[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21502-21503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08657]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8696 ]


Notice of Receipt of Cultural Property Request From the 
Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt

    Egypt, concerned that its cultural heritage is in jeopardy from 
pillage, made a request to the Government of the United States under 
Article 9 of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and 
Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of 
Cultural Property. The United States Department of State received this 
request in April 2014. Egypt's request seeks U.S. import restrictions 
on archaeological and

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ethnological material from Egypt representing its prehistoric through 
Ottoman heritage.
    The specific contents of this request are treated as confidential 
government-to-government information, consistent with applicable U.S. 
law.
    Information about U.S. implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention 
can be found at http://eca.state.gov/cultural-heritage-center. A public 
summary of Egypt's request will be posted on that Web site.

    Dated: April 8, 2014.
Kelly Keiderling,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2014-08657 Filed 4-15-14; 8:45 am]
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