[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 14538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06762]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10371]


Notice of Receipt of Request From the Government of the Republic 
of Ecuador 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

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice of receipt of request from Ecuador for cultural 
property protection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Davis, Cultural Heritage 
Center, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs: 202-632-6305; 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Government of Ecuador has 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 on February 
7, 2018. Ecuador's request seeks U.S. import restrictions on 
archaeological and/or ethnological materials representing Ecuador's 
cultural patrimony from the pre-Columbian through Republican periods. 
Pursuant to the authority vested in the Assistant Secretary of State 
for Educational and Cultural Affairs, and pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 
2602(f)(1), notification of the request is hereby published. A public 
summary of Ecuador's request and information about U.S. implementation 
of the 1970 UNESCO Convention will be available at the Cultural 
Heritage Center website: http://culturalheritage.state.gov.

    Dated: March 21, 2018.
Jennifer Zimdahl Galt,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2018-06762 Filed 4-3-18; 8:45 am]
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