[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 196 (Friday, October 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61267-61268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25791]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9315]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:00 a.m. 
on Thursday, November 12, 2015, in Room 5L18-01 of the United States 
Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. 
SE., Washington, DC 20593. The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
prepare for the 28th Extraordinary Council Session (CES28), the 29th 
Assembly (A29), and the 115th Council Session (C115) of the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO), to be held at the IMO 
Headquarters, United Kingdom, November 19-20; November 23-December 2; 
and, December 3, respectively.
    The agenda items for CES28, to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Report of the Secretary-General on credentials
--Strategy, planning and reform
--Resource management
--Results-based budget for the 2016-2017 biennium
--Report on the 37th Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties to the 
London Convention 1972 and the 10th Meeting of Contracting Parties to 
the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention
--Report of the Council to the Assembly on the work of the Organization 
since the twenty-eighth regular session of the Assembly
--Protection of vital shipping lanes
--Periodic review of administrative requirements in mandatory IMO 
instruments
--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
--Substantive items for inclusion in the provisional agendas for the 
next two sessions of the Council
--Supplementary agenda items, if any

    The agenda items for A29, to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Election of the President and the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly
--Consideration of proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the 
Assembly
--Application of Article 61 of the IMO Convention--Report of the 
Council to the Assembly on any requests by Members for waiver
--Establishment of committees of the Assembly
--Consideration of the reports of the committees of the Assembly
--Report of the Council to the Assembly on the work of the Organization 
since the twenty-eighth regular session of the Assembly
--Strategy, planning and reform
-- IMO Member State Audit Scheme
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Maritime 
Safety Committee
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Legal 
Committee
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Marine 
Environment Protection Committee
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Technical Co-
operation Committee
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Facilitation 
Committee
--Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes 
and Other Matter, 1972 and the 1996 Protocol thereto: report on the 
performance of Secretariat functions and other duties
--Progress report to the Assembly on Periodic review of administrative 
requirements in mandatory IMO instruments
--Resource management
--Global maritime training institutions
--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
--Election of Members of the Council, as provided for in Articles 16 
and 17 of the IMO Convention
--Election of Members of the IMO Staff Pension Committee
--Appointment of the External Auditor
--Approval of the appointment of the Secretary-General
--Date and place of the thirtieth session of the Assembly
--Farewell to Mr. Sekimizu
--Supplementary agenda items, if any

    No agenda was published for C115.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity

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of the room. To facilitate the building security process, and to 
request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should 
contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR Tiffany Duffy, by email at 
[email protected], or by phone at (202) 372-1376, not later than 
November 5th, 7 days prior to the meeting. Requests made after November 
5, 2015 might not be able to be accommodated. Please note that due to 
security considerations, two valid, government issued photo 
identifications must be presented to gain entrance to the Headquarters 
building. The Headquarters building is accessible by taxi and privately 
owned conveyance (public transportation is not generally available). 
However, parking in the vicinity of the building is extremely limited. 
Additional information regarding this and other IMO-related public 
meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: September 21, 2015.
Jonathan W. Burby,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-25791 Filed 10-8-15; 8:45 am]
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