[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 44921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16887]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4040]


U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of State announces the meeting of the U.S. Advisory 
Commission on Public Diplomacy on Friday, July 19 in Room 1406 of the 
U.S. Department of State at 2201 C Street, NW, Washington, DC. The 
meeting will take place from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
    The Commission, reauthorized pursuant to Pub. L. 106-113 (H.R. 
3194, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000), will hear from experts 
who are launching a global initiative designed to ensure that health 
becomes an important component of U.S. foreign policy and is used to 
improve America's image abroad, defuse anger and resentment by people 
in the Middle East and other regions against the United States, and 
attack some of the root causes of terrorism.
    Dr. Kenneth L. Shine, who recently joined the new RAND Center for 
Domestic and International Health Security as its first director, will 
be the principal speaker at the session. Dr. Shine is one of the 
nation's leading physicians and was the president of the Institute of 
Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. C. Ross Anthony, 
associate center director for international health, will also speak. 
Dr. Anthony is the former director of development resources for USAID/
Europe and an international health expert.
    The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy is a bipartisan 
Presidentially appointed panel created by Congress in 1948 to provide 
oversight of U.S. Government activities intended to understand, inform 
and influence foreign publics. The Commission reports its findings and 
recommendations to the President, the Congress and the Secretary of 
State and the American people. Current commission members include 
Harold Pachios of Maine, who is the chairman; Charles Dolan of 
Virginia, who is the vice chairman; Penne Percy Korth of Washington, 
DC; Lewis Manilow of Illinois; and Maria Elena Torano of Florida.
    Members of the general public may attend the meeting, though 
attendance of public members will be limited to the seating available. 
Access to the building is controlled, and individual building passes 
are required for all attendees.
    To attend the meeting, please contact Matt Lauer at (202) 619-4463 
and provide date of birth and Social Security number. For more 
information visit www.state.gov/r/adcompd.

    Dated: June 28, 2002.
Matthew Lauer,
Executive Director, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 02-16887 Filed 7-3-02; 8:45 am]
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