[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23700-23701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10898]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2018-0489]
Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for the Sixty-Eighth
Session of the IMO's Technical Cooperation Committee Meeting and the
One Hundred Twentieth Session of the IMO Council
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The United States Coast Guard will conduct an open meeting in
Washington, DC in preparation for the upcoming sixty-eighth session of
the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Technical Cooperation
Committee Meeting and the one hundred twentieth session of the IMO
Council to be held at the IMO Headquarters, London, United Kingdom, on
June 18-20, 2018 and July 2-6, 2018, respectively.
DATES: This meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, beginning
at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time. This meeting is open to the public.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in Room 5L18-01 of the
Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building at St. Elizabeth's,
2703 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20593. Due to
security requirements, each visitor must present one valid, government-
issued photo identification in order to gain entrance to the building.
Those desiring to attend the public meeting should contact the Coast
Guard ahead of the meeting (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) to
facilitate the security process related to building access, or to
request reasonable accommodation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about this
public meeting you may contact Lieutenant Commander Staci Weist by
telephone at 202-372-1376 or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of this meeting is to
prepare for the upcoming sixty-eighth session of the IMO's Technical
Cooperation Committee (TC 68) and the one hundred twentieth session of
the IMO Council (C 120). The agenda items of TC 68 include:
[cir] Adoption of the agenda
[cir] Work of other bodies and organizations
[cir] Integrated Technical Cooperation Programme (Annual report for
2017)
[cir] Sustainable financing of the Integrated Technical Cooperation
Programme (Long Term Resource Mobilization Strategy and Analysis of the
viability of introducing an access fee to GISIS data)
[cir] The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: (Maritime transport
policy development, Country Maritime Profiles, Implementation of the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and Strengthening the impact
of women in the maritime sector)
[cir] Partnerships (Regional presence and coordination and Partnership
arrangements)
[cir] IMO Member State Audit Scheme
[cir] Review and status of implementation of the recommendations of the
Impact Assessment Exercise for the period 2012-2015
[cir] Global maritime training institutions (World Maritime University,
IMO International Maritime Law Institute, and other established
arrangements)
[cir] Development of a New Strategic Framework for the Organization for
2018-2023
[cir] Application of the document on the Organization and method of
work of the Technical Cooperation Committee
[cir] Work programme
[cir] Election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2019
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[cir] Any other business
[cir] Consideration of the report of the Committee on its sixty-eighth
session
The agenda items of C120 include:
[cir] Adoption of the agenda
[cir] Election of the Vice-Chair of the Council
[cir] Report of the Secretary-General on credentials
[cir] Strategy, planning and reform
[cir] Rules of Procedure of the Assembly
[cir] Resource Management: (Human resources matters, including
amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules, Financial report
and audited financial statements for the financial period ending
December 31, 2017, Report on investments for 2017, Report on the status
of Member States' contributions and implementation of Article 61 of the
IMO Convention, and advances to the Working Capital Fund, Budget
considerations for 2018, and Resource management--review of funds and
ASHI liability funding strategy)
[cir] IMO Member State Audit Scheme
[cir] Consideration of the report of the Facilitation Committee
[cir] Consideration of the report of the Legal Committee
[cir] Consideration of the report of the Marine Environment Protection
Committee
[cir] Consideration of the report of the Maritime Safety Committee
[cir] Consideration of the report of the Technical Cooperation
Committee
[cir] Technical Cooperation Fund: Report on activities of the 2017
programme
[cir] Word Maritime University
[cir] IMO International Maritime Law Institute
[cir] Protection of vital shipping lanes
[cir] External relations
[cir] Report on the status of the Convention and membership of the
Organization
[cir] Report on the status of conventions and other multilateral
instruments in respect of which the Organization performs functions
[cir] Place, date and duration of the next session of the Council (C
121)
[cir] 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, and
to request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should
contact the meeting coordinator, Lieutenant Commander Staci Weist, not
later than June 8, 2018. Requests made after June 8, 2018, may not be
able to be accommodated. It is recommended that attendees arrive at
Coast Guard Headquarters no later than 30 minutes ahead of the
scheduled meeting for the security screening process. Parking in the
vicinity of the building is extremely limited. Additional information
regarding this and other IMO public meetings may be found at:
www.uscg.mil/imo.
Benjamin J. Hawkins,
Acting Deputy Director, Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S.
Coast Guard.
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