[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70090-70091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28097]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8529]


Request for Public Comments on the UN Committee on World Food 
Security Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice; request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State invites the public, including non-
governmental and civil society organizations, think tanks, educational 
institutions, private sector companies, and other interested persons, 
to submit written comments on the draft UN Committee on World Food 
Security (CFS) Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment. 
Comments received will be shared in full with the CFS for 
consideration.

DATES: All written comments must be received no later than December 22, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be emailed to Amy Diggs ([email protected]), 
Office of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Textile Trade Affairs, Bureau 
of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Diggs, telephone (202) 736-4327.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CFS is an intergovernmental platform for 
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stakeholders to address food and nutrition security, including the 
production of and physical and economic access to food. In October 
2012, the CFS began a multi-stakeholder process to develop voluntary, 
non-binding international principles for responsible investment in 
agriculture along the entire value chain. The United States is a member 
of the CFS and involved in the negotiation of the principles.
    The draft principles document prepared by the CFS Secretariat is 
available on the CFS Web site (http://www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-home/resaginv/en/ resaginv/en/). We invite comments from the public. Please send them to 
the email address noted in the ADDRESSES section above.

    Dated: November 18, 2013.
Jonathan Shrier,
Acting Special Representative, Office of Global Food Security, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-28097 Filed 11-21-13; 8:45 am]
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