[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 19248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9760]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4304]


Advisory Committee on Labor Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting

    The Advisory Committee on Labor Diplomacy (ACLD) will hold a 
meeting beginning at 9 a.m. on May 2, 2003, in room 1105, U.S. 
Department of State, 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520. 
Committee Chairman Thomas R. Donahue, former President of the AFL-CIO, 
will chair the meeting.
    The ACLD is composed 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 success 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 May 2 meeting includes: the Committee's Labor 
Diplomacy Database Project, opportunities for labor diplomacy to 
enhance the Human Rights environments in the Arab and Muslim Worlds, 
discussion of implementation of the recommendations of the Committee's 
two reports on U.S. Labor Diplomacy, and options for the Committee's 
future areas of concentration.
    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 close of business April 30, to 
Kenneth Audrou[eacute] at tel. (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: March 15, 2003.
Lorne Craner,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-9760 Filed 4-17-03; 8:45 am]
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