[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 49074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22856]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10176]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 10:00 a.m. 
on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 in Room 5L18-01 of the Douglas A. Munro 
Coast Guard Headquarters Building at St. Elizabeth's, 2703 Martin 
Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20593. The primary purpose of 
the meeting is to prepare for the 29th Extraordinary Council Session 
(CES29), the 30th Assembly (A30), and the 119th Council Session (C119) 
of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to be held at the IMO 
Headquarters, United Kingdom, November 23-24; November 27-December 6; 
and December 7, respectively.
    The agenda items for CES29 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 2018-2019 biennium
--Consideration of the report of the seventy-first session of the 
Marine Environment Protection Committee
--Consideration of the report on the 39th Consultative Meeting of 
Contracting Parties to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine 
Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter,1972 and the 12th 
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 29th 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
--Items for inclusion in the provisional agendas for the next two 
sessions of the Council
--Supplementary agenda items, if any

    The agenda items for A30 to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Election of the President and the Vice-Presidents 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 29th 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 
Cooperation 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
--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
--Date and place of the 31st session of the Assembly
--Supplementary agenda items, if any

    The agenda for C119 has not yet been published, but traditionally 
includes:

--Election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman
--Adoption of the agenda
--Date, place and duration of the next session of Council
--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 must 
contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR Staci Weist, by email at 
[email protected], or by phone at (202) 372-1376, not later 
than November 7th, seven days prior to the meeting. Requests made after 
November 7, 2017 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 public 
transportation, taxi and privately owned conveyance. Additional 
information regarding this and other IMO SHC public meetings may be 
found at www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Commercial-Regulations-standards-CG-5PS/International-Maritime-Organization/.

Joel C. Coito,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordination Committee, Coast Guard 
Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2017-22856 Filed 10-20-17; 8:45 am]
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