[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 168 (Friday, August 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53432-53433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19002]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11190]


Notice of Public Meeting for International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Facilitation Committee

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 9:00 a.m. 
on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, by way of teleconference. Members of 
the public may participate up to the capacity of the teleconference 
phone line, which will handle 500 participants. To access the 
teleconference line, participants should call (202) 475-4000 and use 
Participant Code: 839 604 42#. The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
prepare for the forty fourth session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Facilitation Committee to be held virtually from 
September 28 to October 2, 2020.
    The agenda items to be considered include:


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--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Consideration and adoption of proposed amendments to the Convention
--Review and update of the annex of the FAL Convention
--Application of single-window concept
--Review and revision of the IMO Compendium on Facilitation and 
Electronic Business
--Developing guidance for authentication, integrity and confidentiality 
of content
--For the purpose of exchange via a maritime single window
--Consideration of descriptions of Maritime Services in the context of 
e-navigation
--Development of amendments to the Recommendations on the establishment 
of National Facilitation Committees (FAL.5/Circ.2)
--Development of guidelines on creating a tool to measure domestic 
implementation of the FAL Convention
--Unsafe mixed migration by sea
--Consideration and analysis of reports and information on persons 
rescued at sea and stowaways
--Guidance to address maritime corruption
--Regulatory scoping exercise for the use of Maritime Autonomous 
Surface Ships (MASS)
--Technical cooperation activities related to facilitation of maritime 
traffic relations with other organizations
--Application of the Committee's procedures on organization and method 
of work
--Work program
--Any other business

    Please note: The Committee may, on short notice, adjust the FAL 44 
agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the virtual 
meeting format. Those who plan to participate may contact the meeting 
coordinator, Mr. James Bull, by email at [email protected], by 
phone at (202) 372-1144, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. 
Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 prior to the meeting with 
any questions or requests for reasonable accommodation. Any requests 
for reasonable accommodation must be received by September 16, 2020. 
Requests received after that date will be considered, but might not be 
possible to fulfill.
    Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings 
may be found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO.

Jeremy M. Greenwood,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2020-19002 Filed 8-27-20; 8:45 am]
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