[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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