[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24841-24842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11859]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.


ACTION: Notice of meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory 
Committee.

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    In accordance with the provisions of the Convention on Cultural 
Property

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Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2603 et seq.) there will be a meeting of 
the Cultural Property Advisory Committee on May 19, 1998, from 
approximately 9:30 AM to approximately 3:30 PM, at the United States 
Information Agency, Washington, D.C. A portion of the meeting, 
approximately 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM, will be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h). The Committee will go into open 
session at approximately 10:00 AM until approximately 12:30 PM during 
which it will receive a briefing on the Agreement Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada 
concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Certain Categories 
of Archaeological and Ethnological Material. The Committee will also be 
briefed by its Chairman on recent interactions with representatives of 
the antiquities dealer community. The Committee will recess at 
approximately 12:30 PM and will reconvene in open session at 
approximately 1:30 PM to receive briefings from organizations regarding 
their work in cultural heritage preservation as it relates to Central 
America and the furtherance of provisions in bilateral cultural 
property agreements having to do with long-term strategies to protect 
curlural resources for scientific, educational and cultural purposes.
    Seating is limited. Persons wishing to attend open portions of the 
meeting must notify Cultural Property staff at (202) 619-6612 by 12:00 
Noon (EST), May 18, 1998, to arrange for admission.

    Dated: April 30, 1998.
Penn Kemble,
Deputy Director, United States Information Agency.

Determination to Close a Portion of the Meeting of the Cultural 
Property Advisory Committee

May 19, 1998.
    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h), 
I hereby determine that a portion of the Cultural Property Advisory 
Committee meeting on May 19, 1998, during which there will be 
discussions involving information the premature disclosure of which 
would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of 
proposed agency action, will be closed.

    Dated: April 30, 1998.
Penn Kemble,
Deputy Director, United States Information Agency.
[FR Doc. 98-11859 Filed 5-4-98; 8:45 am]
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