[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 223 (Monday, November 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70110-70111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23012]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5232]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meetings

    The Working Group on Radio Communications and Search and Rescue of 
the Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea will conduct open meetings at 
9:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2005 at the Radio Technical 
Commission for Maritime Services, 1800 North Kent Street, Suite 1060, 
Arlington, VA 22209. The purpose of this meeting is to prepare for the 
Tenth Session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 
Subcommittee on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue, which is 
scheduled for the week of March 6-10, 2006, at IMO headquarters in 
London, England.
    The primary matters to be considered are:

--Maritime Safety Information for GMDSS
--Development of a procedure for recognition of mobile satellite 
systems
--Large passenger ship safety
--Emergency radiocommunications, including false alerts and 
interference
--Issues related to maritime security
--Matters concerning Search and Rescue
--Developments in maritime radiocommunication systems and technology
--Planning for the 11th session of COMSAR

    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information or by 
writing: Mr. Russell S. Levin, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 
Commandant (CG-622), Room 6611, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20593-0001, by calling: (202) 267-1389, or by sending Internet 
electronic mail to [email protected] and viewing http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/imo/meetings.htm.


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    Dated: November 10, 2005.
Clay Diamond,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 05-23012 Filed 11-18-05; 8:45 am]
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