[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 216 (Monday, November 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69269-69270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28446]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9341]


Advisory Committee on Private International Law: Public Meeting 
on Online Dispute Resolution

    The Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International 
Law, Department of State, hereby gives notice that the Advisory 
Committee on Private International Law (ACPIL) Online Dispute 
Resolution (ODR) Study Group will hold a public meeting. The ACPIL ODR 
Study Group will meet to discuss the next session of the UNCITRAL 
Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Working Group, scheduled for November 
30 to December 4 in Vienna. This is not a meeting of the full Advisory 
Committee.
    At the July 2015 plenary session of UNCITRAL, the ODR Working Group 
was instructed ``to continue its work towards elaborating a non-binding 
descriptive document reflecting elements of an ODR process, on which 
elements the Working Group had previously reached consensus, excluding 
the question of the final stage of the ODR process (arbitration/non-
arbitration).'' Report of the United National Commission on 
International Trade Law, 48th Session (29 June-16 July 2015), A/70/17, 
para. 352. The documents for the upcoming session of the Working Group 
will be available on the following link: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/commission/working_groups/3Online_Dispute_Resolution.html. The 
reports for the earlier sessions 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 Friday November 20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT at 2430 E Street 
NW., South Building (SA 4S) (Navy Hill), Room 240. 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 the building is strictly 
controlled. For pre-clearance purposes, those planning to attend should 
email [email protected] providing full name, address, date of birth, 
citizenship, driver's license or passport number, and email address. 
This information will greatly facilitate entry into the building. A 
member of the public needing reasonable accommodation should email 
[email protected] not later than May 5, 2015. 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 [email protected] to obtain 
the call-in number and other information.

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    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 https://foia.state.gov/_docs/SORN/State-36.pdf for 
additional information.

    Dated: November 2, 2015.
Michael J. Dennis,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Office of the 
Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-28446 Filed 11-6-15; 8:45 am]
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