Archives Catalogue

The law of the sea : ratification, implementation, and progressive development by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 12
File
June 4, 1991

File contains a copy of a speech given by Elisabeth Mann Borgese at an unidentified symposium given on June 4, 1991. The speech criticizes the Canadian attitude to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).

The draft convention on the law of the sea : an appeal for action now by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 13
File
[1981?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

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.

The International Seabed Authority as prototype for future international resource management institutions by Elisabeth Mann Borgese : [draft with handwritten corrections]

MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 15
File
[197-?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, connecting the International Seabed Authority to the goal of a New International Economic Order (NIEO).

Three different chapters from an unidentified publication or publications

MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 17
File
[198-]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

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.

The new international economic order and the law of the sea : corrections and clarifications for the San Diego law review

MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 2
File
1976

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a list of corrections and clarifications for study, "The New International Economic Order and the Law of Sea" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Arvid Pardo. The file also contains correspondence relevant to the work, and a draft version of "The New International Economic Order and the Law of the Sea" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Also see MS-2-744, Box 174, Folder 19 and MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 1.

The draft convention by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 21
File
[198-?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

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.

The enterprise system : a working paper by [Elisabeth Mann Borgese]

MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 24
File
[197-?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains two versions of the paper (one of which is marked "Old"). The papers deal with proposals made by Nigeria and Austria relating to exploration and mining of the seabed.

The common heritage of mankind : from non-living to living resources and beyond by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 25
File
1974-2001

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File includes copies of a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, written for a publication in honour of Shigeru Oda ("Liber Amicorum Judge Shigeru Oda"), on the expansion of the concept of "the common heritage of mankind" from the mineral resources of the international seabed to the ocean's living resources. The file contains a preprint version, as well as an earlier draft. The file also includes a copy of a different article by Mann Borgese, "The Common Heritage," which was published in 1974 in "Ceres" magazine (see MS-2-744, Box 174, Folder 18). File contains duplicate copies which have not been digitized.

The role of the Seabed Authority in the '80s and '90s : the common heritage of mankind by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 3
File
1982

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese from "The Management of Humanity's Resources: The Law of the Sea" workshop in 1981 sponsored by the Hague Academy of International Law and the United Nations University. Includes a draft version with handwritten notes, and a reprint.

The law of the sea : crossroads again by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 5
File
[1986?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

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.

A constitution for the oceans : comments and suggestions regarding Part XI of the informal composite negotiating text by Elisabeth Mann Borgese : [reprint and draft versions]

MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 7
File
1978

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains two copies of a paper published in the San Diego Law Review (volume 15, number 3). The file includes both a reprint and a draft copy.

The law of the sea : its potential for generating international revenue. A report to the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 8
File
[198-?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a report to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, which discusses the Seabed Authority, the Nepal Proposal, and the idea of an Ocean Development tax.

Expanding the common heritage : the oceans are our great laboratory by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 176, Folder 9
File
1978

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

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.

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and M.C.W. "Chris" Pinto

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 17
File
June 5, 1984

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence with Pinto, the Secretary-General on the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, concerning the location of the International Ocean Institute (IOI)’s headquarters, a Planning Council meeting, and Pacem in Maribus (PIM) conferences.

'A' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 20
File
1980-1984

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence with airlines (Air Canada, and Airlankaa), and the Hotel Astoria, concerning payments. Also contains a letter to Ahmed Derradji, outlining recent International Ocean Institute projects.

'N' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 22
File
1983

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence from S.N. Nandan and Pepsi Nunes.

'N' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 24
File
1976-1984

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File includes correspondence to R.A. Ness (of the Ambassador Trading Company) and Satya Nanden (of the United Nations). Topics discussed include the Law of the Sea and Micronesia, and the Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-Bed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

A possible role for the United Nations by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 28
File
[197-?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, which seeks to provide a new role for the United Nations in light of upheavals in East Asia.

Untitled document by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 29
File
[196-?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains part of a paper on the early Law of the Sea discussions by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, missing pages 1-4 (of 32).

The common heritage of mankind by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 30
File
December 19, 1975

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains an address given by Elisabeth Mann Borgese at the occasion of the official closing of the International Course on Housing, Planning and Building, and the International course on Industrial Quality Control of Bouwcentrum International Education on 19 December 1975 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Correspondence with the Joint Enterprise for Exploration Research and Development in Ocean Mining (JEFERAD), including reports

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 31
File
1985

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File consists of documents (reports, a memorandum, and correspondence) relating to the Austrian proposal for the establishment of a Joint Enterprise for Exploration, Research and Development in the Ocean Mining (JEFERAD). Includes some preliminary remarks on JEFERAD, correspondence from B. Sen, sent with a memo regarding the Austrian proposal before Prepcom from the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committtee, a short speech on the topic (with handwritten corrections by Elisabeth Mann Borgese), a working paper, and a paper entitled "Deep Seabed Mining: Legal and Commercial Considerations."

UNCLoS and the new international economic order by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 34
File
[197-?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a report by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, distributed as an insert to Neptune.

Raping or managing the oceans by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 35
File
July 1975

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a report, by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, of the third sessinon of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. The paper was presented to the Club of Rome.

A statement by Arvid Pardo

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 37
File
December 1, 1965

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a speech by Arvid Pardo, that was to be reproduced in the "Trade in Arms Disarmament Yearbook."

Catharsis by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 40
File
1976

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains two copies (one is an earlier draft) of an article by Elisabeth Mann Borgese regarding the Fifth Session of the Third Law of the Sea Conference.

Notes for a Canadian statement

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 9
File
August 1989

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains notes for a speech by the Canadian delegation to the Special Commission 3, held by the United Nations, in August 1989.

Various speeches and papers annotated by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 180, Folder 1
File
1981-1983

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File includes three documents: 1) A speech to the International Club in Washington on 9 June 1983; 2) A project proposal on disarmament, and 3) "The International Seabed Authority as prototype for future international resource management". All contain handwritten annotations and/or corrections by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Presumably all authored by Mann Borgese.

Some comments on the new international economic order and the law of the sea by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 180, Folder 27
File
[197-]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, discussing raw materials, developing countries, and existing agencies, and how they would be affected by the Law of the Sea. This version contains some handwritten corrections.

Shaping the law of the sea by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 180, Folder 28
File
1977

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

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).

Article for Christian Science Monitor by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 180, Folder 29
File
[197-?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

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.

A memorandum to Independent Commission on International Development Issues (ICIDI)

MS-2-744, Box 180, Folder 31
File
[197-?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a memorandum to the Independent Commission on International Development Issues, encouraging discussion of marine resources, ocean management, and the new Law of the Sea on their agenda.

Correspondence relating to administration and planning

MS-2-744, Box 180, Folder 34
File
1984

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence with Anthony Bromley of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Juan Miguel Bákula, and a partial piece of German correspondence.

Articles by Elisabeth Mann Borgese on world federalism

MS-2-744, Box 185, Folder 2
File
[1969?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains two articles on world federalism, likely written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. The first summarizes the Chicago Committee to Frame a World Constitution, the second is a draft of "The World Communities" by Mann Borgese (see MS-2-744, Box 147, Folder 1 for another version of that paper).

The oceanic circle : governing the seas as a global resource : [promotional flyer]

MS-2-744, Box 187, Folder 10
File
[1999?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains an advertisment from the United Nations University Press for the book. It contains a brief summary of the book as well as a short biography of Elisabeth Mann Borgese.

Chapter III : The economics of the common heritage

MS-2-744, Box 187, Folder 11
File
[1986?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a draft chapter from Elisabeth Mann Borgese's book "The Future of the Oceans: A Report to the Club of Rome."

Towards a world space organization by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 187, Folder 12
File
November 1987

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a paper published by the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security (CIIPS) in their "Points of View" series (number 5, November 1987). The paper addresses a recent proposal to the United Nations on the subject of a UN agency that coordinates activities in outer space. The paper compares this with the process that brought about the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), and also discusses benefits for Canada that would flow from a World Space Organization.

Chapter II : the marine revolution : [handwritten draft]

MS-2-744, Box 187, Folder 8
File
[198-]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains handwritten drafts of chapters from Elisabeth Mann Borgese's book, "The Future of the Oceans: A Report to the Club of Rome." Includes pages from Chapter II ("The Marine Revolution"), Chapter IV ("The Consitution of the Oceans"), and Chapter VI ("The Philosophy of the Common Heritage").

The New International Order and the Law of the Sea by Arvid Pardo and Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 189, Folder 5
File
[1976?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a copy of a paper by Arvid Pardo and Elisabeth Mann Borgese, which was pubished as number 4 as the International Ocean Institute (IOI)'s occasional paper.

Memorandam from Aurelio Peccei to the CoR members regarding "The Way to Peace"

MS-2-744, Box 19, Folder 31
Item
12 November 1982

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is a paper originally delivered at the 1982 CoR Tokyo Conference.

Letter from Gunter Pauli to Elisabeth Borgese requesting that she write the environment report for the Aurelio Peccei Tagung

MS-2-744, Box 19, Folder 36
Item
April 3, 1985

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is a letter regarding the October 1985 meeting in Salzburg.

Text provisoire pour le club de Rome (Project Rio) : energie et autre resources minerales

MS-2-744, Box 19, Folder 7
Item
May 1975

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File includes a first draft translation from French of "Appendix 14: Thermatic Waste and Deep Ocean Water," by H. Gibra and "Managing the World's Resources."

Correspondence with H. Gary Knight and supporting documentation and papers

MS-2-744, Box 190, Folder 10
File
1973-1975

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

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."

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), 1982 and the security of small states

MS-2-744, Box 197, Folder 11
File
1982

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a report of unknown authorship, discussing economic/ecological and military aspects of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea and small island states.

The Declaration of Guanajuata : [excerpt]

MS-2-744, Box 197, Folder 13
File
July 1975

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains an excerpt from the declaration, dealing with restructuring United Nations' agencies to deal with the problems of ocean space.

Background paper raised at the informal consultation of the United Nations Secretary General

MS-2-744, Box 197, Folder 14
File
March 8, 1991

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a background paper. Full title: "Concerning the Difficulties Raised at the Last Informal Consultation of the Secretary-General with Respect to the Deep Sea-Bed Mining Provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea."

Proposal : evolutionary factors and current proposals for the organization of the executive and administrative offices of the United Nations

MS-2-744, Box 197, Folder 18
File
[196-?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a copy of a proposal on reforming the United Nations, with handwritten comments by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.

United Nations Seabed Committee report

MS-2-744, Box 197, Folder 19
File
1970-1972

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File includes a report arising from the July, 1972 meeting of the Mediterranean States Members of the United Nations Seabed Committee, newsclippings ("UN Seabed Committee Report," "Seabed 'belongs to the world,'" "Dividing the Spoils of the Sea into National Parcels"), a memorandum presented to United Kingdom Foreign Office officials ("Ocean Space Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction"), and a report ("Sea-Bed and Ocean Floor Developments," from October 1970). File also includes a piece of correspondence from Elisabeth Mann Borgese on the notion of an ocean development tax. Duplicate copies in the file have not been digitized.

International relations 2000 by Elisabeth Mann Borgese : [annotated]

MS-2-744, Box 197, Folder 23
File
[1975?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese speculating on the changes to international relations and politics over the next 25 years. Includes handwritten annotations and corrections by Mann Borgese.