[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 65210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25686]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 10957]
Notice of Receipt of Request From the Government of the Republic
of Tunisia Under Article 9 of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means
of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer
of Ownership of Cultural Property
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of request.
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SUMMARY: Notice of receipt of request from Tunisia for cultural
property protection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Foster, Cultural Heritage
Center, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs: 202-632-6301;
[email protected]. Include ``Tunisia'' in the subject line.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Government of Tunisia has made a request
to the Government of the United States under Article 9 of the 1970
Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit
Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. The
United States Department of State received this request on November 7,
2019. Tunisia's request seeks U.S. import restrictions on
archaeological and ethnological material representing Tunisia's
cultural patrimony. Pursuant to the authority vested in the Assistant
Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, and pursuant
to 19 U.S.C. 2602(f)(1), notification of the request is hereby
published. A public summary of Tunisia's request and information about
U.S. implementation of the 1970 Convention will be available at the
Cultural Heritage Center website: https://eca.state.gov/cultural-heritage-center.
Marie Therese Porter Royce,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-25686 Filed 11-25-19; 8:45 am]
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