Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 188 / Wednesday, September 29, 2004 / Notices 58211

October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority 

No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as 

amended, and Delegation of Authority 

No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], 

I hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Comic 

Grotesque: Wit and Mockery in German 

Art, 1870–1940’’ imported from abroad 

for temporary exhibition within the 

United States, are of cultural 

significance. The objects are imported 

pursuant to loan agreements with the 

foreign owners. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at the Neue Galerie New York, 

New York, New York, from on or about 

October 15, 2004 to on or about 

February 14, 2005, and at possible 

additional venues yet to be determined, 

is in the national interest. Public Notice 

of these Determinations is ordered to be 

published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Wolodymyr 

R. Sulzynsky, the Office of the Legal 

Adviser, Department of State 

(telephone: (202) 619–5078). The 

address is: 301 4th Street, SW., (SA–44), 

Room 700, Washington, DC 20547–

0001.

Dated: September 22, 2004. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4843] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘A 

Feast of Color: Selections From the 

Noro Foundation’’

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, 

as amended, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 

FR 19875], I hereby determine that the 

objects to be included in the exhibition 

‘‘A Feast of Color: Selections from the 

Noro Foundation,’’ imported from 

abroad for temporary exhibition within 

the United States, are of cultural 

significance. The objects are imported 

pursuant to a loan agreement with the 

foreign owner. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at the High Museum of Art, 

Atlanta, GA from on or about October 9, 

2004 to on or about January 23, 2005, 

and at possible additional venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. Public Notice of these 

determinations is ordered to be 

published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. 

Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, Department of State, 

(telephone: 202/619–6981). The address 

is Department of State, SA–44, 301 4th 

Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 

20547–0001.

Dated: September 22, 2004. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4842] 

Determination Related to Colombian 

Armed Forces Under Section 563 of 

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 

and Related Programs Appropriations 

Act, Division D, Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2004, (Pub. L. 108–

199) 

Pursuant to the authority vested in me 

as Secretary of State, including under 

section 563 of the Foreign Operations, 

Export Financing, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, Division D, 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, 

(Pub. L. 108–199), I hereby determine 

and certify, in accordance with the 

conditions contained in section 

563(a)(2), that: (A) The Commander 

General of the Colombian Armed Forces 

is suspending from the Armed Forces 

those members, of whatever rank who, 

according to the Minister of Defense or 

the Procuraduria General de la Nacion, 

have been credibly alleged to have 

committed gross violations of human 

rights, including extra-judicial killings, 

or to have aided or abetted paramilitary 

organizations; (B) the Colombian 

Government is vigorously investigating 

and prosecuting those members of the 

Colombian Armed Forces, of whatever 

rank, who have been credibly alleged to 

have committed gross violations of 

human rights, including extra-judicial 

killings, or to have aided or abetted 

paramilitary organizations, and is 

promptly punishing those members of 

the Colombian Armed Forces found to 

have committed such violations of 

human rights or to have aided or abetted 

paramilitary organizations; (C) the 

Colombian Armed Forces have made 

substantial progress in cooperating with 

civilian prosecutors and judicial 

authorities in such cases (including 

providing requested information, such 

as the identity of persons suspended 

from the Armed Forces and the nature 

and cause of the suspension, and access 

to witnesses, relevant military 

documents, and other requested 

information); (D) the Colombian Armed 

Forces have made substantial progress 

in severing links (including denying 

access to military intelligence, vehicles, 

and other equipment or supplies, and 

ceasing other forms of active or tacit 

cooperation) at the command, battalion, 

and brigade level, with paramilitary 

organizations, especially in regions 

where these organizations have a 

significant presence; (E) the Colombian 

Armed Forces are dismantling 

paramilitary leadership and financial 

networks by arresting commanders and 

financial backers, especially in regions 

where these networks have a significant 

presence. 

The Department of State has 

consulted with internationally 

recognized human rights organizations 

regarding the Colombian Armed Forces’

progress in meeting the conditions 

contained in section 563(a)(2), as 

required in section 563(c). 

This Determination shall be published 

in the Federal Register and copies shall 

be transmitted to the appropriate 

committees of Congress.

Colin L. Powell, 

Secretary of State, Department of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4817] 

Defense Trade Advisory Group; Notice 

of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

The Defense Trade Advisory Group 

(DTAG) will meet in open session from 

9 a.m. to 12 noon on Thursday, October 

21, 2004, in Room 1912 at the U.S. 

Department of State, Harry S. Truman 

Building, Washington, DC. Entry and 

registration will begin at 8:15. Please 

use the building entrance located at 

23rd Street, NW., Washington, DC, 

between C&D streets. The membership