International Ocean Institute

PACEM IN MARIBUS (PIM) CONFERENCES 

Past Conferences (1970-2013):

 

1.      PIM I - Malta 1970: Quiet Enjoyment: Arms Control and Police Forces for the Oceans

2.      PIM II - Malta 1971: A Constitution for the Oceans

3.      PIM III - Malta 1972: Economic Potential of the Oceans

4.      PIM IV - Malta 1973: Regional Cooperation in the Caribbean

5.      PIM V - Malta 1974: The Common Heritage of Mankind

6.      PIM VI - Okinawa, Japan 1975: The Sea We Would Like to See

7.      PIM VII - Mexico 1976: The Law of the Sea and Latin America

8.      PIM VIII - Algeria 1977: The Law of the Sea and the New International and Economic Order

9.      PIM IX - Yaounde, Cameroon 1978: Africa and the Law of the Sea

10.    PIM X - Vienna, Austria 1980: The Monitoring of Ocean Processes, The Surveillance of Uses, and The Enforcement of Agreed Rules of

         Management and Conservation

11.    PIM XI - Mexico 1981: National Legislation and the New Law of the Sea

12.    PIM XII - Colombo, Sri Lanka 1982: Marine Sciences and the New Law of the Sea

13.    PIM XIII - Norrtalje, Sweden 1984: The Denuclearization of the Oceans

14.    PIM XIV - USSR 1985: Technical, Legal, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Shipping and Navigation

15.    PIM XV - Valletta, Malta 1987: The Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Maltese Initiative which led to

         UNCLOS III

16.    PIM XVI - Halifax, Canada 1988: Ocean Technology, Development Training and Transfer

17.    PIM XVII - Moscow, USSR 1989: Peace in the Oceans: the New Era

18.    PIM XVIII - Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1990: Ports as Nodal Points in a Global Transport System

19.    PIM XIX - Lisbon, Portugal 1991: Ocean Governance: National, Regional, Global Institutional Mechanisms of Sustainable

         Development in the Oceans

20.    PIM XX - Valletta, Malta 1992: Ocean Governance: A Model for Global Governance in the 21st Century

21.    PIM XXI - Takaoka, Japan 1993: Ocean Governance: A Model for Regional Seas in the 21st Century

22.    PIM XXII - Madras, India 1994: Sustainable Development and Regional Cooperation

23.    PIM XXIII - San Jose, Costa Rica 1995: Potential Contributions of Ocean Governance and the Law of the Sea to the

         Implementation of the Secretary General's "Agenda for Peace"

24.    PIM XXIV - Beijing, China 1996: Oceans in the 21st Century

25.    PIM XXV - Malta 1997: Common Heritage and the 21st Century

26.    PIM XXVI - Canada 1998: The Crisis of Knowledge: New Directions for Learning and Informed Decision-Making for Oceans and

          Coasts

27.    PIM XXVII - Fiji 1999: Oceans in the New Millennium: Challenges and Opportunities for the Islands

28.    PIM XXVIII - Hamburg, Germany 2000: The European Challenge

29.    PIM XXIX - Cape Town, S Africa 2002: The Ocean in the New Economy

30.    PIM XXX - Kiev, Ukraine 2003: A Year after Johannesburg. Ocean Governance and Sustainable Development: Ocean and

         Coasts - a Glimpse into the Future

31.    PIM XXXI - Townsville, Australia 2005: Building Bridges to Integrated Oceans Governance: Linking Ocean Science,

         Engineering, Science and Policy

32.    PIM XXXII - Malta 2007: Waves of Change: Women, Youth and the Sea

33.    PIM XXXIII - Beijing, PR China 2010: International Conference on Oceans, Climate Change & Sustainable Development:

         Challenges to Oceans & Coastal Cities

34.    PIM XXXIV - Bangkok, Thailand 2013: International Forum on Sustainable Governance of the Ocean: Impacts of climate change &

          ocean related hazards: Water & flood management policy implications, protection, mitigation & adaptation; & follow up of the

          outcome of Rio +20: Implementation of UNCLOS & related instruments in the Southeast Asian region; and Internet Web-Based

          Geographical Information System

         

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