83 FR 23700 - 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

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 99 (May 22, 2018)

Page Range23700-23701
FR Document2018-10898

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.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23700-23701]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[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.
[FR Doc. 2018-10898 Filed 5-21-18; 8:45 am]
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ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThis meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, beginning at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time. This meeting is open to the public.
ContactFor 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]
FR Citation83 FR 23700 

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