Notice2025-17437

Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization A 34

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September 11, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 174 (Thursday, September 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44139-44140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17437]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12820]


 Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International 
Maritime Organization A 34

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 9:30 a.m. 
on Tuesday, October 28, 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) 34th Session of the 
Assembly (A 34) to be held at IMO Headquarters in London, United 
Kingdom from Monday, November 24, 2025 to Wednesday, December 03, 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#296c44404550077d077a505a4246695c5a4a4e07444045"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e0b23272237601a601d373d25210e3b3d2d2960232722">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. LCDR Sysko will provide access 
information for in-person and virtual attendance.
    The agenda items to be considered at A 34 include:

--Adoption of the agenda;
--Rules of Procedure of the Assembly;
--Election of the President and the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly;
--Application of Article 61 of the IMO Convention--Report of the 
Council to the Assembly on any requests by Members for waiver;
--Establishment of the committees of the Assembly;
--Consideration of the reports of the committees of the Assembly;
--Report of the Council to the Assembly on the work of the Organization 
since the thirty-third regular session of the Assembly;
--Strategy, planning and reform;
--IMO Member State Audit Scheme;
--Consolidated text of the IMO Convention;
--Enhancement of Multilingualism;
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Maritime 
Safety Committee;
--Consideration fo the reports and recommendations of the Legal 
Committee;
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Marine 
Environment Protection Committee;
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Technical 
Cooperation Committee;
--Consideration of the reports and recommendation of the Facilitation 
Committee;
--Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes 
and Other Matter, 1972 and the 1996 Protocol thereto: report on the 
performance of Secretariat functions and other duties;
--Resource management;
--IMO Number Scheme;
--Global maritime training institutions;
--External relations; report on the status of the conventions;
--Election of Member of the Council, as provided for in Articles 16 and 
17 of the IMO Convention;
--Election of Member of the IMO Staff Pension Committee;
--Date and place of the thirty fifth regular session of the Assembly;
--Supplementary agenda items.

    Please note: The IMO may, on short notice, adjust the A 34 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#df9ab2b6b3a6f18bf18ca6acb4b09faaacbcb8f1b2b6b3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="baffd7d3d6c394ee94e9c3c9d1d5facfc9d9dd94d7d3d6">[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 16, 2025. Members of the public 
needing reasonable accommodation should advise LCDR Emily Sysko no 
later than October 16, 2025. Requests made after that date will be 
considered but might not be possible to fulfill.

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    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. 2025-17437 Filed 9-10-25; 8:45 am]
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