[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 40914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13201]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12103]


Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International 
Maritime Organization Council 129 Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 10:00 a.m. 
on Thursday, July 13, 2023, both in-person at Coast Guard Headquarters 
in Washington, DC, and via teleconference. The primary purpose of the 
meeting is to prepare for the 129th session of the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Council (C 129) to be held in London, 
United Kingdom from Monday, July 17, 2023 to Friday, July 21, 2023.
    Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the 
teleconference phone line, which can handle 500 participants or up to 
the seating capacity of the room if attending in person. The meeting 
location will be the United States Coast Guard Headquarters, 5PS 
Conference Room, and the teleconference line will be provided to those 
who RSVP. To RSVP, participants should contact the meeting coordinator, 
LT Emily Rowan, by email at [email protected]. LT Rowan will 
provide access information for in-person and virtual attendance.
    The agenda items to be considered at this meeting mirror those to 
be considered at Council 129, and include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Report of the Secretary-General on credentials
--Rules of Procedure
--Strategy, planning and reform
--Resource Management
--Results-based budget for 2024-2025
--Consolidated text of the IMO Convention
--IMO Member State Audit Scheme
--Reports of the Maritime Safety Committee
--Reports of the Marine Environmental Protection Committee
--Report of the Legal Committee
--Report of the Facilitation Committee
--Protection of vital shipping lanes
--Assembly matters
--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
--Hybrid meeting capabilities
--Matters arising from C/ES.35
--Appointment of the Secretary-General
--Place, date and duration of the next session of the Council (C 130) 
and substantive items for inclusion in the provisional agendas for the 
next two sessions of the Council (C 130 and C 131)
--Supplementary agenda items, if any

    Please note: the IMO may, on short notice, adjust the C 129 agenda 
to accommodate the constraints associated with the meeting format. Any 
changes to the agenda will be reported to those who RSVP.
    Those who plan to participate should contact the meeting 
coordinator, LT Emily Rowan, by email at [email protected], or in 
writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, 
DC 20593-7509, by July 6, 2023. Please note that, due to security 
considerations, two valid, government issued photo identifications must 
be presented to gain entrance to the Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard 
Headquarters Building at St. Elizabeth's. This building is accessible 
by taxi, public transportation, and privately owned conveyance (upon 
request). Additionally, members of the public needing reasonable 
accommodation should advise the meeting coordinator not later than July 
6, 2023. Requests made 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.

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656)

Emily A. Rose,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2023-13201 Filed 6-21-23; 8:45 am]
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