[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8389-8390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04088]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10690]


Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction; Notice of Public 
Meeting

SUMMARY: The Department of State will hold an information session 
regarding upcoming United Nations negotiations concerning marine 
biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on March 12, 2019, 11:00 a.m.-
12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Harry S. Truman Main State 
Building, Room 3940, 2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to participate in 
this meeting, please send your (1) name, (2) organization/affiliation, 
and (3) email address and phone number, as well as any requests for 
reasonable accommodation, to Ivan Weinstein at 202-647-1952 or at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United Nations will convene the second 
session of an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the conservation 
and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond 
national jurisdiction (BBNJ) on March 25-April 5, 2019, in New York 
City. The UN General Assembly established the IGC to consider the 
recommendations of a two-year Preparatory Committee and to elaborate 
the text of an international legally binding instrument under the 
United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea on BBNJ. The IGC met for 
its first session September 4-17, 2018. It will meet for a third 
session August 19-30, 2019, and a fourth session in 2020. Additional 
information on the BBNJ process is available at www.un.org/bbnj.
    We would like to invite interested stakeholders to a public meeting 
to share views about the BBNJ IGC, in particular to provide information 
to assist the U.S. Government in developing its positions. Stakeholders 
are invited to provide comments on the IGC President's aid to 
negotiations, available at undocs.org/A/CONF.232/2019/1. We will 
provide a brief overview of the discussions at and outcomes of the 
first session of the IGC and listen to the viewpoints of U.S. 
stakeholders. The information obtained from this session will help the 
U.S. delegation prepare for participation in the upcoming IGC sessions.
    Reasonable Accommodation: This meeting is physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or 
other reasonable accommodation should be

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directed to (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 5 days prior 
to the meeting date. Requests received after that date will be 
considered, but might not be possible to fulfill.
    Personal data for entry into the Harry S. Truman building are 
requested pursuant to Public Law 99-399 (Omnibus Diplomatic Security 
and Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as amended; Public Law 107-56 (USA 
PATRIOT Act); and Executive Order 13356. The purpose of the collection 
is to validate the identity of individuals who enter Department 
facilities. The data will be entered into the Visitor Access Control 
System (VACS-D) database. Please see the Security Records System of 
Records Notice (State-36) at https://www.state.gov/privacy/sorns/index.htm for additional information.

Evan T. Bloom,
Director, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Bureau of Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2019-04088 Filed 3-6-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-09-P