[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 52550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21358]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10906]


Notice of Receipt of Request From the Republic of Yemen 
Government 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 of receipt of request.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsea Freeland, Cultural Heritage 
Center, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs: 202-632-6301; 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Republic of Yemen Government 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 
September 11, 2019. Yemen's request seeks U.S. import restrictions on 
archaeological and ethnological material representing Yemen's cultural 
patrimony. 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 Yemen'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.

Marie Therese Porter Royce,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-21358 Filed 10-1-19; 8:45 am]
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