[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 6594-6595] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-3201] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice No. 2742] Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law (ACPIL) Study Group on International Project Finance; Meeting Notice The Department of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law will hold a Study Group meeting on international project finance and development Wednesday, February 18 at the International Law Institute in Washington, D.C. from 9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to review current developments in legal issues involved in overseas project finance, and in particular the effort by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) to prepare model legislative guidelines to facilitate project finance. Related developments under the auspices of the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and others will also be reviewed as appropriate. Issues to be discussed at the meeting will include evolving methods by which private and public financing and private sector development and management have been employed for long-term infrastructure projects, including build, operate and transfer (BOT) models. Legislative options to facilitate project design, development and operation, as well as project country regulation and off-shore payment facailities will be considered. [[Page 6595]] The meeting will also assist in the preparation of United States positions on this topic for the UNCITRAL Plenary session to be held in New York in June 1998, and can serve as a resource for other international bodies engaged in related activities. The meeting of the Advisory Committee Study Group will be held at the International Law Institute at 1615 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., and is open to the public up to the capacity of the meeting room and subject to rulings of the Chair. Participants are advised to reserve places in advance by notifying Stuart Kerr at the ILI at (202)483-3036, fax 483-3029, or Rosie Gonzales of the Office of Legal Adviser (L/PIL) at (202) 776-8420, fax 776-8482. Participants who register in advance will be provided copies of the most recent drafts of United Nations documents on project finance legislation, which will be discussed at the meeting. Persons who cannot attend may request the documents and provide written comments either to the ILI , attention: Professor Don Wallace, Jr. at the above address, or to the Office of Legal Adviser of the Department of State (L/PIL), attention: Harold Burman at 2430 ``E'' Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2800. Additional UN documents on related topics may be available from the above offices, or sources for obtaining them from UN document centers will be provided, including the UNCITRAL Legal Guide for international construction contracts, UN Doc. No. E.87.V.10, the UNCITRAL Legal Guide on international countertrade transactions, UN Doc. E.93.V.7, and relevant materials of other international bodies. Harold S. Burman, Executive Director, Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law. [FR Doc. 98-3201 Filed 2-4-98; 4:33 pm] BILLING CODE 4710-08-P