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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:louise.lassonde@ties.itu.int"
title=louise.lassonde@ties.itu.int>Louise Lassonde</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:bureau@geneva2003.org"
title=bureau@geneva2003.org>bureau@geneva2003.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:32 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Information Note</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BIG><B>Information Note</B></BIG><BR><BR>Dear Bureau
Members<BR><BR><BIG><B>PrepCom3 Resume session X2.</B></BIG><BR> =
<BR>The
PrepCom3 Resume session X2 will be held at the Palais des Nations, 8-12 =
Ave. de
la Paix, 5th and 6th December. You will need to go to the Villa =
des
Feuillantines 13, Ave. de la Paix, to be given a badge to access the =
grounds (no
new registration is necessary), past the UN entrance with the flags, up =
the
hill, it is a villa on the left hand side of the road, please see map =
attached.
<BR><BR>The Plenary will be held on the 5th and the 6th, in Salle XX of =
the
Palais des Nations, which is located on the third floor of the E =
Building.
Documentation will be available in the meeting room.<BR><BR>The Civil =
Society
Plenary will be held from 9-10am both days in Salle 27 (1st floor, Door
40).<BR>To reserve rooms on the Friday for Caucus meetings, please =
contact
Savita Kanwar + 41 22 730 6366, <A =
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:savita.kanwar@ties.itu.int">savita.kanwar@ties.itu.int</A>=
, rooms
should be available at the ITU only. For the Saturday 6th, please =
contact Mr.
Daniel Dufour, + 41 22 917 3668, fax +41 22917-0159 for rooms at the =
Palais des
Nations. <BR><BR>The Bar Serpent, which is located on the first =
floor of
the E (New) Building facing the lake, will be open from 9:00 a.m. to =
midnight
during the Preparatory Committee session on both Friday and Saturday to =
serve
coffee, drinks and sandwiches. The cafeteria, which is found on =
the ground
floor between Building B and Building A, will be open during normal =
working
hours on Friday (8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.) and from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 =
p.m. on
Saturday.<BR><BR>A Cyberspace (Cyberespace) with approximately 30 PCs is =
located
in the United Nations library, on the first floor of the B Building, and =
will be
available to accredited participants. It will be open from 9:00 =
a.m. to
6:00 p.m. on Friday, 5 December, and closed on Saturday, 6
December.<BR><BR><BR><B><BIG>CS Bureau =
Meetings</BIG></B><BR><BR>1. Bureau
meeting on the 7th December, Room T103, ITU Bldg,
16-18hrs<BR>Agenda:<BR>- Management of the 10 Civil =
society
offices at Palexpo<BR>- Management of the Agora room =
at
Palexpo<BR>- Distribution of =
Overpasses<BR>-
Information and Press Conferences<BR>2. Bureau meeting on the 11th =
December, Room T103, ITU Bldg, 13-15hrs<BR> Agenda to =
be
decided.<BR><BR><BR><BIG><B>General</B></BIG><BR><BR>Documentation civil =
society<BR>Press Kit: fact sheets, event presentations, press releases =
to be
sent in A4 format, in english and French, recto/verso and event =
brochures to
Paola Cassola (<A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:paola.cassola@ties.itu.int">paola.cassola@ties.itu.int</A>=
)
<U>before the 5th December</U>.<BR>All information regarding updates for =
our
website to Mehdy Davary (<A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:mehdy.davary@ties.itu.int">mehdy.davary@ties.itu.int</A>) =
<BR><BR><BIG><B>Summit Information</B></BIG><BR><BR><B>Getting
there:</B><BR><BR>· Arrival by plane: regular WSIS =
shuttle
buses will be available from the airport to Hall 7. <BR>·
Arrival by train: a train connection from Geneva main railway =
station
(Cornavin) to the Geneva Airport Railway station will leave you within =
walking
distance of Hall 7. You can also take a shuttle bus at the
airport.<BR>· Arrival by bus: Public Bus 10 will =
leave you at
the Airport where you can take a WSIS shuttle bus. Public Bus 18 or 28 =
stop in
front of Hall 7, Bus 5 will stop underneath Hall 5 (within walking =
distance of
Hall 7). <BR><BR><B>Events</B><BR><BR>The core event will be held in =
Hall 1
(Plenary, roundtables), side events and civil society offices are =
located in
Hall 2.<BR><BR>The ICT4D Platform is being held in Hall 7, media
representatives, officially invited delegates and people accredited to =
the WSIS
have free entry. If you fall into these categories, please contact <A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:info@ict-4d.org">info@ict-4d.org</A>. For non accredited =
entities:
<BR><BR>Entry fees in Swiss Francs*: <BR>Attendance =
Pre-ordered Tickets (Swiss Francs) Buying on location =
(Swiss
Francs)<BR>1 day
20.- =
30.-<BR>2 days
=
40.-
=
50.-<BR>3 or more days =
50.- =
60.-<BR>only Saturday
10.- =
20.-<BR>*approximate =
exchange rate:
1CHF=0.76US$<BR><BR>It is open from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm on Monday 8 =
December. It
will then be open daily from 8:30 am until closing time of the
Platform.<BR><BR><B>Registration </B><BR><BR>Pre-registration closes on =
the 3rd
December. <BR>On site Registration will be in Hall 7 .The WSIS
Registration Services will be open on-site as follows:<BR>5-8 December
2003<BR>09.00 to 13.00 and 14.00 to 18.00<BR>9-12 December =
2003:<BR>08.00 to
21.00 non-stop<BR>All participants will receive a set of official =
documents upon
registration in Hall 7in a language based on information provided to the =
Secretariat upon pre-registration. Official documentation will be made =
available
at all times on the WSIS website at:<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/docs.html">http://www.itu.int/wsis=
/geneva/docs.html</A>
<BR><BR><BIG>Programme</BIG><BR><BR>Information on the Programme of =
meetings
will be available on the WSIS website at <A =
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/index.html">http://www.itu.int/wsi=
s/geneva/index.html</A>
and the civil society website at <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="http://www.geneva2003.org">www.geneva2003.org</A> and onsite on =
screens.
The programme will also be included in the “Summit Journal”, =
which will be
issued on a daily basis and will specify meeting details such as rooms =
and times
of meetings.<BR><BR><B>Plenary -</B> Morning meetings will be held from =
09.00 to
13.00 and afternoon meetings from 14.00 to 21.00, except for the opening =
day,
Wednesday 10 December, when the morning meeting is scheduled from 10.00 =
to
12.00. <BR><BR>A programme of seminars, panels and workshops on issues =
relating
to the Summit is being organized by the Host country secretariat. The =
calendar
for those events will be available at the Summit premises. A list of =
events is
available at <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.wsis-online.net/event/">http://www.wsis-online.net/eve=
nt/</A><BR>General
information for other Summit events is available at<BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.wsisgeneva2003.org/03_summit/events.html">http://www.w=
sisgeneva2003.org/03_summit/events.html</A><BR><BR><B>Security
</B><BR><BR>The Swiss authorities and UN/ITU have jointly prepared an =
overall
security plan. As part of this plan, there will be a security perimeter =
around
Palexpo, and only those participants who have received a photo-badge =
will be
admitted inside this perimeter.<BR>Access to the Summit Premises during =
the
Summit<BR>It is recommended that participants coming to Palexpo limit =
their hand
luggage to one small briefcase and, if needed, to one portable
computer.<BR><BR><B>Services available at PALEXPO</B><BR><BR>Two =
restaurants
will be available for participants, as well as coffee and snack stands =
located
in Halls 2 and 4. Banking facilities will be available at Palexpo from 8 =
to 12
December 2003, from 08.30 to 17.00 and on 13 December 2003, from 09.00 =
to 16.00.
There will also be a cashpoint in Hall 4. A medical service will be =
available
09.00-21.00. A lost and found service will be available at the =
Information Desk
situated on the Entrance Hall/Mezzanine level.<BR><BR>Best =
regards,<BR>Savita
Kanwar<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></BODY></HTML>