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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 ODRprocedural 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.

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**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