U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting, 10748 [06-1999]

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[FR Doc No: 06-1999]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5322]


U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting

    The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy will hold a 
meeting March 16, 2006 in the conference room of the U.S. Department of 
State Foreign Press Center in Washington, DC, Suite 800, National Press 
Building, 529 14th Street, NW. The meeting will be from 9 a.m. to 10 
a.m. The Commissioners will discuss public diplomacy issues and hear 
from experts on Latin America.
    The Commission was reauthorized pursuant to Public Law 109-108. 
(H.R. 2862, Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2006). The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public 
Diplomacy is a bipartisan Presidentially appointed panel created by 
Congress in 1948 to provide oversight of U.S. Government activities 
intended to understand, inform and influence foreign publics. The 
Commission reports its findings and recommendations to the President, 
the Congress and the Secretary of State and the American people. 
Current Commission members include Barbara M. Barrett of Arizona, who 
is the Chairman; Harold Pachios of Maine; Ambassador Penne Percy Korth 
of Washington, DC; Ambassador Elizabeth Bagley of Washington, DC; 
Charles ``Tre'' Evers of Florida; Jay T. Snyder of New York; and Maria 
Sophia Aguirre of Washington, DC.
    Seating is limited. To attend the meeting and for more information, 
please contact Athena Katsoulos at (202) 203-7880.

    Dated: February 24, 2006.
Athena Katsoulos,
Executive Director, ACPD, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 06-1999 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-11-P
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