[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 65210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25686]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10957]


Notice of Receipt of Request From the Government of the Republic 
of Tunisia 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 Tunisia for cultural 
property protection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Foster, Cultural Heritage 
Center, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs: 202-632-6301; 
[email protected]. Include ``Tunisia'' in the subject line.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Government of Tunisia has made a request 
to the Government of the United States under Article 9 of the 1970 
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 November 7, 
2019. Tunisia's request seeks U.S. import restrictions on 
archaeological and ethnological material representing Tunisia'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 Tunisia's request and information about 
U.S. implementation of the 1970 Convention will be available at the 
Cultural Heritage Center website: https://eca.state.gov/cultural-heritage-center.

Marie Therese Porter Royce,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-25686 Filed 11-25-19; 8:45 am]
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