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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.

'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.

'A - B' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with various individuals. Correspondents include Najeeb Al Nuimi (Legal Advisor to the Crown Prince on Qatar), which discuss Pacem in Maribus XXI, and the Secretary-General's consultations on the Law of the Sea, and attached is a paper by Mann Borgese: "Making the Convention 'Universally Accepatble';" Lennox Ballah of the Institute of Marine Affairs (attached is a copy of the Nonpaper); W. Balzan (personal assistant to Guido De Marco); Paul Berenger, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Mauritius; Martin Blakeway (who wrote to the Prince of Tonga about raitification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea); United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, which advocate turing the Preparatory Commission into an Interim Authority, in light of the "boat paper; and Salvino Busuttil on Malta's failure to announce ratification of the convention.

'R - S' miscellaneous correspondence

File includes correspondence with: Kenneth Rattray (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jamaica); Ivo Sanander (Deputy Foreign Minister, Croatia); Alfred Sereki (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Albania); Indian Ambassador Bhagwat Singh; Indian Minister Manmohan Singh; Ambassador to the United Nations Danielle de St. Jorre; John R. Stevenson; and Keith Suter. Mainly discussed is the "Boat Paper" and the responding Koroma non-paper (written in part by Judge Koroma and Mann Borgese).

'V - Z' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with: Anton Vratusa of the ICPE (International Center for Public Enterprise in Developing Countries) on adovating for ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS); Lojze Peterle (Slovenian Deputy Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, letter contains an appeal from Mann Borgese on why UNCLoS is important to Slovenia); Mark Wood (a journalist at "The Malta Independent"); Layachi Yaker (mainly on the Secreatary General Consultations, the boat paper, and the non-paper); and Günther Zade of the World Maritime University (the International Ocean Institute held a training programme with them in 1992).

Board of directors of the International Centre for Ocean Development : [meeting documents]

File contains meeting minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on June 24 - 25, 1991. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, statements, reports, and by-laws. Topics discussed include: ICOD Forum seeking sustainable development of the Oceans, selection of candidates for the position of President, Presentation by Mr. Jioji Kotobalavu, president's report, report of the executive committee, report of the audit and evaluation committee, financial report, four (4) project proposals, corporate plan and policy issues, election of committee members, and revisions of ICOD by-laws. File also contains a fax to "The Group of Fifteen" from the International Ocean Institute (IOI) on the implementation and ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).

'R' - 'T' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with Zaleena Ramnoth; Danielle de St. Jorre; Paul Sutherland; and A.D. Tillett. Topics of discussion include United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) ratifications, scholarships, and Allan Farmer's appointment at President of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD).

Board of directors of the International Centre for Ocean Development : [meeting documents]

File contains meeting minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on November 1-2, 1990. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, correspondence, statement by Danielle de St. Jorre, background material, reports, and policies. Topics discussed include the ICOD Development Forum, the selection of candidates for the position of ICOD President, status of board membership, delegation of authority, report of the executive committee, president's report, report of the audit and evaluation committee, financial report, corporate plan, policy, issues, divisional presentations, and two project proposals.

Board of directors of the International Centre for Ocean Development : [meeting documents]

File contains minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on June 15- 16, 1989. File includes supporting documentation such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, correspondence, reports, background material, and press release. Topics discussed include ICOD Seminar, MarLaw, Marine Edication Kits for St. Kitts/ Nevis, Coral Reef Research, future policy directions, an update on West Africa, report by the audit and evaluation committee, a financial report, project proposals, and a presentation of DELMAR. File contains a duplicate memorandum on budget cuts for 1989/1990, which has not been digitized.

Board of directors of the International Centre for Ocean Development : [meeting documents]

File contains meeting minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on June 9 - 10, 1988, file 2 of 2. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, and corporate plan. Topics discussed include: ICOD seminar update, conflict of interest, report on total value of projects, Ottawa office lease, paper on Ocean bed mining, appointment of directors and president, President's report, accomodation in Ottawa, report on official languages at ICOD, report of the executive committee, report of the audit committee, report of the secretary-treasurer, presentation by Galo Carrera on Maritime Delimitation computer program (DELMAR), and nine (9) project proposals.

Board of directors of the International Centre for Ocean Development : [meeting documents]

File contains meeting minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on November 30 and December 1, 1988. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, correspondence, reports, and corporate plan. Topics discussed include ICOD seminar, information policy, rotational program officer position for developing country candidates, board renumeration, president's report, report of the secretary treaturer, restructuring of ICODreview of corporate plan, and seven (7) project proposals.

'M' - 'N' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with International Ocean Institute (IOI) Training Programme, Dalhousie University, Department of Finance and Treasury Board of Canada. Correspondents include Allan MacEachen; Andrew MacKay; Anne Marie MacKinnon; Willa Magee; Robert Maguire; Evelyne Meltzer; Peter Middleton; Chris Milley; Brian Mulroney; Satya Nandan; Arame Ndiaye; A.M. Nikundiwe; Judy Noel; and Roy Norton. File contains a duplicate letter which has not been digitized.

Board of directors of the International Centre for Ocean Development : [meeting documents]

File contains meeting minutes and agenda for the ICOD Board of Directors meeting held January 9, 1987. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, corporate plan, reports, and briefing notes. Topics discussed include: international directors, status of recommendation concerning Canadian directors, staffing activities, International Ocean Institute (IOI) Indian Ocean training programme, increased funding for CIDA/ICOD cooperation, Report of Secretary-treasurer, report of President, Corporate plan, two project proposals, annual cost of living increase for staff, information on appraisal procedures and performance increases/information on classification exercise, and additional office accommodation requirements. File includes a copy of a report from the "Forum Fisheries Agency," funded by the ICOD as well. File contains a duplicate letter which has not been digitized.

'S' - 'T' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with CIDA, Fisheries and Oceans, the Canadian Embassy, and Supply and Services Canada. Correspondents include Jean-Guy Saint-Martin; Paula Scott; Madame Nicole Senecal; Michael Shenstone; Thea Smith (report attached); E.R. Solmon; Danielle de St. Jorre; Zosia Szpakowska (report attached); Paul M. Tellier; Deborah Turnbull (CV attached).

Board of directors of the International Centre for Ocean Development : [meeting documents]

File contains meeting minutes and agenda for Board of Directors meeting held on October 15 - 16, 1986. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, reports, correspondence, briefing paper, Auditor's report and financial statements, and paper on the origins of ICOD. Topics discussed include: by-laws for the executive committee, signing authority, international directors, west coast representation, evaluation of WMU Training module, staffing, Indian ocean training programme, format for project summaries, Report of executive committee, Canadian directors, report of secretary-treasurer, president's report, corporate plan issues, eleven (11) project proposals, and The World of Ocean Management. File has had duplicate letters removed from digital copy.

'O' - 'P' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with Department of Finance and Treasury Board of Canada, Government of Canada Privy Council Office, and the Canadian International Development Agency. Correspondents include Karen O'Brien; Douglas Patriquin (attached are government documents); C.G. Penney; Nicholas Polunin (attached are EMB's comments on an editorial); George Post (attached are government documents); Francois Pouliot; Victor Prescott; Sharon Proctor.

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.

'G' miscellaneous correspondence

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.

A memorandum on the exclusive economic zone and handwritten conference notes

File contains a memo is from the Federal Republic of Germany, Singapore, Nepal, and Zambia to Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, the Chairman of the Second Committee of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III) on the concept of an economic zone. The file also contains handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.

Algiers recommendation : [background paper for discussion]

File contains a cover letter advertising a conference addressing the Algiers Recommendation (at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions), and a background paper entitled "The Law of the Sea" (CID. 1/ALG/C.B.1/Rev/1). File contains a duplicate copy of the paper which was not digitized.

Irrigwe, Jere, Buji, Ganawari, Amo : [research notebook]

Item consists of James H. Morrison's handwritten research notes, related to his fieldwork researching several peoples of the Jos Plateau, central Nigeria, in early 1973. Item contains research notes related to the Irrigwe (pages 1-70), Jere (pages 75-143), Buji (pages 149-221), Garawani (pages 225-287), and Amo (pages 295-315) peoples, and includes notes related the origins of each group, chief lists, cultural and sociological specifics, &c. This notebook is the compilation of field work research notebooks completed by James H. Morrison in 1973.

Family compound near Vwang

Item is a black and white photograph of a large field and a low building in Vwang Jos Plateau, Nigeria. The photograph was taken by James Morrison in 1973.

Kuri hill 1973

Item is a black and white photograph of a field with some large boulders in Jos Plateau, Nigeria. The photograph was taken by James Morrison in 1973. The photograph is in tones of purple due to the age of the photograph.

View near Kwi hill

Item is a black and white photograph of a rocky landscape near Kwi Hill, Jos Plateau. The photograph was taken by James Morrison in 1973. The photograph is in tones of purple due to the age of the photograph.

Village of Miango roofs

Item is a black and white photograph of a sea of thatched rooftops in Jos Plateau, Nigeria. The photograph was taken by James Morrison in 1973.

Fan Hill

Item is a black and white photograph of a large field and a rocky hill in Jos Plateau, Nigeria. The photograph was taken by James Morrison in 1973.

University of Ibadan main library

Item is a colour photograph of a green field and two low large buildings with a parking lot. The photograph was taken by James Morrison in 1969 in Ibadan Nigeria.

Cocoa House 1969 Ibadan

Item is a colour photograph of a tall narrow building surrounded by low buildings and trees in Ibadan, Nigeria. The photograph was taken by James Morrison in 1969.

View of Ibadan

Item is a black and white photograph of roof tops in Ibadan Nigeria. The photograph was taken by James Morrison in 1969.

University of Ibadan Staff Club

Item is a black and white photograph of a swimming pool and fountain with children playing in Ibadan, Nigeria. The photograph was taken by James Morrison in 1969.

Correspondence concerning "Encyclopaedia Universalis"

File contains correspondence with Claude Gregory, John Dodge, F. Weizsacker, Jean R. de Salis, John Kendrew, P. Kapitza, Salvatore Quasimodo, Daniele Bovet, Georg Likacs, D. Lavergne, Linus Pauling, S. Radhakrishnan, C.F. Weizsacker, Werner Heisenberg, Robert Forbes, Robert Hutchins, and Theodor Svedberg. Correspondence mainly includes invitations to join the Encyclopedia Universalis' project. Also includes comments written about the encyclopedia by Marcello Colocci (on the "Physics" and "Chemistry" pieces) and Guiseppe Barbreri (on the "Geography" section). Contains English, Italian, and German correspondence.

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and IOI Headquarters vol. VII

File contains correspondence with and documents from the International Ocean Institute (IOI) headquarters in Malta. Topics of discussion include the Danielle de St. Jorre scholarship, Elisabeth Mann Borgese's death, the insurance industry project, the UN agreement on the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, new IOI operational centres, the IOI-Virtual University (IOI-VU), the appointment of a new Executive Director of the IOI, Pacem in Maribus (PIM) convocation, and new IOI Board members. Includes proposals ("Integrating Risk Reduction in Integrated Coastal Management); reports ("Highlights of Developments and Actions since December 2000"); meeting agendas and minutes (of the IOI's Executive Committee); and a memorandum of understanding (regarding the establishment of an IOI operational centre in Germany).

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Egyptian academics and government officials

File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and various Egyptian organizations, government agencies, and individuals, including Professor Abdel-Latif, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology; Dr. Sayed H. Sharaf El-Din, Alexandria University; Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Minister of Foreign Affairs). Topics of discussion include the Perestroika project, seabed mining, and the work of the International Ocean Institute (IOI).

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Indian Officials

File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and various Indian individuals, organizations, government officials, and universities, including (among others): Indian Institute of Management (R.S. Ganapathy); Government of India (including Rajiv Gandhi, Department of Ocean Development, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of External Affairs, Fish Survey of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, National Institute of Oceanography); Centre for Science and Technology; Society for Indian Ocean Studies; Metallurgical & Engineering Consultants (India) Limited; Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee; South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission; the Indian Society of International Law; Confederation of Indian Industry; Dr. K.T. Damodaran; V.V.R. Varadachari; S.P. Jagota; Asim Kumar Mazumdar; Dr. V.S. Raju; Dr. V.K. Gaur; T.P. Sreenivasan; P.K. Jha; Prime Minister Narasima Rao; C.S. George; Azhar Shamim Zaidi; R.K. Sharma; Prasada Rao; Ambassador Wynn Lwin; Dr. Nehchal Sandhu; Professor Stish Chandra; and Krishan Saigal. Also includes correspondence and a speech from future Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Some correspondence concerns Training Programme, India's ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), conferences, publications, and other matters. File also Includes a copy of a paper Mann Borgese wrote for a seminar on Indian Rim countries; Mann Borgese's comments on the paper "Law of the Sea" by Hedda Moeller; brochures; conference materials; an abstract ("Ocean Energy"); newsletters; announcements; a syllabus for an IOI course; and promotional material.