[Federal Register: April 20, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 77)]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3606]

 
Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law: Study Group on Arbitration and Other Forms of ADR; 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 Saturday, 
April 28, 2001, to consider a draft UNCITRAL Model Law on Conciliation. 
The meeting will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Alexandria 
room of the Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel, 1700 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Arlington, Virginia.
    The purpose of the Study Group meeting is to assist the Department 
of State prepare the U.S. position for the upcoming session of the 
UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration. The UNCITRAL Working Group is 
meeting May 21-June 1 in New York.
    The study group meeting will consider a draft of the Model Law on 
Conciliation (Doc. A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.113/Add.1) prepared by the UNCITRAL 
Secretariat based on the discussion of the Working Group at its last 
meeting in November 2000. A report of the November session of the 
Working Group is also available (Doc. A/CN.9/485). Persons interested 
in the work of the study group or in attending April 28 meeting in 
Virginia may request copies of the documents from Ms. Rosie Gonzales by 
fax at 202-776-8482, by telephone at 202-776-8420 (you may leave your 
request, name, telephone number, email, or mailing address on the 
answering machine), or by email at gonzaler@ms.state.gov>. Email is the 
quickest and most efficient way to transmit the documents.
    The study group meeting is open to the public up to the capacity of 
the meeting room. Any person who is unable to attend, but wishes to 
have his or her views considered, may send comments to Ms. Gonzales at 
the above fax number or email address, or may address them to the 
Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law (L/PIL), Suite 
203, South Building, 2430 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037-2851.

Jeffrey D. Kovar,
Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law, Department of 
State.
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