a memorandum of agreement and a copy of a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese: "Common and Comprehensive Security in the World's Oceans," presenting at the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies' 1992 "Maritime Interests, Conflict, and the Law of the Sea" conference.
Statements by permanent delegates to the United Nations concerning deep seabed mining

Statements by permanent delegates to the United Nations concerning deep seabed mining

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.
'K' miscellaneous correspondence

'K' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence. Correspondents include Lithuanian Deputy Minister A. Kisonas, and Presidential Adviser Saulius Kolyta, on a possible visit of Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Lithuania to disucss ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; University of Zagreb law professor Budislav Vukas; and Judge Abdul Koroma (attached is a copy of the G-77 Draft Paper, on an interim regime for seabed mining). File contains a duplicate copy of a letter, which has not been digitized.
Memos from Allan M. Farmer

Memos from Allan M. Farmer

File contains copies of orders in council, by-laws, and a copy of Bill C-63 concerning the last months of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD)'s operation. See MS-2-744, Box 354, Folder 2 for a digitized version of Bill C-63.
Twenty-ninth meeting of the board of the International Ocean Institute : [meeting documents]

Twenty-ninth meeting of the board of the International Ocean Institute : [meeting documents]

File contains documents for the Board Meeting held in Malta. Includes an agenda, meetings of the previous Board Meeting, an agreement between the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and Malta, revised IOI statutes, documents relating to staff appointments, Report of the Interim Executive Director, a Five-Year Plan of Activities for 1993-1998, and an agenda for the next session of the Planning Council.
Correspondence with William Koshland

Correspondence with William Koshland

File contains correspondence with Koshland, who was an employee of Alfred A. Knopf. Correspondence concerns Elisabeth Mann Borgese's book "Chairworm and Supershark," and royalties from a newly published collection of Thomas Mann letters.
'F - H' miscellaneous correspondence

'F - H' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence. Correspondents include Valerie Facey; Carl-August Fleischhauer, Legal Counsel to the United Nations Secretariat (and address Part XI of the Convention,); Patrik Garnier (attached is an editorial Elisabeth Mann Borgese wrote for the "New York Times" on the Convention); Mate Granić (Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs), which deal with the reasons for Croatia to ratify the Convention; Tom Harris; Bohdan Hawrylyshyn; Louis Henkin; and Charles Higginson of the Council on Ocean Law. See MS-2-744, Box 274, Folder 3 and MS-2-744, Box 279, Folder 8 for additional correspondence with the Council on Ocean Law.
Correspondence with John Vandermeulen

Correspondence with John Vandermeulen

File contains correspondence from the Vice-Chair of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) regarding the dissolution of the ICOD. Includes a draft of a letter to be sent to all ICOD board members.
Correspondence with Allan Farmer

Correspondence with Allan Farmer

File contains memorandum and correspondence with Allan Farmer, the second President of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD). Correspondence discusses the Ocean Forum conference and the closing of the ICOD in 1992.
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