[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4858-4859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2074]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7780]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition (7th-9th 
Century)''

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice, correction.

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SUMMARY: On September 28, 2011, notice was published on page 60112 of 
the Federal Register (volume 76, number 188) of determinations made by

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the Department of State pertaining to the exhibition ``Byzantium and 
Islam: Age of Transition (7th-9th Century). The referenced notice is 
corrected here to include additional objects as part of the exhibition. 
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the 
authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 
U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign 
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 
22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 
October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 236-3 of August 28, 
2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 
2003), I hereby determine that the additional objects to be included in 
the exhibition ``Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition (7th-9th 
Century),'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the 
United States, are of cultural significance. The additional objects are 
imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or 
custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
exhibit objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, 
from on or about March 12, 2012, until on or about July 8, 2012, and at 
possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in 
the national interest.
    The action of the United States in this matter, and the immunity 
based on the application of the provisions of law involved, does not 
imply any view of the United States concerning the ownership of the 
exhibit objects. Further, it is not based upon and does not represent 
any change in the position of the United States regarding the status of 
Jerusalem or the territories occupied by Israel since 1967. See Letter 
of September 22, 1978, of President Jimmy Carter, attached to the Camp 
David Accords, reprinted in 78 Dept. of State Bulletin 11 (October 
1978); Statement of September 1, 1982, of President Ronald Reagan, 
reprinted in 82 Dept. of State Bulletin 23 (September 1982).
    I have ordered that Public Notice of these Determinations be 
published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: (202) 
632-6469). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: January 25, 2012.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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