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The Secretary,
Selection Committee
Royal Bank Award,
P.O. Box 1102,
Montreal, Quebec,
Canada H3C 2X9.
The Hague, September 11, 1990
Dear Sir/Madam,
Recently I learned, that Professor Elisabeth Mann Borgese has been
nominated for your Royal Bank Prize by the President of Dalhousie
University and the Director of the Pearson Institute. With this
letter I most strongly support this nomination.
I first met with Elisabeth Mann Borgese in November 1974. At the
time I acted - upon the initiative of Dr. Aurelio Peccei , then
President of The Club of Rome - as Co-ordinator of the project
Reshaping

the

International

Order

(RIO).

One of 10 subject areas addressed by the RIO Group - consisting of
21 specialists drawn from a variety of countries, social systems
and specializations - was Ocean Management. This subject area was
taken care of by Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Arvid Pardo.
Through the work of the RIO Group - which resulted in October 1976
in the RIO Report, published in 11 languages and some 250,000
copies - I came to know Elisabeth Mann Borgese as an unremitting
fighter for the oceans as the 'common heritage of mankind'.
At the time she was still based in Santa Barbara, but in 1978 she
moved to Dalhousie University - I am proud to have played a role
in bringing about that move - and some years later she became a
Canadian citizen. But ever since 1974 we kept in close contact.
As the driving force behind the International Ocean Institute, she
contributed as from 1967 to preparing and implementing the Law of
the Sea Convention. The recent Pacem in Maribus XVIII Conference &
Trade Show in Rotterdam proved to be a remarkable case in point.
I could not think of a Canadian citizen more deserving of the
description "whose outstanding accomplishment makes an important
contribution to human welfare and the common good". Hence my
strongest support to her nomination for your Royal Bank Prize.
Yours sincerely,

J. Tinbergen,
Havi klaan 31,
2566 XD The Hague,
The Netherlands.

(tel. 31-70-3644630)