[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 78 (Monday, April 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20512-20513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10006]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3607]


Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law: Study Group on Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: Meeting Notice

    There will be a public meeting of a study group of the Secretary of 
State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law on Wednesday, 
May 16, 2001, to consider the draft Hague Convention on Jurisdiction 
and the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. The meeting will be held from 
9:30 am to 5:00 pm in room 332 of the Federal Trade Commission, 600 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington DC.
    The purpose of the Study Group meeting is to assist the Department 
of State prepare the U.S. negotiating position for the first diplomatic 
session of the Hague Conference June 6-20, 2001 in the Hague, the 
Netherlands.
    The last formal negotiating session on the project was in October 
1999, which produced a preliminary draft convention text. Due to 
opposition by the United States and some other delegations to this 
text, the Hague Conference decided to postpone the final negotiating 
session from October 2000, and to hold it in two parts. The first part 
will be in June, and the second part has not yet been scheduled. The 
Conference decided that the June session would operate on a consensus 
basis, with the ordinary voting rules suspended. For the last several 
months, the Hague countries have been engaged in frequent informal 
meetings to attempt to narrow their differences and prepare the June 
diplomatic negotiating session.
    A copy of the preliminary draft convention is available on the 
website of the Hague Conference, along with a detailed explanatory 
report by Peter Nygh and Fausto Pocar. These documents, together with 
other background documents on the negotiations may be found at

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www.hcch.net/e/workprog/jdgm.html>. Persons interested in the work of 
the study group or in attending the May 16 study group meeting may also 
request copies from Ms. Rosie Gonzales by fax at 202-776-8482, by 
telephone at 202-776-8420 (you may leave your request, name, telephone 
number, email, or mailing address on the answering machine), or by 
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5e393130243f323b2c1e332d702d2a3f2a3b70393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c1a6aeafbba0ada4b381acb2efb2b5a0b5a4efa6aeb7">[email protected]</span></a>>. Email is the quickest and most 
efficient way to transmit the documents.
    The study group meeting is open to the public up to the capacity of 
the meeting room. Persons wishing to attend should contact Ms. Gonzales 
by telephone, fax, or email, providing their name, affiliation, 
telephone and fax numbers, and email address. Any person who is unable 
to attend, but wishes to have his or her views considered, may send 
comments to Ms. Gonzales at the above fax number or email address, or 
may address them to Jeffrey D. Kovar, Assistant Legal Adviser for 
Private International Law (L/PIL), Suite 203, South Building, 2430 E 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037-2851.

Jeffrey D. Kovar,
Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 01-10006 Filed 4-20-01; 8:45 am]
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