[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 211 (Thursday, October 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58426-58427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23787]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10935]


Notice of a Public Meeting, in Preparation for an International 
Maritime Organization Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 1:00 p.m. 
on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 in Room 5L18-01 of the Douglas A. Munro 
Coast Guard Headquarters Building at St. Elizabeth's, 2703 Martin 
Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20593. The primary purpose of 
the meeting is to prepare for the 30th Extraordinary Council Session 
(CES30), the 31st Assembly (A31), and the 123rd Council Session (C123) 
of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to be held at the IMO 
Headquarters, United Kingdom, November 21-22; November 25-December 5; 
and, December 6, respectively. The agenda items for CES30, to be 
considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Report of the Secretary-General on credentials
--Strategy, planning and reform
--Resource management
--Report on the forty-first Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties 
to the London Convention 1972 and the fourteenth Meeting of Contracting 
Parties to the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention
--Report of the Council to the Assembly on the work of the Organization 
since the thirtieth regular session of the Assembly
--IMO International Maritime Law Institute
--External relations
--Report on the status of the Convention and membership of the 
Organization
--Report on the status of conventions and other multilateral 
instruments in respect of which the Organization performs functions
--Items for inclusion in the provisional agendas for the next session 
of the Council (C123)
--Supplementary agenda items, if any

    The agenda items for A31, to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Election of the President and the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly
--Consideration of proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the 
Assembly
--Application of Article 61 of the IMO Convention--Report of the 
Council to the Assembly on any requests by Members for waiver
--Establishment of committees of the Assembly
--Consideration of the reports of the committees of the Assembly
--Report of the Council to the Assembly on the work of the Organization 
since the thirtieth regular session of the Assembly
--Strategy, planning and reform
-- IMO Member State Audit Scheme
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Maritime 
Safety Committee
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Legal 
Committee
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Marine 
Environment Protection Committee
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Technical 
Cooperation Committee
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Facilitation 
Committee
--Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes 
and Other Matter, 1972 and the 1996 Protocol thereto: Report on the 
performance of Secretariat functions and other duties
--Report to the Assembly on Periodic review of administrative 
requirements in mandatory IMO instruments
--Resource management
--Global maritime training institutions
--External relations
--Report on the status of the Convention and membership of the 
Organization
--Report on the status of conventions and other multilateral 
instruments in respect of which the Organization performs functions
--Election of Members of the Council, as provided for in Articles 16 
and 17 of the IMO Convention
--Election of Members of the IMO Staff Pension Committee
--Appointment of the External Auditor
--Approval of the appointment of the Secretary-General
--Date and place of the thirty-second regular session of the Assembly
--Supplementary agenda items, if any

    The agenda for C123 has not yet been published but traditionally 
includes:

--Election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman
--Adoption of the agenda
--Date, place and duration of the next session of Council
--Supplementary agenda items, if any

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. To facilitate the building security process, and 
to request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend must 
contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR Staci Weist, by email at 
[email protected], or by phone at (202) 372-1376, not later 
than November 7th, 7 days prior to the

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meeting. Requests made after November 7, 2019 might not be able to be 
accommodated. Please note that due to security considerations, two 
valid, government issued photo identifications must be presented to 
gain entrance to the Headquarters building. The Headquarters building 
is accessible by public transportation, taxi and privately owned 
conveyance.

Jeremy M. Greenwood,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-23787 Filed 10-30-19; 8:45 am]
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