[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 82 (Friday, April 29, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-10238]
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[Federal Register: April 29, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 1996]
Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International
Law; Annual Meeting and Review of Developments in Private International
Law
The Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private
International Law (ACPIL) will hold its annual meeting on Monday, May
16, 1994 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Department of State in
Washington, DC.
The meeting agenda will include a review of some of the
developments in international organizations specializing in this field
of work, including the Hague Conference on Private International Law,
the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL),
the Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law
(CIDIP) sponsored by the Organization of American States (OAS), the
International Institute for Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), and
other international organizations as appropriate.
The principle topics for discussion at the meeting will be: U.S.
accession to the 1974 United Nations Convention on the Limitation
Period in the International Sale of Goods and its 1980 Protocol; the
1994 Inter-American Convention on Law Applicable to International
Contracts, adopted at the Fifth Specialized Conference on Private
International Law (CIDIP-V); the 1993 Hague Convention on intercountry
adoption and issues involved in preparing federal implementing
legislation; the 1994 Inter-American Convention on Civil and Criminal
Aspects of the Traffic in Minors, also adopted at CIDIP-V; and current
or proposed law unification projects on secured interests in
international transactions, insolvency and assignment of claims.
Copies of documents on particular topics may be requested from the
Legal Adviser's Office by contacting Harold S. Burman by fax at (202)
653-9854 or by writing to the Office of the Legal Adviser (L/PIL),
suite 501, 2100 ``K'' Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037-7180.
Members of the general public may attend up to the capacity of the
meeting room and participate subject to the direction of the Chair. The
meeting will be held in Conference Room 1912 at the Department of
State. As access to the building is controlled, the office indicated
above must be notified not later than Tuesday, May 10 of the name,
affiliation, address, social security number and date of birth of
persons wishing to attend. In order to facilitate planning for the
meeting, members of the public are requested to indicate to L/PIL in
advance the particular issues on which they may wish to comment.
Attendees should use the State Department 23rd Street entrance between
C and D Streets NW., between 9 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.; later entrants
should use the C Street (Diplomatic) entrance between 21st and 23rd
Streets. Persons interested but unable to attend the meeting are
welcome to request documents and to submit comments or proposals to the
address indicated above.
Dated: April 22, 1994.
Peter H. Pfund,
Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law, U.S. Department
of State.
[FR Doc. 94-10238 Filed 4-28-94; 8:45 am]
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