[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 28074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4537]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5392]


U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Notice of Meeting

    The annual conference of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO 
will take place on Thursday, June 1, 2006 and Friday, June 2, 2006, at 
the Doubletree Hotel, Washington, DC (1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW.). 
This will be the second annual conference of the Commission following 
its re-establishment in 2004; the theme of the meeting is the 60th 
Anniversary of the creation of the United Nations Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
    On Thursday, June 1 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2:15 p.m. to 
5:15 p.m. and on Friday, June 2 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., the Commission 
will hold a series of informational plenary sessions and subject-
specific committee breakout sessions, which will be open to the public. 
These sessions will focus on UNESCO's budget and six-year Medium Term 
Strategy as well as various issues that relate to the established 
subcommittees within the Commission's committees of education, culture, 
natural sciences and engineering, social and human sciences, and 
communications and information. On Friday, June 2, 2006, the Commission 
will meet from 1:45 p.m. until 4 p.m. to discuss recommendations on 
these issues.
    Members of the public who wish to attend any of these meetings 
should contact the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO no later than 
Wednesday, May 24th for further information about admission, as seating 
is limited. Written comments should also be submitted by Wednesday, May 
24th to allow time for distribution to the Commission members prior to 
the meeting. Additionally, those who wish to make oral comments during 
the public comment section held during the concluding Friday session 
should request to be scheduled by Wednesday, May 24th. Each individual 
will be limited to five minutes, with the total oral comment period not 
exceeding thirty-minutes. The National Commission may be contacted via 
e-mail at [email protected], or via phone at (202) 663-0026. Its Web 
site can be accessed at: http://www.state.gov/p/io/unesco/.

    Dated: May 8, 2006.
Alexander Zemek,
U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 06-4537 Filed 5-12-06; 8:45 am]
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