Notice2025-17239

Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization C 135

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September 9, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 43505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17239]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12818]


 Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International 
Maritime Organization C 135

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 1:00 p.m. 
on Monday, October 27, 2025, both in-person at Coast Guard Headquarters 
in Washington, DC, and via teleconference through Microsoft Teams. The 
primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) 135th Session of the Council (C 135) to 
be held at IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom from Wednesday, 
November 19, 2025, to Friday, November 21, 2025.
    Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the 
teleconference line, which can handle 500 participants or up to the 
seating capacity of the room if attending in-person. The meeting 
location will be the United States Coast Guard Headquarters, and the 
teleconference line will be provided to those who RSVP. To RSVP, 
participants should contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR Emily Sysko, 
by email at LCDR <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#db9eb6b2b7a2f58ff588a2a8b0b49baea8b8bcf5b6b2b7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="03466e6a6f7a2d572d507a70686c43767060642d6e6a6f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. LCDR Sysko will provide access 
information for in-person and virtual attendance.
    The agenda items to be considered at C 135 include:

--Adoption of the agenda;
-- Report of the Secretary-General on credentials;
-- Strategy and planning;
-- Resource management;
-- Enhancement of Multilingualism;
-- IMO Number Scheme;
-- IMO International Maritime Law Institute;
-- Report of the Maritime Safety Committee;
-- Report of the Extraordinary Session of the Marine Environment 
Protection Committee;
-- Report of the Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties to the 
London Convention 1972 and the Meeting of Contracting Parties to the 
1996 Protocol to the London Protocol;
-- External relations;
-- Report on the status of conventions;
-- Items for inclusion in the agenda for the next session of the 
Council (C 136);
-- Supplementary agenda items;
-- Consideration of the report of the Committee.

    Please note: The IMO may, on short notice, adjust the C 135 agenda 
to accommodate the constraints associated with the virtual meeting 
format. Although no changes to the agenda are anticipated, if any are 
necessary, they will be provided to those who RSVP.
    Those who plan to participate may contact the meeting coordinator, 
LCDR Emily Sysko, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ca8fa7a3a6b3e49ee499b3b9a1a58abfb9a9ade4a7a3a6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="efaa82868396c1bbc1bc969c8480af9a9c8c88c1828683">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or by phone at 
202-372-1376 or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, 
ATTN: LCDR Emily Sysko, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE Stop 7509, 
Washington DC 20593-7509, by October 13, 2025. Members of the public 
needing reasonable accommodation should advise LCDR Emily Sysko no 
later than October 13, 2025. Requests made after that date will be 
considered but might not be possible to fulfill.
    Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings 
may be found at: <a href="https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO">https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO</a>.

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 5 U.S.C. 552.)

Emily C. Miletello,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-17239 Filed 9-8-25; 8:45 am]
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