Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 200 / Monday, October 16, 2000 / Notices 61209

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3443]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported

for Exhibition; Determinations: ‘‘The

Majesty of Spain Exhibition: Royal

Collections From the Museo del Prado

& Patrimonio Nacional’’

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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), the Foreign Affairs Reform and

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

2681, et seq.), Delegation of Authority

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and

Delegation of Authority No. 236 of

October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby

determine that the objects to be

included in the exhibition ‘‘The Majesty

of Spain Exhibition: Royal Collections

from the Museo del Prado & Patrimonio

Nacional’’ imported from abroad for the

temporary exhibition without profit

within the United States, are of cultural

significance. These objects are imported

pursuant to a loan agreement with a

foreign lender. I also determine that the

exhibition or display of the exhibit

objects at the Mississippi Arts Pavilion,

Jackson, Mississippi, from March 1,

2001, through September 3, 2001, 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

exhibit objects, contact Jacqueline

Caldwell, Attorney-Adviser, Office of

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of

State (telephone: 202/619–6982). The

address is U.S. Department of State, SA–

44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700,

Washington, DC 20547–0001.

Dated: October 8, 2000.

William B. Bader,

Assistant Secretary for Educational and

Cultural Affairs, Department of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3433]

Shipping Coordinating Committee;

Notice of Meeting

The U.S. Shipping Coordinating

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open

meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday,

November 8, 2000, in Room 6319 at U.S.

Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second

Street, SW., Washington, DC. The

purpose of this meeting is to report the

results of the Eighty-Second Session of

the International Maritime Organization

(IMO) Legal Committee (LEG 82) and

the results of the meeting of the Joint

International Maritime Organization/

International Labor Organization Ad

Hoc Expert Working Group on Liability

and Compensation Regarding Claims for

Death, Personal Injury and

Abandonment of Seafarers (IMO/ILO Ad

Hoc Expert Working Group).

At LEG 82, the Legal Committee will

continue work on a draft protocol to the

Athens Convention Relating to the

Carriage of Passengers and Their

Luggage by Sea, and on the draft Wreck

Removal Convention. The Committee

will also consider a proposal to increase

the limits of compensation under the

1992 protocols to the 1969 International

Convention on Civil Liability for Oil

Pollution Damage and the 1971

International Convention on the

Establishment of an International Fund

for Compensation for Oil Pollution

Damage. The Legal Committee will then

turn its attention to the implementation

of the International Convention on

Liability and Compensation for Damage

in Connection With the Carriage of

Hazardous and Noxious Substances by

Sea, and time will also be allotted to

address any other issues on the Legal

Committee’s work program on which

there are questions or comments.

The IMO/ILO Ad Hoc Expert Working

Group continue to examine the issue of

financial security for seafarers and their

dependents with regard to

compensation in cases of personal

injury, death and abandonment. During

this meeting, the group will review and

analyze information received in

response to a questionnaire sent to

member states.

Members of the public are invited to

attend the SHC meeting up to the

seating capacity of the room. For further

information, or to submit views in

advance of the meeting, please contact

Captain Joesph F. Ahern or Lieutenant

Daniel J. Goettle, U.S. Coast Guard,

Office of Maritime and International

Law (G–LMI), 2100 Second Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20593–0001; telephone

(202) 267–1527; fax (202) 267–4496.

Dated: October 10, 2000.

Stephen M. Miller,

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating

Committee.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Public Notice No. 3434]

Shipping Coordinating Committee;

Notice of Meeting

The Shipping Coordinating

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open

meeting at 1 p.m. on Friday, November

3, in Room 24115, at U.S. Coast Guard

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20593–0001. The

purpose of the meeting is to finalize

preparations for the 49th Session of the

Technical Cooperation Committee (TCC

49) and 85th Session of Council of the

International Maritime Organization

(IMO).

The TCC 49 meeting will be held at

IMO Headquarters from 15–16

November 2000. The Technical

Cooperation Committee will discuss the

Integrated Technical Co-operation

Program (ITCP) for 2002–2003. The

committee will also discuss the

Partnerships for Progress and the status

of technical assistance activities

provided by member States. Elections

will be held for Chairman and ViceChairman for 2001.

The 85th Session of the Council is

scheduled for 13–17 November 2000, at

the IMO Headquarters in London. Items

of interest include Committees reports;

the Report on the International

Conference on the Revision of the

International Convention on the

Establishment of an International Fund

for Compensation for Oil Pollution

Damage, 1971; Work Program and

Budget for 2001; and a review of the

Organization’s financial framework in

accordance with Assembly resolution

A.877(21).

Members of the public may attend

these meetings up to the seating

capacity of the room. Interested persons

may seek information by writing:

Director, International Affairs, U. S.

Coast Guard Headquarters,

Commandant (G–CI), Room 2114, 2100

Second Street, SW., Washington, DC

20593–0001 or by calling: (202) 267–

2280.

Dated: October 10, 2000.

Stephen M. Miller,

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating

Committee.

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