[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 1 (Monday, January 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34759]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2946]


Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law; Notice of Renewal of Charter

    The Charter of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on 
Private International Law was renewed on December 2, 1998 and expires 
on December 2, 2000.
    The Advisory Committee assists the State Department to monitor 
domestic and international developments in private international law, 
and provides information to assist in the development of United States 
positions for international efforts to negotiate uniform rules of 
private law by treaty, model national laws, and other means.
    The Advisory Committee has focussed on work undertaken or proposed 
for various international bodies, including the United Nations 
Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the Hague Conference 
on Private International Law; the International Institute for the 
Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), the Organization of American 
States (OAS), and others. The Committee reviewed proposed positions for 
the negotiation at the Hague Conference of a multilateral convention on 
jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign judgments; the United Nations 
model international law on cross-border insolvency; the 1996 Hague 
Convention on the Protection of Minors; new UN Rules on electronic 
commerce; proposed positions on UNCITRAL work on international digital 
signature systems; and proposed federal legislation to implement the 
Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoption.
    In addition to persons designated as members who represent 
interested nationally-based groups, broad public participation is 
relied on for the Committee's work, and a wide range of experts and 
interest groups participate as a regular part of the Committee's work 
throughout the year. Public notice is provided for all meetings and 
public notice is provided as well for comment on various international 
documents and proposals.
Harold S. Burman,
Executive Director, Secretary of State's, Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law.
[FR Doc. 98-34759 Filed 12-31-98; 8:45 am]
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