[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 27649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12677]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 10444]


Notice of Receipt of Request From the Government of the People's 
Democratic Republic of Algeria Under Article 9 of the 1970 UNESCO 
Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit 
Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice of receipt of request from Algeria for cultural 
property protection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Foster, Cultural Heritage 
Center, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs: 202-632-6301; 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Government of Algeria has made a request 
to the Government of the United States under Article 9 of the 1970 
UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the 
Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. 
The United States Department of State received this request on February 
27, 2018. Algeria's request seeks U.S. import restrictions on 
archaeological and ethnological material representing Algeria's 
cultural patrimony. Pursuant to the authority vested in the Assistant 
Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, and pursuant 
to 19 U.S.C. 2602(f)(1), notification of the request is hereby 
published. A public summary of Algeria's request and information about 
U.S. implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention will be available at 
the Cultural Heritage Center website: http://culturalheritage.state.gov.

Marie Therese Porter Royce,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2018-12677 Filed 6-12-18; 8:45 am]
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