96-1815. Public Meeting on G-7 Ministerial Conference in the Information Society and Developing Countries

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1815]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Public Meeting on G-7 Ministerial Conference in the Information 
Society and Developing Countries

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA) Commerce

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NTIA is convening a public meeting on February 8, 1996, to 
discuss U.S. government goals and objectives for the upcoming G-7 
Ministerial Conference on the Information Society and Developing 
Countries. The Conference is scheduled for May 13-15, 1996 in South 
Africa.
    The public meeting will be chaired by Larry Irving, Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and 
Administrator of NTIA. The purpose of the meeting is to brief the 
public and obtain input on U.S. government goals and objectives for the 
Conference.

DATES: The public meeting will be held from 11 a.m. to 12 noon on 
Thursday, February 8, 1996, in Room 4830 at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 
main entrance on 14th Street between Pennsylvania and Constitution 
Avenues should be used.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Elizabeth Echols, Senior Advisor, 
NTIA; U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4898; 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 20230. Telephone: 202/482-
1304; Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the G-7 Ministerial Conference on the 
Information Society held on February 25-26, 1995 in Brussels, the G-7 
Ministers reached consensus on the fundamental principles underlying 
the development of the Global Information Infrastructure (GII). During 
this Conference, Executive Deputy President of South Africa, Mr. Thabo 
Mbeki, invited the G-7 partners to South Africa for a 
telecommunications ministerial conference on development issues.
    Ministers from approximately 40 developed and developing countries, 
including the G-7 countries, are expected to attend the Conference. 
Although the Conference will be conducted at the ministerial level, the 
private sector is expected to play an important role. Preliminary plans 
indicate that the private sector, government representatives, and 
selected international organizations will address the needs and 
challenges of the developing world through Conference workshops 
designed to initiate concrete actions. In addition, it is expected that 
the private sector will have the opportunity to demonstrate the 
potential of information technologies and services to address issues of 
interest to developing countries through a technology exhibition.
    The United States delegation will be led by U.S. Secretary of 
Commerce Ronald H. Brown.

    Dated: January 25, 1996.
Larry Irving,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
[FR Doc. 96-1815 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]
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