[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71178-71179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32892]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 3179]
Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee
The Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet on Monday,
January 10, 2000, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Tuesday, January
11 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at the Department of State, Annex 44,
Room 840, 301 4th St., SW, Washington, DC. During its meeting on
January 10, the Committee will continue its review of a proposal to
extend the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the
United States of America and the Government of the Republic of El
Salvador Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Certain
Categories of Archaeological Material from the Prehispanic Cultures of
the Republic of El Salvador. The proposal to extend the MOU was
published in the Federal Register on November 8, 1999. Deliberations on
this proposed extension were conducted by the Committee on November 23,
1999, during which time it held an open session to receive public
comment. The Committee continues to welcome written comment for its
consideration. A copy of the MOU and the designated list of protected
categories of archaeological material may be found at http://
e.usia.gov/education/culprop.
On January 11, the Committee will begin a review and investigation
of a request from the Government of the Republic of Bolivia filed under
Article 9 of the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and
Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of
Cultural Property. Notification of receipt of this request appeared in
the Federal Register on October 8, 1999, and may be found at http://
e.usia.gov/education/culprop. Bolivia believes its cultural patrimony
to be in jeopardy from pillage. It seeks U.S. import restrictions on
Pre-Columbian archaeological material such as artifacts made of stone,
metal, ceramic, shell, bone, wood, textiles, featherwork, basketry, and
Pre-Columbian human remains; and Colonial period and indigenous
ethnological materials such as folklore costumes, textiles,
featherwork, stonework, leatherwork, woodwork, metalwork, ceramics,
religious imagery, musical instruments, and paintings. The request will
be reviewed by the Committee in accordance with provisions of the
Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et
seq.).
The Committee will hold an open session to receive comment on the
Bolivia request at a meeting to be scheduled in March 2000 when it will
continue its review of the Bolivia request. Notification of this
meeting in March will be published in the Federal Register and will be
posted on the cultural property web site noted herein. In the meantime,
the Committee welcomes written comment that addresses the
determinations that must be made about the Bolivia request pursuant to
19 U.S.C. 2602, Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. The
meeting on January 10 and 11 will be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h).
Written comments may be sent to Cultural Property, Department of
State, Annex 44, 301 4th Street, SW, Rm. 247, Washington, DC 20547; or
faxed to (202) 619-5177.
Dated: December 14, 1999.
Evelyn S. Lieberman,
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs,
Department of State.
Determination To Close the Meeting of the Cultural Property
Advisory Committee, January 10-11, 2000
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h), I
hereby determine that the meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory
Committee on January 10-11, at which there will be deliberation of
information the premature disclosure of which would be likely to
significantly frustrate implementation of proposed actions, will be
closed.
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Dated: December 14, 1999.
Evelyn S. Lieberman,
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 99-32892 Filed 12-17-99; 8:45 am]
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