[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 48657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20749]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4408]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The U.S. Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC), Maritime Law 
Subcommittee, will conduct an open meeting at 10 a.m. on Monday, 
October 6, 2003 in Room 2415 at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC. The purpose of this meeting is to 
prepare for the Eighty-Seventh Session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Legal Committee (LEG 87) scheduled from October 
13, to October 17, 2003.
    The provisional LEG 87 agenda calls for the Legal Committee to 
examine the draft Wreck Removal Convention. Also the Committee will 
review the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the 
Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988, and its Protocol of 1988 relating 
to Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (SUA Convention and 
Protocol). To be addressed as well is the Provision of Financial 
Security which includes a progress report on the work of the Joint IMP/
ILO Ad Hoc Expert Working Group on Liability and Compensation regarding 
claims for Death, Personal Injury and Abandonment of Seafarers; and 
includes follow-up resolutions adopted by the International Conference 
on the Revision of the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of 
Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974. The Legal Committee will 
examine places of refuge, treatment of persons rescued at sea, the code 
of practice for the investigation of crimes of piracy and armed robbery 
at sea; as well as measures to protect crews and passengers against 
crimes committed on vessels. Also on the agenda is monitoring the 
implementation of the HNS Convention; review of the status of 
Conventions and other treaty instruments adopted as a result of the 
work of the Legal Committee, matters arising from the ninetieth session 
of the Council, work programme and long-term work plans, and technical 
co-operation (subprogramme for maritime legislation). Additionally, the 
provisional LEG 87 agenda allots time to address any other issues that 
may arise on the Legal Committee's work program.
    Members of the public are invited to attend the SHC subcommittee 
meeting up to the seating capacity of the room. To facilitate the 
building security process, those who plan to attend should call or send 
an e-mail two days before the meeting. Upon request, participating by 
phone may be an option. For further information please contact Captain 
Joseph F. Ahern or Lieutenant Martha Rodriguez, at U.S. Coast Guard, 
Office of Maritime and International Law (G-LMI), 2100 Second Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001; e-mail [email protected], 
telephone (202) 267-1527; fax (202) 267-4496.

    Dated: July 31, 2003.
Frederick J. Kenney,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 03-20749 Filed 8-13-03; 8:45 am]
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