96-13899. North American Public Forum for the World Food Summit

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 28158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13899]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service


North American Public Forum for the World Food Summit

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S.-Canada Forum for the 
World Food Summit will be held June 24-25, 1996. The purpose of the 
forum is to solicit public comments on a draft regional paper and the 
draft Policy Statement and Plan of Action to be adopted at the Summit.

DATES: The forum will be held Monday, June 24, 1996 from 2:30 to 6:00 
p.m., and continue on Tuesday, June 25, 1996 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 
p.m. Both meetings will be held at Michigan State University in East 
Lansing, Michigan.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is open to the public and 
members of the public may provide comments in writing to the Office of 
the National Secretary, Foreign Agricultural Service, Room 3008 South 
Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 14th and Independence Ave. 
SW, Washington, DC. 20250 or by faxing [phone]. The draft Policy 
Statement and Plan of Action is available from the FAO North American 
Liaison Office at [phone]. The draft U.S./Canada paper will be 
available in early June on the U.S. Government World Food Summit Home 
Page (http://ffas.usda.gov/ffas/food__summit/summit.html) or by 
calling [phone].

    Signed in Washington, D.C., May 23, 1996.
August Schumacher, Jr.,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 96-13899 Filed 6-3-96; 8:45 am]
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