[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 5326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2437]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4258]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. 
From the Mediterranean to the Indus''

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 
(79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 
1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999 (64 FR 56014), and Delegation of 
Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999 (64 FR 57920), as amended, I 
hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition, 
``Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the 
Mediterranean to the Indus,'' imported from abroad for temporary 
exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. 
These objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with foreign 
lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit 
objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on 
or about May 5, 2003, to on or about August 17, 2003, and at possible 
additional venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. 
Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to be published in the 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, 202/619-5997, and the address is United 
States Department of State, SA-44, Room 700, 301 4th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: January 28, 2003.
Patricia S. Harrison,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 03-2437 Filed 1-31-03; 8:45 am]
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