[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 22625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11176]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6600]


Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 19, 2009 in Room 4420 of the 
United States Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 2100 Second Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20593. The purpose of this meeting will be to 
finalize preparations for the 59th Session of the Technical Co-
Operation Committee (TC 59) of the International Maritime Organization 
(IMO) and the 102nd Session of the IMO's Council (C 102).
    The 59th Session of the Technical Co-Operation (TC) Committee is 
scheduled to be held 23-25 June 2009 at IMO's London headquarters. 
Agenda items for TC 59 include:

Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme: Interim report on 2008-
2009;
Linkage between the Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme and the 
Millennium Development Goals;
Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme for 2010-2011;
Technical Co-operation Fund: Integrated Technical Co-operation 
Programme allocation for 2010-2011;
Financing the Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme;
Impact Assessment Exercise 2004-2007: Follow-up;
Partnerships for progress;
Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme;
Programme on the integration of women in the maritime sector;
Institutional development and fellowships;
Report on the planned outputs of the Committee for 2008-2009;
Work of other bodies and organizations; and
Election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2010.

    The 102nd Session of the Council is scheduled to be held 29 June-3 
July, 2009 at IMO's London headquarters. Agenda items for C 102 
include:

Strategy and planning (monitoring of performance and risk management);
Organizational reforms;
Resource management;
Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme;
Technical Co-operation Fund (biennial allocation to support the ITCP 
Programme for 2010-2011);
Results-based budget for the twenty-sixth financial period 2010-2011;
Consideration of the reports of the Maritime Safety Committee;
Consideration of the report of the Facilitation Committee;
Consideration of the report of the Legal Committee;
Consideration of the report of the Technical Co-operation Committee;
Report on the 2009 International Conference on the Safe and 
Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships;
Protection of vital shipping lanes;
World Maritime University (Report of the Governing Board and Budget);
IMO International Maritime Law Institute (Report of Governing Board and 
Budget);
Assembly matters;
External relations;
Report on the status of the Convention and membership of the 
Organization;
Report on the status of conventions and other multilateral instruments 
in respect of which the Organization performs functions; and
Date and place of the next session of the Council.

    Members of the public may attend the June 19th meeting of the SHC 
up to the seating capacity of the room. Please note that due to 
security considerations, two valid, government-issued photo 
identification documents must be presented to gain entrance to the 
building. The Coast Guard Headquarters building is accessible by taxi 
and privately owned conveyance. Please note that parking in the 
vicinity of the building is extremely limited and that public 
transportation is not generally available.
    To facilitate attendance to this meeting of the SHC, those who plan 
to attend should contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR Jason Smith--not 
later than 4 p.m. on Monday, June 15, 2009--by e-mail at 
[email protected]; by phone at (202) 372-1376; or by writing to 
Commandant (CG-5212), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, 
SW., Room 1308, Washington, DC 20593-0001. Additional information 
regarding this and other SHC public meetings and associated IMO 
meetings may be found at: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/imo.

    Dated: May 6, 2009.
Mark Skolnicki,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. E9-11176 Filed 5-12-09; 8:45 am]
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