[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57637-57638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23007]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8031]
Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting
The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, October 26, 2012, in Room 1200 of the
United States Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 2100 Second Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20593-7126. The primary purpose of the meeting is
to prepare for the one-hundred and ninth Session of the IMO Council
Session (C 109) to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom,
from November 5-9, 2012.
The agenda items to be discussed include:
--Adoption of the agenda
--Report of the Secretary-General on credentials
--Strategy, planning and reform
--Resource management:
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--Human resource matters, including amendments to the Staff
Regulations and Staff Rules
--Recommendations of the External Auditor: implementation action
plan
--Report on arrears of contributions and of advances to the Working
Capital Fund and on the implementation of Article 61 of the IMO
Convention
--Budget considerations for 2012 and 2013
--Development of a long-term plan for the future financial
sustainability of the Organization
--Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme
--Consideration of the report of the Marine Environment Protection
Committee
--Report on the 34th Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties to the
London Convention 1972 and the 7th Meeting of Contracting Parties to
the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention
--Report on the 2012 Conference for the adoption of an agreement on the
implementation of the 1993 Protocol relating to the 1977 Torremolinos
Convention on the Safety of Fishing Vessels
--IMO International Maritime Law Institute: review of the IMLI Statute
--Protection of vital shipping lanes
--Periodic review of administrative requirements in mandatory IMO
instruments
--External relations:
--Relations with the United Nations and the specialized agencies
--Joint Inspection Unit
--Relations with intergovernmental organizations
--Relations with non-governmental organizations
--Day of the Seafarer
--Report on World Maritime Day 2012
--Report on the status of the Convention and membership of the
Organization
--Report on the status of conventions and other multilateral
instruments in respect of which the Organization performs functions
--Substantive items for inclusion in the provisional agendas for the
next two sessions of the Council
--Place, date and duration of the next session of the Council
--Supplementary agenda items, if any
Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating
capacity of the room. To facilitate the building security process,
those who plan to attend should contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR
Matthew Frazee, by email at [email protected]; by phone at (202) 372-1376;
or in writing at Commandant (CG-5PS), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,
2100 2nd Street SW STOP 7126, Room 1200, Washington, DC 20593-7126, not
later than 7 days before the meeting. Please note that due to security
considerations, two valid, government issued photo identifications must
be presented to gain entrance to the Headquarters building. The
Headquarters building is accessible by taxi and privately owned
conveyance (public transportation is not generally available), however,
parking in the vicinity of the building is extremely limited.
Additional information regarding this and other IMO SHC public meetings
may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.
Dated: September 12, 2012.
Brian Robinson,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of
State.
[FR Doc. 2012-23007 Filed 9-17-12; 8:45 am]
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