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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01BE121B.1BD03740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Halifax to host major ocean conference =20 For Immediate Release =20 November 16, 1998 =20 HALIFAX - The largest collection of VIPs seen in this city since the G-7 = Summit will meet from November 29 to December 3 at the World Trade and = Convention Centre. His Excellency the Right Honourable Romeo LeBlanc, = Governor General of Canada, will head the delegation that will include a = former prime minister, provincial premiers, cabinet ministers, = pre-eminent scientists, business leaders, writers and journalists. =20 The Pacem in Maribus XXVI (Peace in the Oceans) Conference will address = some of the greatest challenges facing the world's oceans today - = challenges involving policy-makers, researchers and practitioners from = diverse sectors such as fisheries, shipping and oil and gas. = Participants will exchange information and identify new approaches for a = cooperative program to enhance mankind's knowledge of development and = management of the seas. =20 This will be the International Ocean Institute's (IOI) 26th such = conference since the first one in Malta in 1970. It will address a = number of critical issues facing the oceans in the next century, = including the crisis in the world fisheries, the impact of offshore oil = and gas development, the globalization of the shipping industry, and the = development of Canada's ocean strategy. =20 In one of the crowning and culminating celebrations of the International = Year of the Ocean, this year's conference has appropriately come to = Halifax, which has the world's second largest concentration of ocean = specialists. The conference convenors - a group of eminent Canadians, = chaired by the Honourable Allan J. MacEachen and dedicated to the = objectives of the IOI - will bring together a series of distinguished = speakers including former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dr. Ruud = Lubbers; Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans David Anderson; = Canadian Minister for International Cooperation Diane Marleau; and = Chairman of the Earth Council Mr. Maurice Strong. =20 Fisheries participants will include well known fisheries advocate and = Premier of Newfoundland Brian Tobin; Alassane Dialy Ndiaye, minister of = fisheries and shipping for the Republic of Senegal; Dr. Satya Nandan, = secretary general, International Seabed Authority; Mr. Moritaka Hayashi, = assistant director general, Fisheries Department, Food and Agriculture = Organization of the United Nations (FAO); and a number of other esteemed = panellists and speakers. =20 Addressing the issue of offshore hydrocarbon development will be Premier = of Nova Scotia Russell MacLellan; president of Mobil Oil Canada Mr. = Jerry Anderson; Dr. Robert Fournier of Dalhousie University; and others. =20 A panel bringing ship owners and operators together with shipping and = marine law experts will explore the globalization of the shipping = industry from both a practical and theoretical perspective; while IOI = founder Elisabeth Mann Borgese will lead a panel discussion on = overcoming sectoral barriers that hinder the development and = implementation of new approaches for dealing with these critical issues. =20 Experts from various oceans sectors - in Canada and internationally - = will discuss the future orientation of the oceans policy for Canada and = the challenges Canada is facing to achieve its goals. =20 The International Ocean Institute organizes the Pacem in Maribus = Conference annually to provide a forum where challenges of ocean space = can be considered in their interconnectedness and treated as a whole. = Advancement of "Peace in the Oceans" is the primary mission of the = institute, since without peace neither economic or social development, = nor the conservation of the environment can be realized. =20 The global conferences have become respected as milestone events in = understanding threats to the world's oceans and appreciating the = potential of ocean resources to sustain humankind. =20 The International Ocean Institute was founded in 1972 as an independent, = international, non-profit organization. Headquartered at the University = of Malta, the organization has offices in 10 countries around the world. =20 The IOI has taken the lead in advocating an integrated approach to = conservation through cooperative ocean management and regulation. The = institute reaches out worldwide to enhance the peaceful uses of ocean = space and resources in the interests of present and future generations. =20 For more information, contact Mr. Robert Race at the International Ocean = Institute in Halifax: Tel: (902) 494-1737; Fax: (902) 494-2034; e-mail: = ioihfx@dal.ca or visit the IOI Web site at http://www.dal.ca/ioihfx/ =20 - 30 -=20 ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01BE121B.1BD03740 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><STRONG><U><FONT = size=3D4>Halifax to=20 host major ocean conference</FONT></U></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><STRONG>For Immediate=20 Release</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><STRONG>November 16, 1998</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><STRONG>HALIFAX</STRONG> - The largest collection of = VIPs seen=20 in this city since the G-7 Summit will meet from November 29 to December = 3 at=20 the World Trade and Convention Centre. His Excellency the Right = Honourable=20 Romeo LeBlanc, Governor General of Canada, will head the delegation that = will=20 include a former prime minister, provincial premiers, cabinet ministers, = pre-eminent scientists, business leaders, writers and = journalists.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>The Pacem in Maribus XXVI (Peace in the Oceans) = Conference=20 will address some of the greatest challenges facing the world's oceans = today -=20 challenges involving policy-makers, researchers and practitioners from = diverse=20 sectors such as fisheries, shipping and oil and gas. Participants = will=20 exchange information and identify new approaches for a cooperative = program to=2