File contains documents relating to the "Shipping Policy Seminar" jointly organized by the International Institute for Transportation and Ocean Policy Studies at Dalhousie, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and ICOD. File Includes the proposal, aide memoirs, correspondence, list of potential participants, and budgets.
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 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).
File contains draft minutes (which discuss the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, Pacem in Maribus (PIM) V, and various other activities and projects of the International Ocean Institute (IOI)), a draft budget, a statement of source and application of funds, memos, and a statement by Elisabeth Mann Borgese (delivered at a seminar). Also includes correspondence and an invitation for PIM V.
File contains an agenda and background documents for the meeting held in Tianjin, China. Includes material relating to a review of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project, the International Ocean Institute’s Workplan for 1997, documents about the sustainability of centres (includes a note from Anita Coady), a discussion of the IOI’s new mission statement, and a template for Memoranda of Understanding.
File contains a draft report of the seventh (7th) meeting of the Executive Committee, held in Cape Town, South Africa on November 10, 1997. Topics discussed include arrangements for the final two sessions of the Commission, and a submission of recommendations to the United Nations General Assembly. The file also contains a list of participants at the meeting.
File contains draft minutes from the session held in Geneva, Switzerland on April 7, 1979. Topics of discussion include the training project, financial matters, and the Pacem in Maribus (PIM) X conference.
FIle contains a list of steps that are to be taken in accordance with the Law of the Sea Convention, Agenda 21, and the Agenda for Peace. Possibly written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File contains budgets, Director's Reports, agendas, memos, rules of procedure, interim financial statements, form letters and other correspondence, a Board packet (including a letter, agenda, financial statement, Pacem in Maribus (PIM) material (including a registration form for PIM IV), Mediterranean research project report, conference summary, and other project outlines and drafts), and a list of Board of Trustees' members.
File contains summary records of the first to tenth meetings (with the exception of the second meeting) of the conference, held in Geneva, Switzerland. This file also includes administrative documents relating to the meetings (i.e., agendas and addendums), along with various proposals made by numerous countries.
FIle contains a note by the Secretariat on issues to be considered by the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). The file is labelled "IWCO/WP8." File also includes "Comments on IWCO/WP8 (Working Paper 8)" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File contains an information note on the second plenary session of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), which was held July 2-5, 1996 in Rio de Janeiro. Paper outlines the results of the four working groups (legal, security, economics, and science/technology).
File contains a draft report from the second (2nd) plenary session of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), which was held July 2-5, 1996, in Rio de Janeiro. The report provides an update on interssional activities (e.g., establishing a secretariat, the program of work, and financial matters), and on the Working Groups. Other issues raised at the meeting include: the public awareness campaign, ocean governance, and indigenous peoples and the oceans. Also includes a list of participants.
File contains documents from the meeting. Includes agenda, and reports. Discussed at the meeting were the Independent World Commission for the Oceans (IWCO), the International Ocean Institute (IOI)’s financial position, Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XXIII, and membership of the Board.
File includes a draft report from the meeting that was held May 3-4, 1996, in Lisbon. The meeting discussed administrative and financial matters, the Commission's communication strategy, interactions with other agencies (both within the United Nations, and Non-Governmental Organizations, or NGOs), issues to be considered by the Commission, and planning for the Second Session of the Commission (held in Rio de Janerio) and the Third Plenary Session (held in Rotterdam).
File contains a report. Full title: Seabed Regime and Machinery: Some ideas, aspects and critics: An Analysis of Current Proposals from the Point of View of the Ocean Mining Industry.
File includes documents relevant to the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea talks. Includes "Draft United Nations (UN) Convention on the International Sea-Bed Area," "Establishment of a Regime for the Exploration and Exploitation of the Sea-Bed," and "International Regime."
File contains a memorandum to the executive committee by Sidney Holt, discussing problems affecting the fishing industries, that was distributed at the Second Plenary Session in Rio de Janeiro.
File contains documents relating to the International Centre for Ocean Development's Scholarship Programme. Included are lists of recipients for 1985-1986 and the 1987-1988.
File contains correspondence with Philip R.L. Somerville, the Vice-Consul of the Canadian Consulate General, San Francisco (with a Pacem in Maribus invitation and a report on the Canadian position on UNCLoS III), John Blair of Shell Canada (on Pacem in Maribus), correspondence with Carleton Smith (with newspaper clippings) of the J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Prize (and Arvid Pardo's nomination), and Sondra Sellars, asking for a list of articles/speeches by Pardo.
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.
File contains correspondence with Stephen Salter (of the University of Edinburgh), Jürgen Sünder [?] Obren Stankovic, and A.D. Buzzalini of the Skelly Oil company.
File contains correspondence with Alan Swabey regarding a talk for the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, as well as correspondence with K.D. Suter, Kazuo Sumi, A.W. Smith, G.J. Smith, and C. Sanger.
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.
File contains correspondence with Japanese Member of Parliament Yuzuru Shimazaki (on the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention of the Law on the Law of the Sea), Keith Suter, Danielle de St. Jorre (on problems with the Secretary-General's Consultations on the Law of the Sea), Margaret Wood of the International Ocean Institute (IOI), and Layachi Yaker (the letter to Yaker is missing a page).
File contains correspondence with organizations and publications. Correspondents include Sea Technology magazine (and attached is a letter to the editor by Mann Borgese); University of Hawaii at Manoa (regarding the "Staus of Freedom for the Seas" manuscript); W.W. Norton and Company; World Scientific Publishing Company; and the Yolla Bolly Press (regarding "Chairworm and Supershark").
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).
File contains appointments of International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) positions (namely of Elisabeth Mann Borgese as Chairperson) by the Canadian government. Also included are banking, salary and ICOD committee resolutions.
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.
File includes a study, scheduled from the Winter 1978 and 1979, which focuses on seabed mining for Africian development, and Africian interests in the International Seabed Authority. The draft contains a bibliography, a discussion of methodology, and three sceanrios. Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a participant in the study.
File contains a discussion of papers need for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans' final report (organized by topic). This document was likely written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File contains reports from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada for the Audit Committee of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD)'s Board of Directors. The reports, which date from 1988 and 1990, outline the Government's approach to auditing the ICOD's financial statements.
File includes papers prepared by Dalhousie University regarding the creation of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD). Includes "ICOD - A Working Brief"; "ICOD - The Nova Scotia Capability Base"; and "A Summary of Ocean-Related Activities at Dalhousie." Also includes a letter of support for the concept of an ICOD from the Vice-President (Academic) of Acadia University.
File contains reports detailing International Ocean Institute (IOI) projects, funding, Operational Centres, and other matters. Includes reports, with appendices, for the periods of December 1995-April 1996, November 1998-May 1999, and an annual report for 1999-2000.
File contains several reports, a paper, and a proposal written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Includes the following documents: 1) five annexes: "The Eco-Village Project: Introduction and Summary," "The Job Creating Potential of Integrated Coastal Management: Introduction and Summary," "The Revitalization of the Regional Sea Programme," "Institutional Development at the Global Level Introduction and Summary," "The IOI Training Programme;" 2) "Technology Cooperation," a paper written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO) (this version contains some handwritten annotations/corrections by the author); 3) the first draft of the "Proposal for the Establishment of the International Ocean Institute Virtual University"; and 4) a description of International Ocean Institute (for a promotional brochure).
File contains a report to CIDA, regarding the funding of the Project: P7990-0893-S44413 to support the work of the International Ocean Institute (IOI). Includes correspondence, a copy of the report, and several annexes the IOI’s report: Project Performance Evaluation Report (PPER), meeting minutes, “Report on Programme of Addis Seminar” (which discusses the Preparatory Commission, and the Boat Paper controversy), and a list of participants, “Minutes of Course Development Committee,” an agreement between the IOI and the Centre de Recherches Oceanographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT), several memorandums of understanding, a list of course participants, and material relating to Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XXII.
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 includes reports and correspondence relating to Malta's draft resolution to create an intergovernment sea service. The file also includes "Mission of Malta to the United Nations," a statement by Arvid Pardo.
File contains a copy of "The Law of the Sea: Report from Caracas" on the second session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, originally published in the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institution's magazine (in November/December 1974).
Item is a paper by John Fobes outlining his thoughts on the Club's current and future orientation, potential themes and projects, and practical arrangements.
File contains a copy of the "Reduced Single Negotiating Text" based on a doucment used in the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea III (UNCLoS III), dealing with the sea-bed. Included is a list of comments on the draft of unknown authorship.
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.
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