al,
will you be attending prepcom 3?
john
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From: "Alan G. Alegre" <alalegre@fma.ph>
Reply-To: communication@wsisasia.org
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:22:04 +0800
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Louise Lassonde
>To: bureau@geneva2003.org
>Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:32 PM
>Subject: Information Note
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>Information Note
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>Dear Bureau Members
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>PrepCom3 Resume session X2.
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>The PrepCom3 Resume session X2 will be held at the Palais des Nations, 8-1=
2 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 gr=
ounds (no new registration is necessary), past the UN entrance with the fla=
gs, up the hill, it is a villa on the left hand side of the road, please se=
e map attached.
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>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. Docume=
ntation will be available in the meeting room.
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>The Civil Society Plenary will be held from 9-10am both days in Salle 27 (=
1st floor, Door 40).
>To reserve rooms on the Friday for Caucus meetings, please contact Savita =
Kanwar + 41 22 730 6366, savita.kanwar@ties.itu.int, rooms should be avai=
lable at the ITU only. For the Saturday 6th, please contact Mr. Daniel Dufo=
ur, + 41 22 917 3668, fax +41 22917-0159 for rooms at the Palais des Nation=
s.
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>The Bar Serpent, which is located on the first floor of the E (New) Buildi=
ng facing the lake, will be open from 9:00 a.m. to midnight during the Prep=
aratory Committee session on both Friday and Saturday to serve coffee, drin=
ks and sandwiches. The cafeteria, which is found on the ground floor betwe=
en Building B and Building A, will be open during normal working hours on F=
riday (8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.) and from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday=
.
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>A Cyberspace (Cyberespace) with approximately 30 PCs is located in the Uni=
ted Nations library, on the first floor of the B Building, and will be avai=
lable 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.
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>CS Bureau Meetings
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>1. Bureau meeting on the 7th December, Room T103, ITU Bldg, 16-18hrs
>Agenda:
>- Management of the 10 Civil society offices at Palexpo
>- Management of the Agora room at Palexpo
>- Distribution of Overpasses
>- Information and Press Conferences
>2. Bureau meeting on the 11th December, Room T103, ITU Bldg, 13-15hrs
> Agenda to be decided.
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>General
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>Documentation civil society
>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 (paola.cassola@ties.itu.int) before the 5th December.
>All information regarding updates for our website to Mehdy Davary (mehdy.d=
avary@ties.itu.int)
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>Summit Information
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>Getting there:
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>=B7 Arrival by plane: regular WSIS shuttle buses will be available from=
the airport to Hall 7.
>=B7 Arrival by train: a train connection from Geneva main railway stati=
on (Cornavin) to the Geneva Airport Railway station will leave you within w=
alking distance of Hall 7. You can also take a shuttle bus at the airport.
>=B7 Arrival by bus: Public Bus 10 will leave you at the Airport where y=
ou 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).
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>Events
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>The core event will be held in Hall 1 (Plenary, roundtables), side events =
and civil society offices are located in Hall 2.
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>The ICT4D Platform is being held in Hall 7, media representatives, officia=
lly invited delegates and people accredited to the WSIS have free entry. If=
you fall into these categories, please contact info@ict-4d.org. For non ac=
credited entities:
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>Entry fees in Swiss Francs*:
>Attendance Pre-ordered Tickets (Swiss Francs) Buying on location (=
Swiss Francs)
>1 day 20.- 30.-
>2 days 40.- 50.-
>3 or more days 50.- 60.-
>only Saturday 10.- 20.-
>*approximate exchange rate: 1CHF=3D0.76US$
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>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.
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>Registration
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>Pre-registration closes on the 3rd December.
>On site Registration will be in Hall 7 .The WSIS Registration Services wil=
l be open on-site as follows:
>5-8 December 2003
>09.00 to 13.00 and 14.00 to 18.00
>9-12 December 2003:
>08.00 to 21.00 non-stop
>All participants will receive a set of official documents upon registratio=
n in Hall 7in a language based on information provided to the Secretariat u=
pon pre-registration. Official documentation will be made available at all =
times on the WSIS website at:http://www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/docs.html
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>Programme
>
>Information on the Programme of meetings will be available on the WSIS web=
site at http://www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/index.html and the civil society web=
site at www.geneva2003.org and onsite on screens. The programme will also b=
e included in the "Summit Journal", which will be issued on a daily basis a=
nd will specify meeting details such as rooms and times of meetings.
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>Plenary - 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 Dece=
mber, when the morning meeting is scheduled from 10.00 to 12.00.
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>A programme of seminars, panels and workshops on issues relating to the Su=
mmit is being organized by the Host country secretariat. The calendar for t=
hose events will be available at the Summit premises. A list of events is a=
vailable at http://www.wsis-online.net/event/
>General information for other Summit events is available at
>http://www.wsisgeneva2003.org/03_summit/events.html
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>Security
>
>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 Pale=
xpo, and only those participants who have received a photo-badge will be ad=
mitted inside this perimeter.
>Access to the Summit Premises during the Summit
>It is recommended that participants coming to Palexpo limit their hand lug=
gage to one small briefcase and, if needed, to one portable computer.
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>Services available at PALEXPO
>
>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 Decem=
ber 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 wil=
l be available at the Information Desk situated on the Entrance Hall/Mezzan=
ine level.
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>Best regards,
>Savita Kanwar
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