[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 60217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29436]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Meeting of Advisory Committee on Emerging Markets

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given that 
the first meeting of the Advisory Committee on Emerging Markets will be 
held November 18, 1997. The purpose of the committee is to provide 
information and advice, based upon knowledge and expertise of the 
members, useful to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 
implementing the program on sharing agricultural expertise with 
emerging markets. The committee will also advise USDA on ways to 
increase the involvement of the U.S. private sector in cooperative work 
with emerging markets in food and rural business systems.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, November 18, 1997 from 9:00 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The minutes of the meeting announced in this 
Notice shall be available for review. The meeting is open to the public 
and members of the public may provide comments in writing to Douglas 
Freeman, Foreign Agricultural Service, room 6506 South Building, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 14th and Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 
DC 20250, but should not make any oral comments at the meeting unless 
invited to do so by the Co-chairpersons.

    Signed at Washington, DC, October 31, 1997.
Lon Hatamiya,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 97-29436 Filed 11-6-97; 8:45 am]
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