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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 165 / Monday, August 25, 2008 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
National Institutes of Health
Coast Guard
National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases; Notice of Meeting
[Docket No. USCG–2008–0885]
Pursuant to section 10(a) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice
is hereby given of a meeting of the AIDS
Research Advisory Committee, NIAID.
The meeting will be open to the
public, with attendance limited to space
available. Individuals who plan to
attend and need special assistance, such
as sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, should
notify the Contact Person listed below
in advance of the meeting.
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Name of Committee: AIDS Research
Advisory Committee, NIAID; AIDS Vaccine
Research Subcommittee.
Date: September 16–17, 2008.
Time: September 16, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Agenda: To discuss the implication of
recent vaccine trial results for future HIV
vaccine development.
Place: National Institutes of Health,
Natcher Building, 45 Center Drive,
Conference Rooms E1/E2, Bethesda, MD
20892.
Time: September 17, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to
Adjourned
Agenda: To discuss the implication of
recent vaccine trail results for future HIV
vaccine development.
Place: National Institutes of Health,
Natcher Building, 45 Center Drive,
Conference Rooms E1/E2, Bethesda, MD
20892.
Contact Person: James A. Bradac, PhD,
Program Official, Preclinical Research and
Development Branch, Division of AIDS,
Room 5116, National Institutes of Health/
NIAID, 6700B Rockledge Drive, Bethesda,
MD 20892–7628, 301–435–3754,
jbradac@mail.nih.gov.
In the interest of security, NIH has
instituted stringent procedures for entrance
onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles,
including taxicabs, hotel, and airport shuttles
will be inspected before being allowed on
campus. Visitors will be asked to show one
form of identification (for example, a
government-issued photo ID, driver’s license,
or passport) and to state the purpose of their
visit.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology,
and Transplantation Research; 93.856,
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS)
Dated: August 15, 2008.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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Public Meeting on Amendments to the
International Mobile Satellite
Organization (IMSO) Convention
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
will hold a public meeting on issues
related to proposed amendments to the
Convention of the International Mobile
Satellite Organization (IMSO).
Background documentation may be
found on the Department of State’s Web
site: https://www.state.gov/e/eeb/cip/
imso/.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, September 4, 2008 from 10
a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second
Street, SW., Washington, DC. Room
6103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lieutenant Commander Jason Smith at
(202) 372–1376 or by e-mail to
jason.e.smith2@uscg.mil or fax to (202)
372–1925.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
public meeting will discuss proposed
Amendments to the International
Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
Convention to Improve Governance and
Transparency of IMSO, to provide IMSO
with the necessary legal authority to
perform its role in the Congressionallymandated Long Range Identification and
Tracking of Ships (LRIT) system and to
provisionally apply those amendments
in advance of their formal entry into
force.
The amendments are intended to
improve the governance and
transparency of IMSO oversight and
responsibilities that may affect U.S. and
non-U.S. mobile satellite services
providers. The IMSO is convening its
biennial Assembly of Parties meeting
September 29–October 3, 2008, in
Malta, during which the 92 member
governments (Parties) will have the
opportunity to consider and act on U.S.
proposals (1) to amend the
intergovernmental IMSO Convention to
improve the governance and
transparency of (i) IMSO’s performance
of its role in oversight of providers for
the Global Maritime Distress and Safety
System (GMDSS) and (ii) IMSO’s
performance of its role as Coordinator of
Long Range Identification and Tracking
of ships (LRIT) for the International
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Maritime Organization’s Maritime
Safety Committee (IMO MSC); and (2) to
consider whether to provisionally apply
those amendments upon their adoption
by the IMSO Assembly, pending their
formal entry into force.
Currently, the IMSO’s authority for
oversight of GMDSS services applies
exclusively to Inmarsat PLC. In
September 2006, the IMSO Assembly
adopted amendments to the IMSO
Convention that were intended to
extend IMSO’s GMDSS oversight to
include all mobile satellite service
providers, not just Inmarsat PLC.
Additionally, in the context of work that
has been ongoing in the IMO, the IMSO
Assembly of Parties at the same meeting
adopted an amendment to the IMSO
Convention that purports to authorize
IMSO to perform certain review and
auditing functions for a new vessel
‘‘LRIT’’ system being developed for
maritime security. The United States,
along with other Parties, objected to
these amendments because they did not
contain sufficient elements of
transparency for IMSO’s governance and
do not provide an adequate legal
foundation for IMSO to undertake
functions as LRIT Coordinator. Further,
at an extraordinary Assembly of Parties
meeting in March 2007, a majority of
Parties attending the Assembly decided
to provisionally apply them, again over
the United States’ objection. In the
meantime, the Congress has mandated
that the Department of Homeland
Security develop and implement,
consistent with international treaties,
conventions, and agreements to which
the United States is a party, an LRIT
system for all vessels equipped with
GMDSS or equivalent technology. See
46 U.S.C. 70115. In a related
development, over United States’
objection, the IMO’s Maritime Safety
Committee (MSC) decided to
recommend, and the IMO Assembly
adopted, a resolution mandating that
new satellite providers admitted to the
GMDSS by the MSC must be overseen
by IMSO. See IMO Res. A.1001(25),
which revoked and replaced IMO Res.
A.888(21). Because of these latter
developments, particularly the adoption
by the IMO of Res. A.1001, and in order
to put the IMSO on a sound legal
foundation that will provide sufficient
governance and transparency principles
for IMSO’s operations in these two new
functions, the United States is planning
to propose and negotiate a draft set of
amendments to the IMSO Convention at
the upcoming Assembly of Parties that
will accomplish these purposes. The
public meeting is intended to solicit
public comment on that approach.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of
Meeting
Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of
the AIDS Research Advisory Committee, NIAID.
The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to
space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed below in
advance of the meeting.
Name of Committee: AIDS Research Advisory Committee, NIAID; AIDS
Vaccine Research Subcommittee.
Date: September 16-17, 2008.
Time: September 16, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Agenda: To discuss the implication of recent vaccine trial
results for future HIV vaccine development.
Place: National Institutes of Health, Natcher Building, 45
Center Drive, Conference Rooms E1/E2, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Time: September 17, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to Adjourned
Agenda: To discuss the implication of recent vaccine trail
results for future HIV vaccine development.
Place: National Institutes of Health, Natcher Building, 45
Center Drive, Conference Rooms E1/E2, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Contact Person: James A. Bradac, PhD, Program Official,
Preclinical Research and Development Branch, Division of AIDS, Room
5116, National Institutes of Health/NIAID, 6700B Rockledge Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20892-7628, 301-435-3754, jbradac@mail.nih.gov.
In the interest of security, NIH has instituted stringent
procedures for entrance onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles,
including taxicabs, hotel, and airport shuttles will be inspected
before being allowed on campus. Visitors will be asked to show one
form of identification (for example, a government-issued photo ID,
driver's license, or passport) and to state the purpose of their
visit.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.855,
Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research; 93.856,
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research, National Institutes
of Health, HHS)
Dated: August 15, 2008.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. E8-19440 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
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