[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33316-33317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12374]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9581]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:00 a.m. 
on June 15, 2016, in Room 5L18-01 of the Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard 
Headquarters Building at St. Elizabeth's, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. 
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593. The primary purpose of the meeting is 
to prepare for the one hundred and sixteenth session of the 
International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Council to be held at the 
IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, July 4-8, 2016.
    The agenda items to be considered include:
--Adoption of the agenda
--Election of the Vice-Chairman
--Report of the Secretary-General on credentials
--Strategy, planning and reform
--Resource management (Human resource matters, accounts and audit, 
report on investments, report on arrears of contributions and of 
advances to the Working Capital Fund and implementation of Article 61 
of the IMO Convention, budget considerations for 2016)
--IMO Member State Audit Scheme
--Consideration of the report to 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 Marine Environmental Protection 
Committee
--World Maritime University (report of the Board of Governors and 
budget)
--Protection of vital shipping lanes
--Periodic review of administrative requirements in mandatory IMO 
instruments
--Principles to be considered in the review of existing requirements 
and the development of new requirements
--External relations (With the U.N. and the specialized agencies, Joint 
Inspection Unit, relations with intergovernmental organizations, 
relations with non-governmental organizations, World Maritime Day, 
International Maritime Prize, IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea, 
report on Day of the Seafarer 2016)
--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
--Place, date and duration of the next two sessions of the Council (C 
117 and C 118)
--Supplementary agenda items, if any

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. To facilitate the building security process, and 
to request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should 
contact the meeting coordinator, LT Anne Besser, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1362, by fax at (202) 
372-1925, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE. Stop 
7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 not later than June 8, 2016. Requests 
made after June 8, 2016 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 Coast Guard 
Headquarters. It is recommended that attendees arrive to Coast Guard 
Headquarters no later than 30 minutes ahead of the scheduled meeting 
for the security screening process. Coast Guard Headquarters is 
accessible by taxi and public transportation. Parking in the vicinity 
of the building is extremely limited. You may participate in the 
meeting virtually

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by calling (202) 475-4000 or 1-855-475-2447, Participant code: 887 809 
72.
    In the case where the Federal Government is closed or delayed, the 
public meeting may solely be conducted virtually. The meeting 
coordinator will confirm whether the virtual public meeting will be 
utilized by posting an announcement at: www.uscg.mil/imo/. Members of 
the public can find out whether the Federal Government is delayed or 
closed by visiting www.opm.gov/status/. Additional information 
regarding this and other IMO public meetings may be found at: 
www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: May 12, 2016.
Jonathan W. Burby,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-12374 Filed 5-24-16; 8:45 am]
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