98-24589. Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49154-49155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24589]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.

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    The Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, 
September 28, 1998, from approximately 9:30 a.m. to approximately 5:00 
p.m., at the U.S. Information Agency, Room 840, 301 4th St., S.W., 
Washington, D.C. to review a cultural property request from the 
Government of the Republic of Cyprus to the Government of the United 
States seeking protection of certain archaeological and/or ethnological 
materials. A portion of the meeting, from approximately 9:30 a.m. to 
approximately 10:30 a.m., will be open to interested parties wishing to 
provide comment to the Committee that may bear on this request. The 
Cyprus request, submitted under Article 9 of the

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1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit 
Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, will be 
considered in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on 
Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., Pub. L. 
97-446). Since review of this matter by the Committee will involve 
information the premature disclosure of which would be likely to 
significantly frustrate implementation of proposed action, the meeting 
from approximately 10:30 a.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m. will be closed 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h). The Committee 
will also meet in open session on Tuesday, September 29, 1998, from 
approximately 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., in the Board Room, 6th Floor, 
the Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania 
Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., to provide an opportunity for discussion 
with members of the public about U.S. implementation of the 1970 
Convention. Seating is limited. Persons wishing to attend open portions 
of the meeting on September 28 and September 29, must notify cultural 
property staff at [phone] no later than 5:00 p.m. (EDST) 
Thursday, September 24, 1998, to arrange for admission.

    Dated: September 8, 1998.
Penn Kemble,
Deputy Director, United States Information Agency.

Determination To Close the Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory 
Committee

September 28, 1998.
    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h), I 
hereby determine that a portion of the Cultural Property Advisory 
Committee meeting on September 28, 1998, approximately 10:30 a.m. to 
approximately 5:00 p.m., 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.

    Dated: September 8, 1998.
Penn Kemble,
Deputy Director, United States Information Agency.
[FR Doc. 98-24589 Filed 9-11-98; 8:45 am]
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