[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 2451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-744]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4932]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The U.S. Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 12 April 2005 in Room 4342 at the 
Department of Transportation, 400 7th & D Streets, SW., Washington, DC 
20590-0001. The purpose of this meeting is to prepare for the Ninetieth 
Session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Legal 
Committee (LEG 90) scheduled from 18-29 April 2005.
    The provisional LEG 90 agenda calls for the Legal Committee to 
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). Work on the SUA amendments will occur during the first week 
(18-22 April) of the two week LEG 90 session. Also on the agenda is the 
further examination of the draft Wreck Removal Convention. To be 
addressed as well are the Provisions of Financial Security which 
includes a progress report on the work of the Joint IMO/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 Fair Treatment of Seafarers, with a report of the first session 
of the Joint IMO/ILO Ad Hoc Expert Working Group on Fair Treatment of 
Seafarers which will take place from 17-19 January 2005. Also on the 
LEG 90 agenda are places of refuge, monitoring of the implementation of 
the HNS Convention, and matters arising from the ninety-third session 
of the Council. Finally the committee will review technical 
cooperation: subprogramme for maritime legislation, review the status 
of Conventions and other treaty instruments adopted as a result of the 
work of the Legal Committee, in addition to allotting 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 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 William 
Baumgartner 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: January 5, 2005.
Clayton L. Diamond,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 05-744 Filed 1-12-05; 8:45 am]
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