[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 36999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16092]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10832]


Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction; Meeting

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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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 August 7, 2019, 2:00-3:00 
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 Elana Mendelson at [email protected] 
or 202-647-1073.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United Nations will convene the third 
session of an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the conservation 
and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond 
national jurisdiction (BBNJ) on August 19-August 30, 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 second session March 25-April 5, 2019. It will meet for a fourth 
session at a yet undetermined date 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 Draft text, 
available at undocs.org/a/conf.232/2019/6. We will provide a brief 
overview of the discussions at and outcomes of the second 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 directed to (see FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION) 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. 2019-16092 Filed 7-29-19; 8:45 am]
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