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Contact: Andrew Small, Program

Manager, US Student Programs,

Institute of International Education, 809

United Nations Plaza, New York, NY

10017–3580, (212) 984–5326, Fax (212)

984–5325, e-mail: asmall@iie.org.

6. International Research and

Exchanges Board

Grant: $565,000 ($315,000–NIS;

$250,000–EE/B).

Purpose: To support its programs for

Individual Advanced Research

Opportunities, Short-term Travel

Grants, Black Sea and Caspian Regional

Policy Symposia, Dissemination, and

Policy Forums.

Contact: Joyce Warner, Director,

Academic Exchanges and Research

Division, International Research and

Exchanges Board, 1616 H Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20006, (202) 628–8188,

Fax (202) 628–8189, e-mail:

jwarner@irex.org.

7. National Council for Eurasian and

East European Research

Grant: $1,200,000 ($900,000–NIS;

$300,000–EE/B).

Purpose: To support the Research

Contract and Fellowship Grant

Programs for postdoctoral research,

Policy Research Fellowships in the NIS

and Central and East Europe, and the

Ed. A. Hewett Fellowship Program to

allow a scholar to work on a research

project for a year while serving in a USG

agency.

Contact: Robert Huber, President,

National Council for Eurasian and East

European Research, 910 17th Street,

NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006,

(202) 822–6950, Fax (202) 822–6955, email: nceeerdc@aol.com.

8. Social Science Research Council

Grant: $775,000 ($745,000–NIS,

$30,000–EE/B).

Purpose: To support dissertation

fellowships, advanced graduate

fellowships, US-based institutional

training in the languages of the NIS, the

dissertation workshop on understudied

regions, and postdoctoral fellowships.

Contact: Seteney Shami, Program

Director, Social Science Research

Council, 810 7th Avenue, 31st Floor,

New York, NY 10019, (212) 377–2700,

Fax (212) 377–2727, e-mail:

shami@ssrc.org.

9. The Woodrow Wilson Center for

International Scholars

Grant: $720,000 ($470,000–NIS;

$250,000–EE/B).

Purpose: To support the Research and

Short-term Scholar Programs,

internships, meetings, outreach and

publications of the Kennan Institute for

Advanced Russian Studies and the East

European Studies of the European

Program, including the Kennan’s

Workshop on the Role of Women in

Post-Communist Transitions and the

East European Program’s Junior

Scholars’ Training Seminar.

Contact: Nancy Popson, Deputy

Director, Kennan Institute, (202) 691–

4100, Fax (202) 691–4247

or

Martin Sletzinger, Director, East

European Studies, The Wilson Center,

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20004–3027, (202) 691–

4263, Fax (202) 691–4247.

Dated: June 27, 2000.

W. Kendall Myers,

Acting Executive Director, Advisory

Committee for Study of Eastern Europe and

the Independent States of the Former Soviet

Union.

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BILLING CODE 4710–32–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 3355]

Universal Postal Union Reform

Initiatives

DEPARTMENT: United States Department

of State.

ACTION: Notice of briefing.

SUMMARY: The Department of State will

host a briefing on Tuesday, September

26, 2000, to provide an update on

reform initiatives at the Universal Postal

Union (UPU).

The briefing will be held from 2:00

p.m. until approximately 4:00 p.m., on

September 26, 2000, in Room 1105 of

the Department of State, 2201 C Street,

NW., Washington, DC. The briefing will

be open to the public up to the capacity

of the meeting room.

The briefing will provide information

on the results of the recent meetings of

the High-Level Group on the Future of

the UPU, and of the UPU Postal

Operations Council, as well as on other

significant UPU-related issues. The

briefing will be chaired by Ambassador

E. Michael Southwick of the Department

of State.

Entry to the Department of State

building is controlled and will be

facilitated by advance arrangements. In

order to arrange admittance, persons

desiring to attend the briefing should,

no later than noon on September 25,

2000, notify the Office of Technical and

Specialized Agencies, Bureau of

International Organization Affairs,

Department of State, preferably by fax,

providing the name of the meeting and

the individual’s name, Social Security

number, date of birth, professional

affiliation, address and telephone

number. The fax number to use is (202)

647–8902. Voice telephone is (202) 647–

2752. This request applies to both

government and non-government

individuals.

All attendees must use the

Department of State diplomatic entrance

at 22nd and C Streets, NW. One of the

following means of identification will

be required for admittance: Any U.S.

driver’s license with photo, a passport,

or any U.S. Government agency

identification card.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions concerning the briefing may

be directed to Mr. Neil Boyer at (202)

647–1044.

Dated: June 27, 2000.

Neil A. Boyer,

Acting Director, Office of Technical and

Specialized Agencies, Bureau of International

Organization Affairs, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 00–16903 Filed 7–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–19–P

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Generalized System of Preferences

(GSP); Deadline for Submission of

Petitions for the 2000 Annual Country

Eligibility Practices Review

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of the 2000 Annual GSP

Country Eligibility Practices Review and

Cancellation of the 2000 Annual GSP

Product Review.

SUMMARY: The deadline for the

submission of petitions for the 2000

Annual GSP Country Eligibility

Practices Review is 5 p.m., Monday,

August 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GSP

Subcommittee, Office of the United

States Trade Representative, 600 17th

Street, NW., Room 518, Washington, DC

20508. The telephone number is (202)

395–6971.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Announcement of 2000 Annual GSP

Country Eligibility Practices Review

and Cancellation of 2000 Annual GSP

Product Review

The GSP regulations (15 CFR Part

2007) provide the schedule of dates for

conducting an annual review unless

otherwise specified by a Federal

Register notice. Notice is hereby given

that, in order to be considered in the

2000 Annual GSP Country Eligibility

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Practices Review, all petitions to review

the GSP status of any beneficiary

developing country must be received by

the GSP Subcommittee of the Trade

Policy Staff Committee no later than 5

p.m., Monday, August 21, 2000.

Petitions submitted after the deadline

will not be considered for review and

will be returned to the petitioner.

Notice also is hereby given that the

2000 Annual GSP Product Review is

canceled due to the extraordinary work

that is required to conduct an

accelerated review of products eligible

to be designated under GSP for

beneficiaries of the Africa Growth and

Opportunity Act.

The GSP provides for the duty-free

importation of designated articles when

imported from designated beneficiary

developing countries. The GSP is

authorized by title V of the Trade Act of

1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.), as

amended (the ‘‘Trade Act’’), and is

implemented in accordance with

Executive Order 11888 of November 24,

1975, as modified by subsequent

Executive Orders and Presidential

Proclamations.

A. 2000 GSP Annual Country Eligibility

Practices Review

Interested parties may submit

petitions to have the GSP status of any

eligible beneficiary developing country

reviewed with respect to any of the

designation criteria listed in sections

502(b) or 502(c) of the Trade Act (19

U.S.C. 2462(b) and (c)). Such petitions

must comply with the requirements of

15 CFR 2007.01(b).

B. Submission of Petitions and Requests

Petitions to modify GSP treatment

should be addressed to GSP

Subcommittee, Office of the U.S. Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW.,

Room 518, Washington, DC 20508. An

original and fourteen (14) copies of each

petition must be submitted in English.

If the petition contains business

confidential information, an original

and fourteen (14) copies of a

nonconfidential version of the

submission along with an original and

fourteen (14) copies of the business

confidential version must be submitted.

In addition, the submission containing

business confidential information

should be clearly marked ‘‘business

confidential’’ at the top and bottom of

each and every page of the submission.

Petitions submitted as ‘‘business

confidential’’ must conform to 15 CFR

2003.6 and other qualifying information

submitted in confidence must conform

to 15 CFR 2007.7. The version that does

not contain business confidential

information (the public version) should

also be clearly marked at the top and

bottom of each (either page ‘‘public

version’’ or ‘‘nonconfidential’’).

Only the public versions of the

submissions will be available for public

inspection and only by appointment.

Appointments to review petitions may

be made by contacting Ms. Brenda Webb

(Tel. 202/395–6186) of the USTR Public

Reading Room. The hours of the

Reading Room are 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon

and 1:00 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday.

Jon Rosenbaum,

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Trade

and Development.

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BILLING CODE 3901–01–M

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

[Docket No. WTO/D–202]

WTO Consultations Regarding U.S.

Action Under Section 203 of the Trade

Act of 1974 Concerning Line Pipe

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Office of the United

States Trade Representative (USTR) is

providing notice that on June 13, 2000,

Korea requested consultations with the

United States under the Marrakesh

Agreement Establishing the World

Trade Organization (WTO), regarding

the U.S. action under section 203 of the

Trade Act of 1974 (‘‘Trade Act’’) (19

U.S.C. 2253) concerning line pipe.

Presidential Proclamation 7274, issued

on February 18, imposed safeguards on

imports of line pipe, effective March 1,

2000 (65 FR 9193, February 23, 2000).

Korea alleges that the U.S. action on line

pipe is inconsistent with various

provisions of the WTO Agreement on

Safeguards and the General Agreement

on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (‘‘GATT

1994’’). Pursuant to Article 4.3 of the

WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding

(‘‘DSU’’), such consultations are to take

place within a period of 30 days from

the date of the request, or within a

period otherwise mutually agreed

between the United States and Korea.

USTR invites written comments from

the public concerning the issues raised

in this dispute.

DATES: Although the USTR will accept

any comments received during the

course of the dispute settlement

proceedings, comments should be

submitted on or before July 21 to be

assured of timely consideration by

USTR prior to consulting with Korea.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Sandy

McKinzy, Monitoring and Enforcement

Unit, Office of the General Counsel,

Room 122, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC, 20508, Attn: Line

Pipe Dispute. Telephone (202) 395–

3582.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rachel Shub, Associate General

Counsel, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC, (202) 395–7305.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

127(b) of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA) (19 U.S.C.

3537(b)(1)) requires that notice and

opportunity for comment be provided

after the United States receives a request

for the establishment of a WTO dispute

settlement panel. Consistent with this

obligation, but in an effort to provide

additional opportunity for comment,

USTR is providing notice that

consultations have been requested

pursuant to the WTO Dispute

Settlement Understanding. If such

consultations should fail to resolve the

matter and a dispute settlement panel is

established pursuant to the DSU, such

panel, which would hold its meetings in

Geneva, Switzerland, would be

expected to issue a report on its findings

and recommendations within six to nine

months after it is established.

Major Issues Raised by Korea

On December 22, 1999, the United

States International Trade Commission

(USITC) transmitted to the President an

affirmative determination in its

investigation under section 202 of the

Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252), with respect

to imports of certain circular welded

carbon quality line pipe (line pipe)

provided for in subheadings 7306.10.10

and 7306.10.50 of the Harmonized

Schedule of the United States. The

USITC determined that line pipe is

being imported in such increased

quantities as to be a substantial cause of

serious injury or the threat of serious

injury to the domestic industry

producing a like or directly competitive

article.

On February 18, 2000, pursuant to

section 203 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C.

2253), Presidential proclamation 7274

imposed increases in duties on imports

of line pipe in excess of 9000 short tons

(8,164,663 kg) from each country,

effective March 1, 2000 through March

1, 2003. Proclamation 7274 exempts

products of Canada and Mexico from

these duty increases. Korea alleges that

‘‘the U.S. procedures and

determinations that led to the

imposition of the safeguard measure as