[Federal Register: March 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 57)]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Public Notice 3917]

 
Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law (ACPIL), Study Group on International Carriage of Goods by Sea; 
Meeting Notice

    There will be a public meeting of a Study Group of the Secretary of 
State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law on Friday April 
5, 2002, to consider the draft instrument on the International Carriage 
of Goods by Sea, as prepared by the Comite Maritime International (CMI) 
for the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law 
(UNCITRAL). The meeting will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the 
offices of Haight Gardner Holland & Knight, Suite 100, 2099 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the Study Group meeting is to assist the Departments 
of State and Transportation in determining the U.S. negotiating 
position for the first session of the UNCITRAL Working Group on this 
draft instrument, to be held in New York from April 15 to 26, 2002.
    A copy of the preliminary draft convention is available on 
UNCITRAL's website, www.uncitral.org. The Study Group meeting is open 
to the public up to the capacity of the meeting room. Persons wishing 
to attend should contact Miss Rosie Gonzales by fax at 202-776-8482, by 
telephone at 202-776-8420 or by e-mail at gonzaler@ms.state.gov, 
providing their name, affiliation, telephone and fact number, and e-
mail address. Persons who wish to have their views considered are 
encouraged to submit written comments in advance of the meeting. 
Comments should refer to Docket number MARAD-2001-11135. Written 
comments may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room 
PL-401, Department of Transportation, 400 7th St., SW., Washington, DC 
20490-0001. You may also send comments electronically via the Internet 
at http://dmses.dot.gov/

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submit/. All comments will become part of this docket and will be 
available for inspection and copying at the above address between 10 
a.m. and 5 p.m., e.s.t., Monday through Friday, except federal 
holidays. An electronic version of this document, along with all 
documents entered into this docket is available on the World Wide Web 
at http//dms.dot.gov.

Mary Helen Carlson,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Legal Adviser for Private International 
Law, Department of State.
Edmund T. Sommer, Jr.,
Chief, Division of General and International Law, Office of the Chief 
Counsel, Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 02-7120 Filed 3-22-02; 8:45 am]
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