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the United States,’’ pursuant to section 

407 of the Act; 

For Sudan, the restriction on making 

certain appropriated funds available for 

assistance to the Government of Sudan 

in the annual Department of State, 

Foreign Operations, and Related 

Programs Appropriations Act, currently 

set forth in section 7042(j) of the 

Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2014 (Div. K, Pub. 

L. 113–76), and any provision of law 

that is the same or substantially the 

same as this provision, pursuant to 

section 402(c)(5) of the Act; 

For Turkmenistan, a waiver as 

required in the ‘‘important national 

interest of the United States,’’ pursuant 

to section 407 of the Act; and 

For Uzbekistan, a waiver as required 

in the ‘‘important national interest of 

the United States,’’ pursuant to section 

407 of the Act. 

Dated: September 16, 2014. 

Kari Johnstone, 

Office Director, Office of International 

Religious Freedom, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22769 Filed 9–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8880] 

U.S. Department of State Advisory 

Committee on Private International 

Law (ACPIL): Public Meeting on Online 

Dispute Resolution (ODR) 

The Office of the Assistant Legal 

Adviser for Private International Law, 

Department of State, hereby gives notice 

that the ACPIL ODR Study Group will 

hold a public meeting. The ACPIL ODR 

Study Group will meet to discuss the 

next session of the UNCITRAL ODR 

Working Group, scheduled for October 

20–24, 2014 in Vienna. This is not a 

meeting of the full Advisory Committee. 

The UNCITRAL ODR Working Group 

is charged with the development of legal 

instruments for resolving both business 

to business and business to consumer 

cross-border electronic commerce 

disputes. The Working Group is in the 

process of developing generic ODR 

procedural rules for resolution of crossborder electronic commerce disputes, 

along with separate legal instruments 

that may take the form of annexes such 

as guidelines for online dispute 

resolution providers and arbitrators. For 

the reports of the first eight sessions of 

the UNCITRAL ODR Working Group— 

December 13–17, 2010, in Vienna (A/

CN.9/716); May 23–27, 2011, in New 

York (A/CN.9/721); Nov. 14–18, 2011, 

in Vienna (A/CN.9/739); May 21–25, 

2012, in New York (A/CN.9/744); 

November 5–9, 2012, in Vienna (A/

CN.9/762): May 20–24, 2013, in New 

York (A/CN.9/769); November 18–22, 

2014, in Vienna (A/CN.9/795) and 

March 24–28, 2014, in New York (A/

CN.9/801)—please follow the following 

link: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/

commission/working_groups/3Online_

Dispute_Resolution.html. Documents 

relating to the upcoming session of the 

Working Group are available on the 

same link. 

Time and Place: The meeting of the 

ACPIL ODR Study Group will take place 

on Thursday October 2 from 10:00 a.m. 

to 1:00 p.m. EDT at 2430 E Street NW., 

South Building (SA 4) (Navy Hill), 

Room 356. Participants should arrive at 

Navy Hill before 9:45 a.m. for visitor 

screening. Participants will be met at 

the Navy Hill gate at 23rd and D Streets, 

NW., and will be escorted to the South 

Building. Persons arriving later will 

need to make arrangements for entry 

using the contact information provided 

below. If you are unable to attend the 

public meeting and would like to 

participate from a remote location, 

teleconferencing will be available. 

Public Participation: This meeting is 

open to the public, subject to the 

capacity of the meeting room. Access to 

Navy Hill is strictly controlled. For 

preclearance purposes, those planning 

to attend in person are requested to send 

an email to PIL@state.gov providing full 

name, address, date of birth, citizenship, 

driver’s license or passport number, 

affiliation, and email address. This will 

greatly facilitate entry. A member of the 

public needing reasonable 

accommodation should provide an 

email requesting such accommodation 

to pil@state.gov no later than a week 

before the meeting. Requests made after 

that date will be considered, but might 

not be able to be fulfilled. If you would 

like to participate by telephone, please 

email pil@state.gov to obtain the call-in 

number and other information. Data 

from the public is requested pursuant to 

Public Law 99–399 (Omnibus 

Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism 

Act of 1986), as amended; Public Law 

107–56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and 

Executive Order 13356. The purpose of 

the collection is to validate the identity 

of individuals who enter Department 

facilities. The data will be entered into 

the Visitor Access Control System 

(VACS–D) database. Please see the 

Security Records System of Records 

Notice (State-36) at http: www.state.gov/ 

documents/organization/103419.pdf for 

additional information. 

Dated: September 17, 2014. 

Michael J. Dennis, 

Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private 

International Law, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22760 Filed 9–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8879] 

Bureau of Consular Affairs; 

Registration for the Diversity 

Immigrant (DV–2016) Visa Program 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This public notice provides 

information on how to apply for the 

DV–2016 Program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Program Overview 

The Congressionally-mandated 

Diversity Immigrant Visa Program is 

administered annually by the 

Department of State. Section 203(c) of 

the Immigration and Nationality Act 

(INA) provides for a class of immigrants 

known as ‘‘diversity immigrants,’’ from 

countries with historically low rates of 

immigration to the United States. For 

fiscal year 2016, 50,000 diversity visas 

(DVs) will be available. There is no cost 

to register for the DV Program. 

Applicants who are selected in the 

lottery (‘‘selectees’’) must meet simple, 

but strict, eligibility requirements in 

order to qualify for a diversity visa. 

Selectees are chosen through a 

randomized computer drawing. 

Diversity visas are distributed among six 

geographic regions and no single 

country may receive more than seven 

percent of the available DVs in any one 

year. 

For DV–2016, natives of the following 

countries are not eligible to apply, 

because more than 50,000 natives of 

these countries immigrated to the 

United States in the previous five years: 

Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China 

(mainland-born), Colombia, Dominican 

Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, 

India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, 

Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South 

Korea, United Kingdom (except 

Northern Ireland) and its dependent 

territories, and Vietnam. 

Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, 

Macau SAR, and Taiwan are eligible. 

Changes in eligibility this year: None. 

Eligibility 

Requirement #1: Individuals born in 

countries whose natives qualify may be 

eligible to enter. If you were not born in 


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