[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 10749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3011]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5303]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 12, 2006, in Room 1422 of the 
United States Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 2100 2nd Street, SW., 
Washington, DC, 20593-0001. The purpose of this meeting is to prepare 
for the Ninety-first Session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Legal Committee (LEG 91) scheduled from 24-28 
April 2005.
    The provisional LEG 91 agenda calls for the Legal Committee to 
further examine 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 second session of the Joint IMO/ILO Ad 
Hoc Expert Working Group on Fair Treatment of Seafarers which will take 
place from 13-17 March 2006. Also on the LEG 91 agenda are places of 
refuge, monitoring of the implementation of the HNS Convention, and 
matters arising from the ninety-fourth session of the Council, the 
ninety-fifth session of the Council, the twenty-third extraordinary 
session of the Council, and the twenty-fourth meeting of the Assembly. 
Finally the committee will review technical cooperation activities 
related to maritime legislation and will review biennium activities 
within the context of the Organization's Strategic Plan, in addition to 
allotting time to address any other issues that may arise on the Legal 
Committee's work program, including a proposed CMI study on the 
implementation of procedural rules in limitation conventions.
    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 Laurina Spolidoro, 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) 267-0733; fax (202) 267-4496.

    Dated: February 23, 2006.
Clay Diamond,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
 [FR Doc. E6-3011 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]
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