Documents concerning UNCLoS that EMB maintained for research purposes. Includes reports; lists of countries that ratified UNCLOS; copies of papers presented at related conferences; journal articles; one piece of 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 several reports, papers, and speeches on the subject of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Some are of unknown authorship. Includes "Present Role of Marine Products in Human Nutrition" by Sidney Holt, a paper by Alberto Szekely, transcripts from a conference with speeches by Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Arvid Pardo, and copies "Island Energy" by Geoffrey Kesteven.
File contains pages from the draft of Arvid Pardo's "The Common Heritage: Selected Papers on Oceans and World Order," a collection of speeches, introduced by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. This collection includes pages of Mann Borgese's introduction (incomplete), and four statements by Pardo: The first statement was made to the First Committee of the General Assembly on 1 November 1967. The second statement was made to the plenary of the General Assembly in 1968. The third statement was made to the First Committee of the General Assembly on 29 October 1968. The fourth statement was made to the Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-bed and the Ocean Floor on 20 March 1969. Part and parcel of MS-2-744, Box 126 Folder 2, MS-2-744, Box 126, Folder 3, MS-2-744, Box 126, Folder 4, and MS-2-744, Box 126, Folder 5 (which contain the rest of Pardo's book).
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 correspondence with Dr. Kenneth Rattray (then Solicitor General of Jamaica), concerning Pacem in Maribus VIII (8). Also Includes a copy of "The Effects of the Existing Law of the Sea on the Development of the Caribbean Region and Gulf of Mexico" written by Rattray, Allan Kirton, and Patrick Robinson.
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 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).
File contains a copy of the preliminary draft, as well as a copy of the United Nations Draft Statute for an International Sea-bed Authority (as submitted by the United Republic of Tanzania), the file also contains copies of handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File contains a summary of the statement made by Arvid Pardo in the First Committee of the General Assembly on 1 November [1967] on the question of the sea-bed and the ocean floor.
File contains a copy of a speech delievered by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, in "Peace and the Sciences," published by the International Institute for Peace in Vienna. The document outlines the importance of an international solution to problems affecting the world's oceans, including a discussion of work done by the International Ocean Insitute (IOI) and Pacem in Maribus. Includes both English and German copies.
File includes an article, and agendas from the Pacific Asian Studies Association for the conference on Island and Archipelago Sea Law which was held in Guam, USA from April 5-9, 1977.
File contains a copy of the article "Ocean Scientists May Wash Hands of Sea Law Treaty," by Deborah Shapley, and a letter of criticism of said article by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. The file also contains copies of various editions of Ocean Science News (volume 19, number 50; volume 19, number 30; and volume 17, number 45); and several flyers concerning upcoming publications from Oceana Publications and Nautilus Press.
File includes a newsletter with the following articles: "Prospect in Oceanography" by Henry Chanock, "Developments in the Law of the Sea" by Edward Miles, and "Implications of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea for Marine Scientific Research" by Desmond P.D. Scott.
File contains several copies of Elisabeth Mann Borgese's paper ("Perestroika and the Law of the Sea"), including drafts, and a shorter version of the paper for Russian translation. The file also includes correspondence with people to whom she sent the paper.
File contains notes written in advance of the 1979-1980 sessions of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS). Also contains a document entitled "Marine Resources, Ocean Management, and the International Development Strategy for the 80s and Beyond."
File contains an extract from a report of Arlie, Virginia Workshop on "The Conservation of Wild Living Resources," relating to resource management and the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).
File contains a note by Elisabeth Mann Borgese concerning the Boat Paper and Nonpaper. It is possible this note was distributed to those involved with the Secretary-General's informal consultations on the topic.
File contains a report on the Ninth Session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III), possibly by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. The report discusses, among other things, the Informal Composite Negotiating Text (ICNT), and establishing a Seabed Authority.
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.
File includes various newpaper articles. Includes an editorial by Elisabeth Mann Borgese sent to the Globe and Mail and Canadian politicans on why Canada needs to ratify the Convention on the Law of the Sea, a copy of "Bury the Law of the Sea Treaty" by Doug Bandow, letters from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to the editor of the New York Times, responding to an article by Steven Greenhouse, correspondence, and relevant articles from the New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Sunday Star-Ledger.
File contains documents relating to the Nepelse proposal for a Common Heritage Fund. Included is a brief outline of the proposal, a speeches (one by S.K. Upadhyay, and the other, "Would Generous Sharing Help Get a Law of the Sea Treaty?" by Dr. Mohan Lohani), and a pamphlet ("To Save the Seas" from Common Heritage International).
File contains two copies of the article "UNCLoS (United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea) and the New International Economic Order" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese for publication as an insert in "Neptune."
File contains an article by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, outlining the difficulties at a recent session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS). One of her main criticisms was UNCLoS's failure to focus on the needs of the developing world.
File includes various publications and articles. Includes copies of "Ocean Science on Station," (January 1977 and December 24, 1976 issues), "Ocean Science News," (volume 18, number 52), a background paper prepared by the European Community for the Law of the Sea Conference, a paper prepared by the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consulatative Organization on maritime satellites, and "Development Issue Paper 3" published by United Nations Development Programme. File also includes brochures and publications relating to communication satellites including Marisat and Intelsat, and several newspaper clippings.
File contains a draft (some handwritten, some typewritten with handwritten annotations) on the single negotiating text dealing with the International Sea-Bed Authority.
File includes a copy of "The Law of the Sea and the Twenty-First Century" (edited for a leadership seminar); "The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: The Cost of Ratification" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Aldo Chircop, and Mahinda Perara; "Law of the Sea," and "Negotiations" (transcribed copies of a speech); an untitled speech on UNCLoS III; a proposal for research on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; a brief on Canadian foreign policy, the Law of the Sea, and ocean development; "The forthcoming U.N. conference on straddling and highly migratory stocks on the high seas" (a report); a statement given to the Second Special Commission in Jamaica; and "The New International Seabed Regime" published in "Marine Policy Report" (volume 6, number 2).
File includes various documents, including: 1) Session 6 - Food and natural resources (a summary of a session at which Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a panelist); 2) "Canada Today - Law and the Sea" (a publication from the Canadian Embassy, includes an update on the Caracas session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea); 3) a statement by Sidney J. Holt on the fishery situation; 4) "The Future of the Oceans" by External Affairs Canada (discussing the history of the oceans, and the Law of the Sea); 5) "The Law of the Sea: Implications for North American Neighbours" by Donald E. Milsten; 6) "Needed: Sea Laws to Protect Sea Resources" and article by S.V. Ozere, published in "Canadian Geographic Journal" (vol. 87, no. 3); 7) A Canadian press comment regarding the law of the sea; 8) assorted newspaper clippings; 9) "The Marine Environment and Renewable Resources" (a Law of the Sea discussion paper); 10) background briefing notes (on the traditional concept of the law of the sea); 11) an information sheet on the Law of the Sea Conference (prepared by the Department of External Affairs, Canada); 12) "The Importance of Marine Transportation in Canada;" 13) "Canada's Oil Pollution Regulations and Views on Marine Pollution," 14) a report on the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III) prepared by the Canadian Department of External Affairs in advance of the 1974 talks, and 5) an issue of the newsletter of Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP), a publication of the United Nations Development Programme.
File contains several publications and miscellaneous documents. Among them are a course description for "Audio-visual and textual course on Oceanography" by Open University/UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), excerpts/quotations from a multitude of publications including those by Arvid Pardo and Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Also includes: "Ocean Management" by Arvid Pardo and Elisabeth Mann Borgese, "Equitable Maritime Boundary Delimitation--A Legal Perspective" by Barbara Kwiatkowska, "Provisional Understanding Regarding Deep Seabed Matters," "Marine-Based Pollution in the Exclusive Economic Zone: Reconciling Rights, Freedoms, and Responsibilities" by Barbara Kwiatkowska, "The Role of Regional Organizations in Development Cooperation in Marine Affairs" by Barbara Kwiatkowska, a "Statement of Understanding on the Implementation of Resolution II," and documents on the Austrian proposal (JEFERAD).
File contains a copy of a statement made by Pardo, in his role as Maltese Ambassador to the United Nations. This version contains handwritten corrections.
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 includes three doucments (one resultion, a report, and a proposal). Specific documents include 1) a draft resolution on the law of the sea from Sri Lanka, 2) "Review of the Sixth Session of the Law of the Sea Conference" by Kazou Sumi, and 3) a proposal by Maxwell Bruce entitled "Advocate for the Unborn."
File includes three documents, which are likely by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Includes 1) "Progress Report" (regarding the New International Technological Order emerging from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLoS); 2) "The United Nations Decade of International Law and the Law of the Sea," a document from the 1990s, outlining the new concepts that emerged from UNCLoS (including the common heritage of mankind); and 3) an untitled document relating the events of the tenth and eleventh sessions of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).
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.
File contains several miscellaneous documents, including: 1) "Some Key Propositions Concerning the Nepal Common Heritage Fund Proposal" by Shailendra K. Upadhyay, 2) Item L (concerning energy policy), 3) a questionnaire for candidates of United States congress; 4) a paper regarding the exploration and exploitation of sea-bed minerals, 5) pages 66-74 of an unidentified transcription from 10 November 1977; 6) an annex from "A Comparison of Three Texts" by Jontathan Charney, 7) "Problems with Part XI of the Informal Composite Negotiating Text," 8) "Developing island states"; 9) "Formulation of Policy with Respect to Marine Mammals," and 10) "Activities of Shipowners in Reducing Marine Pollution."
File contains three newspaper articles: "UN (United Nations) sea conference fails to make treaty," "UN (United Nations) sea law plan distorted speaker at parley here says," and "La négociation d'une convention internationale a progressé."
Includes a note encouraging the adoption of the "Nonpaper" over the "Boat Paper;" a copy of a paper titled, "Jamaica Breakfast Club," which also concerned deep seabed mining.
File contains several handwritten notes, drafts, and a news article. Specifically, it includes 1) partial "Draft Resolution" (to the Government of Canada), 2) partial "The Common Heritage of Mankind"; 3) handwritten notes for a simulation exercise, 4) a newspaper clipping ("Ein Joint Venture mit der Meeresbergbaubehörde könnte eine Kerze in der Dunkelheit sein," 5) partial "Discussion Document on the Ratification of the U.N. (United Nations) Convention on the Law of the Sea for Members of the Netherlands Parliament" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, and 6) a summary regarding an International Ocean Regime by Mann Borgese.
File includes various materials relating to the Law of the Sea negotiations in the 1970s. Includes newspaper and magazine articles, a draft of "The Latin American Accord", a diagram of world EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone)'s, "Sea Round-up - Section III", a draft of "Understanding and Protecting the Common Heritage," a two-section article in two editions of The New Yorker (1 August and 8 August 1983), a project draft from the Law of the Sea Institute, North-South Institute briefings, a backgrounder from the Heritage Foundation, a report from the Center for War/Peace Studies, a UN Journal (no. 82/37), "Locke and the Law of the Sea" by Robert A. Goldwin, a House of Lords official report (makes mention of Lord Ritchie-Calder), "Common Sense Versus 'The Common Heritage'"by Robert A. Goldwin, several copies of "Ocean Science News," "Customary International Law in the Absence of Widespread Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea" by Bernard H. Oxman, a statement of Theodore Kronmiller before the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, a report from Soyuzmorniiproekt, and other miscellaneous related reports. Also includes some correspondence.
File includes materials originally filed with the articles and papers in file MS-2-744, Box 202, File 15. Includes "The Future of the UN Law of the Sea Convention" by Uwe Janisch, "The North Sea - International Law of the Sea and Environmental Protection" by Uwe Janisch, and "Conflict Management in the Law of the Sea: The Case of Maritime Boundary Delimitation" by David M. Dzidzornu.
Includes the Rules of Procedure, First Committee resolutions, other resolutions, political poetry, handwritten notes, a list of contacts, a declaration on UNCLoS, and a draft version of the Convention on the Law of the Sea. Also includes a letter from P. Kirthisingha (UNCTAD).
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