[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21656-21657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06662]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12362]


Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International 
Maritime Organization 111th Session of the Legal Committee (LEG) 
Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 1:00 p.m. 
on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, both in-person at Coast Guard Headquarters 
in Washington, DC, and via teleconference. The primary purpose of the 
meeting is to prepare for the 111th session of the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Legal Committee (LEG 111) to be held at 
IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom from Monday, April 22 to 
Friday, April 26, 2024.
    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, Room 2E16-
06 and the teleconference line will be provided to those who RSVP. To 
RSVP, participants should contact the meeting coordinator, Mr. Stephen 
Hubchen, by email at [email protected]. Mr. Stephen Hubchen 
will provide access information for in-person and virtual attendance.
    The agenda items to be considered at LEG 111 include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Report of the Secretary-General on credentials
--Facilitation of the entry into force and harmonized interpretation of 
the 2010 HNS Protocol
--Fair treatment of seafarers:
    (a) Provision of financial security in case of abandonment of 
seafarers, and shipowners' responsibilities in respect of contractual 
claims for personal injury to, or death of, seafarers, in light of the 
progress of amendments to the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
    (b) Fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident
    (c) Fair treatment of seafarers detained on suspicion of committing 
maritime crimes
    (d) Guidelines for port State and flag State authorities on how to 
deal with seafarer abandonment cases
--Advice and guidance in connection with the implementation of IMO 
instruments
    (a) Impact on shipping and seafarers of the situation in the Black 
Sea and the Sea of Azov
--Measures to prevent unlawful practices associated with the fraudulent 
registration and fraudulent registries of ships
--Measures to assess the need to amend liability limits
--Claims Manual for the International Convention on Civil Liability for 
Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001
--Piracy and armed robbery against ships
--Guidance for the proper implementation and application of IMO 
liability and compensation conventions
--Measures to address Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) in 
instruments under the purview of LEG
--Work of other IMO bodies
--Technical cooperation activities related to maritime legislation
--Review of the status of conventions and other treaty instruments 
emanating from the Legal Committee
--Work programme
--Election of officers
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Committee on its 111th session


    Please note: The IMO may, on short notice, adjust the LEG 111 
agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the virtual 
meeting format. Any changes to the agenda will be reported to those 
who RSVP.

    Those who plan to participate may contact the meeting coordinator, 
Mr. Stephen Hubchen, by email at [email protected], by phone 
at (202) 372-1198, or in writing at United States Coast Guard (CG-LMI-
P), ATTN: Mr. Stephen Hubchen, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, 
Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509, by April 2, 2024. 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 April 2, 2024. 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

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found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO.

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 5 U.S.C. 552)

Leslie W. Hunt,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-06662 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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