[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 86 (Thursday, May 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 23897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8987]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4898]


Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law: Notice of Renewal of Charter

    The Charter of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on 
Private International Law was renewed on January 11, 2005 and expires 
on January 10, 2007.
    The Advisory Committee assists the State Department to monitor 
domestic and international developments in private international law, 
provides a means for state, local and private sector viewpoints to be 
made available to the Department, and provides information to assist in 
the development of positions for international efforts to harmonize or 
negotiate uniform rules of private law through model national laws, 
legal guidelines, treaties, and other means.
    The Advisory Committee has focused on work undertaken or proposed 
for various international bodies, including but not limited to the 
Hague Conference on Private International Law; the United Nations 
Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International 
Institute for the Unification of Private Law UNIDROIT), and the 
Organization of American States (OAS).
    Topics reviewed by the Committee include, but are not limited to, 
jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign judgments; party choice of 
forum, enforcement of foreign arbitral awards; cross-border business 
insolvency law; the protection of minors; inter-country adoption; child 
abduction; electronic commerce; secured finance; carriage of goods by 
sea and by other modes of transportation; international franchising; 
and other topics of current interest in private law as they arise.
    Meetings are open to the public, and participation by the public is 
relied on for the Committee's work. Interested persons, organizations, 
academic centers and others can participate pro bono in all aspects of 
the Committee's work. All interested parties can seek additional 
information from the Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private 
International Law (L/PIL), Department of State, by contacting Jeffrey 
Kovar, Mary Helen Carlson or Hal Burman at 202-776-8420, fax 776-8482, 
or by e-mail to Cherise Reid at [email protected].

Harold S. Burman,
Executive Director, Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-8987 Filed 5-4-05; 8:45 am]
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