[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 56339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22384]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4115]


Advisory Committee on Labor Diplomacy; Meeting

    The Advisory Committee on Labor Diplomacy (ACLD) will hold a 
meeting from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on September 18, 2002, in room 1406, 
U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520. 
Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, will 
make welcoming remarks. Lorne Craner, Assistant Secretary of State for 
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Affairs will also attend. Committee 
Chairman Thomas Donahue, former President of the AFL-CIO, will chair 
the meeting.
    The ACLD is comprised of prominent persons with expertise in the 
area of international labor policy and labor diplomacy. The ACLD 
advises the Secretary of State and the President on the resources and 
policies necessary to implement labor diplomacy programs efficiently, 
effectively and in a manner that ensures U.S. leadership in promoting 
the objectives and ideals of U.S. labor policies in the 21st century. 
The ACLD makes recommendations on how to strengthen the Department of 
State's ability to respond to the many challenges facing the United 
States and the federal government in international labor matters. These 
challenges include the protection of worker rights, the elimination of 
exploitative child labor, and the prevention of abusive working 
conditions.
    The agenda for the September 18 meeting includes: discussion of the 
interagency process on international labor policy formulation, 
implementation of the recommendations of the Committee's first report 
on U.S. labor diplomacy, reactions to the Committee's second report, 
and options for the Committee's agenda for the coming year.
    Members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting as seating 
capacity allows. As access to the Department of State is controlled, 
persons wishing to attend the meeting must be pre-cleared by calling or 
faxing the following information, by opening of business September 17, 
to Kenneth Audrou[eacute] at (202) 647-4327 or fax (202) 647-0431 or e-
mail [email protected]: name; company or organization affiliation (if 
any); date of birth; and social security number. Pre-cleared persons 
should use the C Street entrance to the State Department and have a 
driver's license with photo, a passport, a U.S. Government ID or other 
valid photo identification.
    Members of the public may, if they wish, submit a brief statement 
to the Committee in writing. Those wishing further information should 
contact Mr. Audrou[eacute] at the phone and fax numbers provided above.

    Dated: August 28, 2002.
John S. Carpenter,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and 
Labor, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 02-22384 Filed 8-30-02; 8:45 am]
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