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national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these Determinations 

be published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Julie 

Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6467). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4849 Filed 2–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7764] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 9, 

2012, in Room 1422 of the United States 

Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 

2100 Second Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20593–7121. The primary purpose of 

the meeting is to prepare for the ninetyninth Session of the International 

Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Legal 

Committee to be held at the IMO 

Headquarters, London, England, United 

Kingdom, April 16–20, 2012. 

The primary matters to be considered 

include: 

Adoption of the agenda; report on 

credentials; 

Monitoring the implementation of the 

2010 Protocol to the International 

Convention on Liability and 

Compensation for Damage in 

Connection with the Carriage of 

Hazardous and Noxious Substances by 

Sea; 

Consideration of a proposal to amend 

the limits of liability of the 1996 

Protocol to the Convention on 

Limitation of Liability for Maritime 

Claims, 1976 (LLMC 96); 

Provision of financial security in 

cases of abandonment, personal injury 

to, or death of seafarers related to entry 

into force of the International Labour 

Organization Maritime Labour 

Convention, 2006; 

Fair treatment of seafarers in the event 

of a maritime accident; 

Piracy; 

Matters arising from the 106th and 

107th regular sessions of the Council; 

the twenty-sixth extraordinary session 

of the Council; and the twenty-seventh 

regular session of the Assembly; 

Technical co-operation activities 

related to maritime legislation; 

Review of the status of conventions 

and other treaty instruments; 

Application of the Committee’s 

Guidelines; 

Election of officers; 

Any other business, including 

reconsideration of the Committee’s 

recommendation related to liability and 

compensation issues connected to 

transboundary oil pollution damage 

from offshore exploration and 

exploitation activities; 

Consideration of the report of the 

Committee on its ninety-ninth session. 

The public should be aware that 

Assembly, at its twenty-seventh session 

in resolution A.1058(27) (20 December 

2011), invited Member States and other 

concerned parties to submit proposals to 

the Committee to enable consideration 

of developing guidance to assist (1) in 

the collation and preservation of 

evidence following the allegation of a 

serious crime onboard, or following a 

report of a missing person from, a ship 

and (2) in the pastoral and medical care 

of alleged victims of serious crimes 

onboard ships. Although no such formal 

proposal has been received at this time, 

the U.S. delegation anticipates that this 

issue will be raised at this session. 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. To facilitate the building 

security process, and to request 

reasonable accommodation, those who 

plan to attend should contact the 

meeting coordinator, Ms. Bronwyn G. 

Douglass, by email at bronwyn.

douglass@uscg.mil, by phone at (202) 

372–3792, by fax at (202) 372–3975, or 

in writing at Commandant (CG–0941), 

U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd Street SW., 

Stop 7121, Washington, DC 20593–7121 

not later than April 2, 2012, 7 days prior 

to the meeting. Requests made after 

April 2, 2012 might not be able to be 

accommodated. 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: February 22, 2012. 

Brian Robinson, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4851 Filed 2–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7763] 

U.S. Department of State Advisory 

Committee on Private International 

Law (ACPIL): Notice of Public Meeting 

on (1) Jurisdiction and the Recognition 

and Enforcement of Judgments, and 

(2) Choice of Law in International 

Commercial Contracts 

The Office of the Assistant Legal 

Adviser for Private International Law, 

Department of State, hereby gives notice 

of a public meeting to discuss two 

topics on the agenda of the upcoming 

General Affairs and Policy Council of 

the Hague Conference on Private 

International Law. The public meeting 

will take place on Tuesday, April 3, 

2012 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the main 

State Department building (Harry S 

Truman Building). This is not a meeting 

of the full Advisory Committee. 

Jurisdiction and the Recognition and 

Enforcement of Judgments: An ACPIL 

meeting on this topic was held on 

March 23, 2011. At the subsequent 

General Affairs and Policy Council held 

in April 2011, it was agreed to establish 

a small experts’ group ‘‘to explore the 

background of the Judgments Project 

and recent developments with the aim 

to assess the possible merits of resuming 

the Judgments Project.’’ That experts’ 

group will hold its initial meeting on 

April 12–14, 2012 in The Hague, and 

the results of that meeting will be 

reported to the General Affairs and 

Policy Council, which meets April 17– 

20. 

Choice of law in international 

commercial contracts: A working group 

composed of experts from various 

countries has been meeting over the past 

couple of years to develop non-binding 

principles relevant to the choice of law 

in international commercial contracts. 

The draft principles prepared by that 

working group will be considered at the 

General Affairs and Policy Council. 

The purpose of the public meeting is 

to obtain the views of concerned 

stakeholders on these topics in advance 

of the upcoming Hague Conference 

meetings. 

Prior to the Study Group meeting, we 

will send out—to all those who indicate 

that they intend to attend the meeting or 

participate by telephone, or who 

otherwise wish to comment—the 


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