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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/wsis/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/event/</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.wsisgeneva2003.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>