[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 216 (Friday, November 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 62860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24817]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11580]


Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International 
Cybercrime Treaty Negotiations

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 10:00 a.m. 
on November 17 by way of teleconference. Members of the public may 
participate up to the capacity of the video conferencing platform, 
which will handle 3,000 participants. RSVPs to Ms. Madeline Murphy 
Hall, by email at [email protected], are encouraged but not 
required.
    To access the meeting, participants should follow this link: 
https://statedept.webex.com/statedept/j.php?MTID=m7d251d4ffeda06ee34d78ad17c3c7f0b.
    The primary purpose of this initial public meeting is to prepare 
for the first session of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental 
Committee of Experts (AHC) to elaborate a comprehensive international 
convention on countering the use of information and communications 
technologies for criminal purposes, established by UN General Assembly 
Resolution 74/247, to be held in New York from Monday, January 17, 2022 
to Friday, January 28, 2022.
    The agenda items to be considered at the public meeting relate to 
the overall process of the AHC and considerations around the substance 
of the new international convention, with particular attention to the 
focus areas planned for the first session of the AHC. As of the 
publication of this notice, the agenda for the first session of the AHC 
has not been finalized.

--Modalities and schedule of the AHC negotiations
--Scope, objectives, and structure of the convention
--Participation of other stakeholders in the AHC
--Other business

    Please note: Should there be any changes in the agenda, it will be 
reported to those who RSVP and those in attendance at the meeting.
    Those who plan to participate may contact the meeting coordinator, 
Ms. Madeline Murphy Hall, by email at [email protected] or by phone 
at (202) 286-3142. Members of the public needing reasonable 
accommodation should advise Ms. Murphy-Hall not later than November 12. 
Requests made after that date will be considered, but might not be 
possible to fulfill.
    Additional information regarding this and other AHC session may be 
found at: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/cybercrime/ad_hoc_committee/home.
    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 551 et seq. and 22 U.S.C. 2656.

Theadora S. Bouffard,
Branch Chief for Multilateral Affairs, Office of Global Programs and 
Policy, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2021-24817 Filed 11-9-21; 11:15 am]
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