[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 67349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31971]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Public Notice 3833]

[Docket No. MARAD-2001-11135]


Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law; Study Group on International Carriage of Goods by Sea; 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 Wednesday, 
January 9, 2002, to consider the draft instrument on the International 
Carriage of Goods by Sea, as prepared by the Comite Maritime 
International (CMI) for the United Nations Commission on International 
Trade Law (UNCITRAL). The meeting will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m. in rooms 3200-3204 of the Nassif building at the Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the Study Group meeting is to assist the Departments 
of State and Transportation in determining the U.S. negotiating 
position for the first session of the UNCITRAL Working Group on this 
draft instrument, to be held in New York from April 15 to 26, 2002.
    The text prepared by CMI at the request of UNCITRAL will constitute 
the basic working document of the UNCITRAL Working Group. A copy of the 
preliminary draft convention should shortly be available on UNCITRAL's 
website, www.uncitral.org. Persons interested in the work of the study 
group may also request copies from Ms. Rosalia Gonzales by fax at 202-
776-8482, by telephone at 202-776-8420 (you may leave your request, 
name, telephone number, e-mail, or mailing address on the answering 
machine), or by e-mail at [email protected]. E-mail is the most 
efficient way to transmit the documents.
    The Study Group meeting is open to the public up to the capacity of 
the meeting room. Persons wishing to attend should contact Ms. Gonzales 
by telephone, fax, or e-mail, providing their name, affiliation, 
telephone and fax number, and e-mail address. Persons who wish to have 
their views considered are encouraged to submit written comments in 
advance of the meeting. Comments should refer to docket number MARAD-
2001-11135. Written comments may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, U.S. 
DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, Department of Transportation, 400 7th St., 
SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You may also send comments 
electronically via the Internet at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit/. All 
comments will become part of this docket and will be available for 
inspection and copying at the above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
e.s.t., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. An electronic 
version of this document along with all documents entered into this 
docket is available on the World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.

Mary Helen Carlson,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser For Private 
International Law, U.S. Department of State.
Edmund T. Sommer, Jr.,
Chief, Division of General and International Law, Office of the Chief 
Counsel, Maritime Administration, U.S. Dept. of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 01-31971 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]
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