[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 233 (Thursday, December 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 64258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31785]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

    In accordance with the provisions of the Convention on Cultural 
Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2603 et seq.) there will be a 
meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee on December 19, 
1997, from approximately 9:00 a.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m., at the 
United States Information Agency, Washington, D.C. Pursuant to 19 
U.S.C. 2605(g), the Committee will review the status of implementation 
of the Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the Republic of El Salvador 
Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Certain Categories 
of Archaeological Material from the Prehispanic Cultures of the 
Republic of El Salvador, signed in March 1995. This portion of the 
meeting will be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 
2605(h).
    The Committee's agenda will also include a discussion of its 
internal procedures for developing findings and recommendations for 
bilateral cultural property agreements and emergency measures. This 
portion of the meeting will be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2). 
The closed portions of the meeting will be from approximately 10:30 
a.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m.
    In addition, the Committee will review a CD-Rom image database 
project and a worldwide website project being developed in support of 
the ongoing efforts of the Committee and the Agency to implement the 
1970 UNESCO Convention. This portion of the meeting will be open from 
approximately 9:00 a.m. to approximately 10:30 a.m. during which time 
public comment concerning matters before the Committee will be invited. 
Seating is limited. Persons wishing to attend this portion of the 
meeting must notify Cultural Property staff at 202-619-6612 by 12:00 
Noon (EST) Thursday, December 18, 1997, to arrange for admission.

    Dated: November 28, 1997.
Penn Kemble,
Deputy Director, United States Information Agency.

Determination to Close a Portion of the Meeting of the Cultural 
Property Advisory Committee, December 19, 1997

    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), 19 U.S.C. 2605(h), 
and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), I hereby determine that portions of the 
Cultural Property Advisory Committee meeting on December 19, 1997, 
during which there will be discussions involving (a) information the 
premature disclosure of which would be likely to significantly 
frustrate implementation of proposed actions, and (b) the internal 
operating procedures of the Committee, will be closed.

    Dated: November 28, 1997.
Penn Kemble,
Deputy Director, United States Information Agency.
[FR Doc. 97-31785 Filed 12-3-97; 8:45 am]
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