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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 53923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21755]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6292]

U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law: Notice of Meeting

    The Department of State's Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law (ACPIL) will hold its annual meeting on the ``state 
of the world'' concerning private international law on Monday, October 
6th and Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 in Washington, DC. The meeting will 
be held at the Michael K. Young Faculty Conference Center, George 
Washington University Law School, 2000 H Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20052 and will begin at 10 a.m. on Monday and at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. 
The meeting will conclude at 5 p.m. on both days.
    Subject to time limitations, we expect to provide updates on trends 
and developments in a number of areas: International Family Law 
(including the 2007 Child Support Convention); the recently concluded 
UNCITRAL Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of 
Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea; Commercial Law Treaties (Securities 
Conventions, Geneva conference and the EU, intellectual property, e-
commerce, rail and space satellite finance, the UNIDRIT model leasing 
law); International/Comparative Government Procurement; the OAS and the 
CIDIP VII process (consumer protection and secured transactions 
registry); and issues related to ratification and implementation of PIL 
treaties in our federal system. Ample time will be provided for open 
discussion, so we hope to have broad and active participation from a 
wide range of interested parties.
    Documents on these subjects are obtainable at http://www.uncitral.org; http://www.hcch.net; http://www.unidroit.org; and 
http://www.oas.org. Additional documents will be provided by e-mail 
wherever possible. Comments on any topic within the agenda mentioned 
above will be welcomed from those unable to attend.
    Please advise us as early as possible if you plan to attend. The 
meeting is open to the public up to the capacity of the meeting room. 
Interested persons are invited to attend and to express their views. 
Persons who wish to have their view considered are encouraged, but not 
required, to submit written comments in advance. Comments should be 
sent electronically to [email protected]. Anyone planning to attend 
this meeting is requested to provide his or her name, affiliation and 
contact information in advance to Trish Smeltzer or Niesha Toms at 
(202) 776-8420 or by e-mail to [email protected].
    To register or obtain further information, please contact Niesha 
Toms at [email protected]. The direct number for the office is (202) 
776-8420, fax (202) 776-8482. For updates pertaining to this meeting as 
well as future notices, please provide our office with current e-mail 
and fax numbers when you reply. If you do not plan to attend the 
meeting, you are encouraged to provide your contact information to be 
kept abreast of PIL developments.

    Dated: September 11, 2008.
Niesha Toms,
Office of Private International Law, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-21755 Filed 9-16-08; 8:45 am]
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