File contains a series of proposals from Ambassador Karl Wolf to Ambassador Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, for consideration in the preparation of the Composite Informal Single Negotiating Text.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
File contains a copy of an article published in "The Courier: European Community - Africa - Carribbean - Pacific." File discusses the attempt to establish an International Seabed Authority.
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 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 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.
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.
File contains correspondence with Frederick Grassli (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Maria Eduarda Gonçalves, Henrietta Gilpin, Global Education Associates, John F Godfrey (of the University of King's College), Anil Gayan, and GEO magazine.
File contains a piece of correspondence with James Grant, who was the president of the Overseas Development Council (ODC). Contains a discussion of International Ocean Institute (IOI) projects (e.g., “Ocean Yearbook,” “Project on Marine Resources, Ocean Management, and International Development Strategy for the 80s and Beyond,” “Pacem in Maribus (PIM) IX,” and others).
File contains a proposal for a project to examine a system of exploration and exploitation by W. Broeren, an issue of "Sea Grant Newsletter" (vol. 9, no. 1), copies of figures from the Commodities Yearbook, "Le manganese", and a research project outline regarding Africa and sea-bed mining. Also includes some correspondence.
Item is a photocopy of an interview with Aurelio Peccei on the ten-year anniversary of the Club of Rome, published in the "Talking Points" feature of Vison, September 1978.
File contains correspondence with Maurice Strong, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Chairman and Director of Petro-Canada. File also contains a postcard announcing Strong's candidacy for a seat in the Canadian Parliament in the 1979 election.
File contains correspondence surrounding Elisabeth Mann Borgese's participation at Insight '79 a seminar entitled "The Sea: Common Heritage of Mankind?" held at the University of Pittsburgh in November 30, 1979. Also included is a flyer advertising the event.
This file contains a provisional list of delegations, a statement by Ambassador V. Villadsen (Denmark) in Negotiating Group Number 1 (One), and a draft memo concerning the rights of land-locked countries in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
File contains materials from the Second and Third Committees including Articles (with applicable revisions and corrections), a report to the First Committee on the work of Negotiating Group 3 (Three), compromise suggestions by the Chairman of Negotiating Group 4 (Four) and other reports, in particular "Reports of the Committees and Negotiating Groups" submitted at the seventh session.
File contains documents relating to the Session held April 22, 1978 in Divonne-les-Baines, France. Includes correspondence, membership lists, "Report on Meeting with Maxwell Bruce, John Hayward, and Jan van Ettinger, at the RIO Foundation," and "Some Points for Consideration for Pacem in Maribus (PIM) IX."
File contains correspondence with James Laughlin, A.K. Lal, Raynell Lammi, Fritz Landshoff, and Ann Leary. Also includes a memorandum of agreement between Harry N. Abrams Incorporated and S. Fischer Verlag GMBH. See MS-2-744, Box 83, Folder 23, and MS-2-744, Box 79, Folder 21 for additional correspondence with Landshoff.
File contains correspondence with Walton, of the Statistical Office of the United Nations. Also includes correspondence with Rosario Lejino concerning the Natural Resources Forum, and a profile on the Forum.
File contains one piece of correspondence from Ramaswamy Mani, who was at the Office of the Under-Secretary General at the Department of International Economic and Social Affairs with the United Nations, concerning a funding proposal.
File contains correspondence with A. Papadopoulos, Renate Platzoder, and Ambassador Arpad Prandler of Hungary. Correspondence concerns the International Ocean Institute (IOI)'s training programme, Pacem in Maribus, and other topics.
Item is identified as "annex 1" and contains comments on the Rome meeting from Thor Heyerdah, Alexander King, Sam Nilsson, Dan Tolkowsky, Victor Urquidi, and John Alexander-Sinclair.
File contains outgoing correspondence from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Mr. H.E. Issoufou S. Djermakoye (Under-Secretary-General, Department of Technical Co-operation for Development, United Nations) and Ambassador Nourradina Djoudi.
File contains a report authored by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Which is subtitled "A Proposal to Reconceptualize the Operational Arm of the International Seabed Authority to Manage the Common Heritage of Mankind."
File contains a copy of Minister Jens Evensen's "summing up," of the discussions on intersessional work relating to the Law of the Sea conference, held in New York, December 1978. The file also includes a list of participants.
File contains handwritten notes, some by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, and some in another hand, many organized by country. Includes a list of individuals who attended a meeting on April 22, 1978. Also includes an agenda, and notes (some shorthand) from that meeting.
File contains informal suggestions by various countries, "Financial Arrangements of the Authority" (redrafted versions of the relevant articles of the convention), "Financing the Enterprise," meeting minutes (mainly on the protection and preservation of the marine environment), a memorandum of the group of land-locked and geographically disavantaged states "On the Rights of the Land-Locked and Geographically Disadvantaged States in the Economic Zone," and a memorandum by Peru (as co-ordinator of the group of coastal states). Parts 1 and 2 of this file are in MS-2-744, Box 120, File 7 and MS-2-744, Box 120, File 8, respectively.
File contains a letter to Elisabeth Mann Borgese from Rudy Putns, an administrator of the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University, asking for her experiences on establishing an institution or think tank.
File contains correspondence with M.J. Anstee (Department of Technical Co-operation for Development) and K. Mushakoji (UN University - with "The United Nations University's Next Stage: Statement before the Sixteenth Session of the Council of the UN University on 1 December 1980"). File also includes handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese for a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) talk (on the new industrial revolution and the oceans).
File contains correspondence with Gil Winham, Canadian External Affairs, and the Delegation of Suriname to United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) III. File also includes a project proposal for "Science and Technology for Development and Disarmament," by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, and a report from the twenty-third United Nations General Assembly.
File contains correspondence with Jeremy Rifkin (Peoples Business Commission), Dale Riehli (on the television adaption of "The Drama of the Oceans"), and W. Riphagen.
File contains statements by Austrian Ambassador Karl Wolf, including a working paper submitted for consideration by the Group of 77, and a paper on the Austrian proposal, JEFERAD (Joint Enterprise For Exploration, Research And Development in Ocean Mining).
File contains outgoing correspondence to Dieter Thomas (San Marino), on the role of small or mini-States in the United Nations, and a letter to West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.
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