[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 62339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27600]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4523]


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 November 17, 2003 in room 1406, 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 November 17 meeting includes:
    (1) Reading of the minutes of the last ACLD meeting;
    (2) Review of the developments in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle 
East since the last ACLD meeting on May 2, 2003;
    (3) Discussion of alternative proposals for labor diplomacy in 
Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East.
    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 November 11, to 
Executive Director, ACLD, Jean Gardner at tel. (202) 647-3664, or fax 
(202) 647-0431, 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 Ms. Gardner at the phone and fax numbers provided above.

    Dated: October 27, 2003.
Loren Craner,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-27600 Filed 10-31-03; 8:45 am]
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