[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64259-64260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25405]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8508]


U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law (ACPIL)--Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Study Group

    The Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International 
Law, Department of State, hereby gives notice that the ACPIL ODR Study 
Group will hold a public meeting. The ACPIL ODR Study Group will meet 
to discuss the next session of the UNCITRAL ODR Working Group, 
scheduled for November 18-22, 2013 in Vienna. This is not a meeting of 
the full Advisory Committee.
    The UNCITRAL ODR Working Group is charged with the development of 
legal instruments for resolving both business to business and business 
to consumer cross-border electronic commerce disputes. The Working 
Group is in the process of developing generic ODR procedural rules for 
resolution of cross-border electronic commerce disputes. For the 
reports of the first six sessions of the UNCITRAL ODR Working Group--
December 13-17, 2010, in Vienna (A/CN.9/716); May 23-27, 2011, in New 
York (A/CN.9/721); Nov. 14-18, 2011, in Vienna (A/CN.9/739); May 21-25, 
2012, in New York (A/CN.9/744); November 5-9, 2012, in Vienna (A/CN.9/
762); and May 20-24, 2013, in New York (A/CN.9/769)--please follow the 
following link: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/commission/working_groups/3Online_Dispute_Resolution.html. Documents relating to the 
upcoming session of the Working Group are available on the same link.
    Time and Place: The meeting of the ACPIL ODR Study Group will take 
place on Thursday, November 7, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT at 2201 
C Street NW., Harry S Truman Building, Room 4517. Participants should 
arrive at the C Street entrance of the Harry S Truman Building before 
11:30 a.m. for visitor screening. Participants will be met inside the 
building at that entrance and will be escorted to Room 4517. If you are 
unable to attend the public meeting and would like to participate from 
a remote location, teleconferencing will be available.
    Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public, subject 
to the capacity of the meeting room.
    Access to building is strictly controlled. For pre-clearance 
purposes, those planning to attend in person are requested to email at 
[email protected] providing full name, address, date of birth, citizenship, 
driver's license or passport number, affiliation, and email address. 
This will greatly facilitate entry. Participants will be met inside the 
diplomatic entrance at C Street and, once badges are obtained, escorted 
to the meeting room.
    A member of the public needing reasonable accommodation should 
provide an email requesting accommodations to [email protected] no later 
than a week before the meeting. Requests made after that date will be

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considered, but might not be able to be fulfilled. If you would like to 
participate by telephone, please email [email protected] to obtain the 
call-in number and other information.
    Data from the public is requested pursuant to Pub. L. 99-399 
(Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as 
amended; Public Law 107-56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and Executive Order 
13356. The purpose of the collection is to validate the identity of 
individuals who enter Department facilities. The data will be entered 
into the Visitor Access Control System (VACS-D) database. Please see 
the Security Records System of Records Notice (State-36) at http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/103419.pdf for additional 
information.

    Dated: October 17, 2013.
Michael Dennis,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Office of the 
Legal Adviser, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-25405 Filed 10-25-13; 8:45 am]
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