[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8468-8469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3985]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3221]


Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law: Study Group on Arbitration and Other Forms of ADR: Meeting Notice

    There will be a public meeting of a study group of the Secretary of 
State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law on Monday, 
March 13, 2000, to discuss issues arising at the upcoming session of 
the UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration. The meeting will be held 
from 1:00pm to 5:00pm in room 1107 of the Department of State building, 
2201 C St., NW, Washington DC 20520.
    The purpose of the Study Group meeting is to assist the Department 
of State prepare the position of the United States for the inaugural 
session of the Working Group on Arbitration of the United Nations 
Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). The UNCITRAL Working 
Group is meeting March 20-31 in Vienna, and will consider as priority 
topics: the possible preparation of an international Model Law on 
Conciliation (mediation); whether new rules or guidelines should be 
developed addressing the enforceability of interim measures orders in 
international commercial arbitration; and problems some countries have 
experienced implementing the writing requirement in Article 2 of the 
1958 New York Convention on the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.
    The study group meeting will consider three documents prepared by 
the UNCITRAL Secretariat for the Working Group session: an agenda (A/
CN.9/WG.II/WP.107), and two notes covering the substantive work (A/
CN.9/WG.II/WP.108 and WP.108/Add.1). Persons interested in the work of 
the study group or in attending the March 10 meeting in Washington may 
find copies of the documents to be considered on the UNCITRAL website: 
www.uncitral.org>. The documents may be found by clicking on 
``english,'' ``sessions,'' and then ``working group on arbitration.'' 
Copies may also be requested from Ms. Rosie Gonzales by fax at 202-776-
8482, by telephone at 202-776-8420 (you may leave your request, name, 
telephone number and

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mailing address on the answering machine), or by email at 
[email protected]>.
    The study group meeting is open to the public up to the capacity of 
the meeting room. As entry to the Department of State is controlled for 
security reasons, persons who wish to attend the meeting must notify 
Ms. Gonzales no later than Wednesday March 8 with their name, date of 
birth, and social security number. They should also provide their 
company or organization affiliation, mailing and email addresses, and 
fax and telephone numbers. Persons registered to attend must arrive by 
1:00pm at the main entrance to the Department of State at 2201 C St., 
NW, unless they have made special arrangements with Ms. Gonzales.
    Any person who is unable to attend, but wishes to have his or her 
views considered, may send comments to Ms. Gonzales at the above fax 
number or email address, or may address them to the Assistant Legal 
Adviser for Private International Law (L/PIL), Suite 203, South 
Building, 2430 E Street, NW Washington, DC, 20037-2851.

    Dated: February 14, 2000.
Jeffrey D. Kovar,
Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law.
[FR Doc. 00-3985 Filed 2-17-00; 8:45 am]
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