[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65235-65236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31028]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3853]


Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, 
January 23, 2002, from approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Thursday, 
January 24, from approximately 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Department of 
State, Annex 44, Room 800-A, 301 4th St., SW., Washington, DC. During 
its meeting the Committee will review a request from the Government of 
the Republic of Honduras to the Government of the United States of 
America. Concerned that its cultural heritage is in jeopardy from 
pillage, the Government of the Republic of Honduras made this request 
under Article 9 of the 1970 UNESCO Convention.
    The Committee's responsibilities are carried out in accordance with 
provisions of the Convention on CulturalProperty Implementation Act (19 
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). A copy of the Act, a public summary of this 
request, a bibliography of documents researched by the Committee that 
are otherwise available to the public, and related information may be 
found at: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/culprop. During its 
meeting on January 23, the Committee will hold an open session, 10:30 
a.m.-12:30 p.m., to receive oral public comment on the Honduras 
request. Persons wishing to attend this open session should notify the 
CulturalProperty office at (202) 619-6612 by Tuesday, January 15,2002, 
to arrange for admission, as seating is limited. Those who wish to make 
oral presentations should also request to be scheduled, and submit a 
written text of the oral comments by January 15 to allow time for 
distribution of them to Committee members prior to the meeting. Oral 
comments will be limited to five minutes each to allow time for

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questions from members of the Committee and must specifically address 
the determinations under section 303(a)(1) of the Convention on 
Cultural PropertyImplementation Act, 19 U.S.C. 2602, for which the 
Committee must make findings.
    Those determinations are: ``(A) That the cultural patrimony of the 
State Party (Honduras) is in jeopardy from pillage of archaeological or 
ethnological materials; (B) that the State Party has taken measures 
consistent with the Convention to protect its cultural patrimony; (C) 
that (i) the application of the import restrictions, if applied in 
concert with similar restrictions implemented, or to be implemented 
within a reasonable period of time, by those nations * * * individually 
having a significant import trade in such material, would be of 
substantial benefit in deterring a serious situation of pillage, and 
(ii) remedies less drastic than the application of the restrictions * * 
* are not available; and (D) that the application of import 
restrictions. is consistent with the general interest of the 
international community in the interchange of cultural property among 
nations for scientific, cultural, and educational purposes * * *''. The 
Committee also invites written comments and asks that they be submitted 
by January 15. All written materials, including the written texts of 
oral statements, should be faxed to (202) 619-5177.
    Other portions of the meeting on January 23 and 24 will be closed 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h).

    Dated: December 11, 2001.
Patricia S. Harrison,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 01-31028 Filed 12-17-01; 8:45 am]
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