[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 214 (Friday, November 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 76994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26716]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9779]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:00 a.m. 
on November 9, 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 seventeenth session of 
the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Council to be held at 
the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, December 5-9, 2016.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Report of the Secretary-General on credentials
--Rules of Procedure of the Council
--Strategy, planning and reform
--Resource management (Human resource matters, report on investments, 
budget considerations for 2016-2017, Results-based budget: Outline of 
budgetary implications for 2018-2019)
--IMO Member State Audit Scheme
--Consideration of the report to the Marine Environmental Protection
--Consideration of the report of the Technical Cooperation Committee
--Technical Cooperation Fund: Report on activities of the 2015 
programme
--IMO International Maritime Law Institute
--Report on the 38th Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties to the 
London Convention 1972 and the 11th Meeting of Contracting Parties to 
the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention
--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, 
Report of the Day of the Seafarer, and IMO Maritime Ambassador Scheme)
--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 and 
substantive items for inclusion in the provisional agendas for the next 
two sessions of Council (C 118 and C 119)
--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, LCDR Tiffany Duffy, 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 November 2, 2016. 
Requests made after November 2, 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. Additional 
information regarding this and other IMO public meetings may be found 
at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: October 21, 2016.
Jonathan W. Burby,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-26716 Filed 11-3-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-09-P