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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23041-23042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09453]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 8707]

Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Room 05L18-01 of 
the United States Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 2703 Martin Luther 
King Jr. Ave SE., Washington, DC 20593. The primary purpose of the 
meeting is to prepare for the sixty-fourth Session of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) Technical Co-operation Committee (TCC 64) 
to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom from June 11 to June 
13, 2014 and the one hundred and twelfth Session of the IMO Council 
Session (C 112) to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, 
from June 16 to June 21, 2014.
    The agenda items to be discussed include:

Sixty-Fourth Sesson of the Technical Co-Operation Committee

--Adoption of the agenda
--Work of other bodies and organizations
--Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme
--Financing of the Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme
--Linkage between the Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme and 
the Millennium Development Goals
--Partnerships for progress
--Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme
--Integration of women in the maritime sector
--Global maritime training institutions
--Application of the Committee's Guidelines

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--Work Programme
--Any other business
--Election of the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman for 2015
--Consideration of the report of the Committee on its sixty-fourth 
session

One Hundred and Twelfth Session of Council

--Adoption of the agenda
--Report of the Secretary-General on credentials
--Strategy, planning and reform
--Resource Management
    --Human resource matters, including amendments to the Staff 
Regulations and Staff Rules
    --Accounts and audit: final accounts for the finance period 2013 
and transfers within the 2013 budget
    --Report on investments
    --Report on arrears of contributions and of advances to the Working 
Capital Fund and on the implementation of Article 61 of the IMO 
Convention
    --Budget considerations for 2014
--Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme
--Consideration of the report of the Marine Environment Protection 
Committee
--Consideration of the report of the Legal Committee
--Consideration of the report of the Maritime Safety Committee
--Consideration of the report of the Technical Co-operation Committee
--Technical Cooperation Fund: Report on activities of the 2013-2014 
programmes

--World Maritime University:
    --Report of the Board of Governors
    --Budget
--IMO International Maritime Law Institute:
    --Report of the Board of Governors
    --Budget
--Protection of vital shipping lanes
--Periodic review of administrative requirements in mandatory IMO 
instruments

--External relations:
    --Relations with the United Nations and the specialized agencies
    --Joint Inspection Unit
    --Relations with intergovernmental organizations
    --Relations with non-governmental organizations
    --World Maritime Day
    --International Maritime Prize
    --IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea
--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
--Place, date and duration of the next session of the Council
--Supplementary agenda items, if any

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. To have access to the building, or to request 
reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should contact the 
meeting coordinator; LCDR Matthew Frazee by email at 
matthew.p.frazee@uscg.mil or by phone at (202) 372-1376 not later than 
May 21, 2014. Please note that due to security considerations, two 
valid, government issued photo identifications must be presented to 
gain entrance to the Headquarters building. The Headquarters building 
is accessible by taxi and privately owned conveyance (public 
transportation is not generally available). However, parking in the 
vicinity of the building is extremely limited. Additional information 
regarding this and other IMO SHC public meetings may be found at: 
www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: April 18, 2014.
Marc Zlomek,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2014-09453 Filed 4-24-14; 8:45 am]
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