[Federal Register: March 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 47)]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5325]

 
Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

    In accordance with the provisions of the Convention on Cultural 
Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) (the Act) there 
will be a meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee on 
Thursday, March 23, 2006, from approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on 
Friday, March 24, from approximately 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the 
Department of State, Annex 44, Room 840, 301 4th St., SW., Washington, 
DC. At this meeting the Committee will conduct its ongoing review 
function with respect to the Memorandum of Understanding Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Republic of Peru Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on 
Archaeological Material from the Pre-Hispanic Cultures and Certain 
Ethnological Material from the Colonial Period; and, with respect to 
the Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of the Republic of 
Cyprus Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Pre-
Classical and Classical Archaeological Objects. This meeting is for the 
Committee to satisfy its ongoing review responsibility of the 
effectiveness of agreements pursuant to the Act and will focus its 
attention on Article II of the MOUs. This is not a meeting to consider 
extension of the MOUs. Such a meeting or meetings will be scheduled at 
some time in the future at which time a public session will be held.
    The Committee's responsibilities are carried out in accordance with 
provisions of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act 
(19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). The U.S.--Peru MOU, the U.S.--Cyprus MOU, the 
designated lists of restricted categories, the text of the Act, and 
related information may be found at http://exchanges.state.gov/culprop.

    The meeting on March 23-24 will be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h).

    Dated: March 2, 2006.
C. Miller Crouch,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. E6-3461 Filed 3-9-06; 8:45 am]

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