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Amendment to the International Arms Traffic in Arms Regulations: UN Embargoed Countries

Tue, Dec 18 2007 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of State is amending the text of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Exports and Sales Prohibited by United Nations Security Council Embargoes, to add a list of the countries subject to such United Nations embargoes.

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: ``Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions''

Tue, Dec 18 2007 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition ``Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from on or about February 11, 2008, until on or about May 11, 2008, and at possible a

Deposit of Instrument of Ratification by the United States of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and

Tue, Dec 18 2007 11:00:00 GMT

On December 12, 2007, the United States deposited its instrument of ratification for the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation with Respect to Intercountry Adoption (the Convention). In accordance with the terms of the Convention, the Convention will enter into force with respect to the United States on April 1, 2008.

The United States signed the Convention on March 31, 1994 and the President transmitted it to the Senate for its advice and consent on June 11, 1998. (S. Treaty Doc. 10551 at III (1998)). On September 20, 2000, the Senate gave its advice and consent to the ratification of the Convention, subject to certain declarations, and on October 6, 2000, Congress enacted the implementing legislation for the Convention, the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000, Public Law 106279, 42 U.S.C. 14901 14952 (the IAA). The President signed the instrument of ratification on November 16, 2007.

Overseas Schools Advisory Council Notice of Meeting

Tue, Dec 18 2007 11:00:00 GMT

The Overseas Schools Advisory Council, Department of State, will hold its Executive Committee Meeting on Thursday, January 17, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. in Conference Room 1105, Department of State Building, 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting is open to the public.

The Overseas Schools Advisory Council works closely with the U.S. business community in improving those Americansponsored schools overseas, which are assisted by the Department of State and attended by dependents of U.S. Government families and children of employees of U.S. corporations and foundations abroad.

This meeting will deal with issues related to the work and the support provided by the Overseas Schools Advisory Council to the Americansponsored overseas schools. The agenda includes a review of the recent activities of Americansponsored overseas schools and the overseas schools regional associations, a review of projects selected for the 2006 and 2007 Educational Assistance Programs, which are under developme

Solicitation of Input and Participation in a Dialogue To Review the Standardized Program Structure for Foreign

Tue, Dec 18 2007 11:00:00 GMT

The Office of the Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance (F) is commencing public consultations on the ``Standardized Program Structure for Foreign Assistance'' (Program Structure). The Program Structure was developed in 2006 through a deliberative interagency process as part of the Secretary's Foreign Assistance Reform. It serves as a lexicon for categorizing and tracking foreign assistance activities from a number of different foreign assistance appropriation accounts, collectively totaling in approximately $25 billion in U.S. Foreign Assistance.

F will consider changes to the Program Structure through a three phase process:

Phase I will engage public stakeholders (including Non Governmental OrganizationsNGOs) in dialogue;

Phase II will engage Federal interagency partners; and

Phase III will occur when all external and internal stakeholder input is collected and analyzed, and then forwarded to the Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance for a decision regard