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2011 News Items |
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12 January 2011: Mr.
Frans van Zoelen, Head
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2010 News Items |
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15 December 2010: Professor Tullio Scovazzi provides Fellows with a lecture on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage |
October – November 2010: Mr. Mang Hau Thang ( |
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24 Sept 2010: Selection Committee meets in |
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April 2010: Ms. Aleeza Moseley ( |
presentations |
27 and 28 January 2010: Final 2009-2010 Fellows' research presentations and seminar series held at the Division, all presentations and photos are available |
11 January 2010: The UNCLOS Group of the National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton (Southampton, U.K.) joins the Fellowship Programme as a host institution |
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4 January 2010: Ms.
LaVerne Walker ( |
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2009 News Items |
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4 December 2009: United Nations General Assembly once again recognizes the contribution of the ongoing implementation of the United Nations - Nippon Foundation Fellowship Programme in its latest Oceans and the Law of the Sea Resolution |
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1 December 2009: the United Nations - The Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellows currently undertaking their second-phase placement at the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations, met with Ms. Patricia O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General and the Legal Counsel of the United Nations, to discuss their Law of the Sea and Ocean Affairs research |
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presentations |
November / December: 2009-2010 Fellows' research presentations and seminar series begins |
5 November 2009: Dr. Betsy Baker, Associate Professor, Vermont Law School, on sabbatical at Dartmouth College, Dickey Center, Institute of Arctic Studies (2009-2010) speaks informally to the Fellows and Division Staff about her work in summer 2008 and 2009 as part of the Arctic Ocean continental shelf mapping efforts on the icebreaker USCGC Healy (with the Canadian CG cutter Louis S. St.-Laurent), as well as her current research on ecosystem-based management and possible scenarios for cooperation in disputed maritime areas (case study: Beaufort Sea) |
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28 October 2009: Mr. Philippe Gautier, Registrar of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea provides a briefing on the Tribunal and various cases relevant to the Fellows' research projects |
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27 October 2009: Ms.
Miriam Sara-Repetto ( |
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22 October 2009: Mr.
Nagamitsu, Executive Director, The Nippon
Foundation of |
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1 September 2009: Ms.
Sampan Panjarat ( |
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31 Aug - 4 September 2009: Mr. Ahamada Mohamed ( |
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29 Aug 2009: All 2009-2010 Fellows have begun their first-phase placements |
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19-21 Aug 2009: The Programme Advisor, Dr. Francois
Bailet, conducts a site visit to |
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24 June 2009: New News Letter (May-July'09) available |
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22-26 June 2009: 2 Alumni and 2 Fellows
participate in the 19th Meeting of States Parties to the 1982
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, in NY,
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17-19 June 2009: 3 Alumni and 2 Fellows
participate in the 10th United Nations Open-ended Informal
Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea in NY,
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25 May – 5 June 2009: 2 Alumni - Ms. Turnquest ( |
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alumni website |
16 April 2009: Alumni establish an Alumni website and commit to publishing a quarterly electronic news letter |
15 April 2009: Alumni Meeting Inaugural Alumni Leadership and Teambuilding Challenge
won by team "Reza" congratulations to the team and its leader! |
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13-17 April 2009: Asia-Pacific Alumni Meeting held in Tokyo at The Nippon Foundation of Japan Headquarters, co-organized by the Ocean Policy Research Foundation, with briefings provided by Academic Host Institution Professors, the Alumni, Ocean Policy Research Foundation, the University of Tokyo, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. |
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13 April 2009: Chairman Sasakawa
and the Executive Director of The Nippon Foundation meet in |
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2008 News Items |
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5 December 2008: United Nations General Assembly once again takes note with satisfaction of the ongoing implementation of the United Nations - Nippon Foundation Fellowship Programme in its latest Oceans and the Law of the Sea Resolution |
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30 October 2008 : United Nations - The Nippon
Foundation of Japan Fellowship Selection Committee makes selections for
2009-2010 Fellowship session and meets with 2008-2009 Fellows in |
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16 October 2008: the United Nations - The Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellows currently undertaking their second-phase placement at the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations, met with Ms. Patricia O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General and The Legal Counsel of the United Nations, to discuss their Law of the Sea and Ocean Affairs research |
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19-27 August
2008: Dr. Francois Bailet, Fellowship Programme Advisor, conducts site visits to the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur
le Droit des Activités Maritimes et l'Environnement (CERDAME),
Institut du Droit et de la Paix et du Développement, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis
(Nice, France) currently hosting
Mr. Landry Etoga (Cameroon)
and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative
Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Germany) currently hosting Mr. Reza Dehghani (Iran) |
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15 July 2008: Dr. Francois Bailet, Fellowship Programme
Advisor, conducts site visits to the Marine
Affairs Programme, Dalhousie University currently hosting Ms. Asha Singh ( |
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23 June 2008: Prof. Stuart Kaye, Nippon Fellowship
Supervisor at the Melbourne
University Law School ( |
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13 June 2008: Three 2005-2006 Alumni participate in the eighteenth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the ninth meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea held at United Nations Headquarters in New York: Ms. Turnquest (Bahamas), Ms. Natova (Bulgaria) and Mr. Dong (Vietnam) |
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28 May 2008: Representatives from the Ocean Policy and
Research Foundation (OPRF) of |
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28 January 2008: The Fellowship
Programme is proud to welcome the prestigious Francophone
institution: Centre d'Etudes et de Récherches sur
le Droit des Activités Maritimes et l'Environnement (CERDAME),
Institut du Droit et de la Paix et du Développement, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis (Nice,
France) |
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