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Workshop Brief
DATE AND VENUE
- Date: 18-20 October 2006 (Wednesday and Friday)
- Venue: United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC)
Address:
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP)
The United Nations Building
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Opening session
The Workshop will be inaugurated at 0900 hours on 18 October 2006, in
the Conference Room, UNCC. Please refer to the detailed provisional agenda
and programme or work on specific information on subsequent sessions.
Registration and identification badges
Participants are requested to register and obtain meeting badges at the
Registration Counter, located on the ground floor, UNCC, between 0800 and
0845 hours on 18 October 2006. Please complete the
pre-registration form as indicated in the
confirmation of participation letter. Participants who are not able to
register on the opening day are requested to do so on subsequent days, to
ensure that their names appear on the list of participants.
For identification and security reasons, all participants are requested
to wear the meeting badges at all times during the meeting, at social
functions and in the United Nations Complex.
Meeting Schedule
Subject to confirmation, the daily schedule will be as follows:
Morning session - 0900 to 1200 hours
Afternoon session - 1330 to 1730 hours
Working language of the meeting
The Meeting will be conducted in English and all documentation will be
in English. No interpretation will be available.
Documentation
Participants are requested to bring with them all documents that they
have downloaded. The website address for the Meeting is
http://www.worldenable.net/agents2006/.
Financial and administrative arrangements
UN ESCAP will cover the cost of travel and stay of UN ESCAP sponsored
participant at United Nations established rates. Kindly note that UN ESCAP
will not assume responsibility for the following, under any circumstances:
- All expenses in the home country incidental to travel abroad,
including expenditure for visa, medical examination, inoculations and
other such miscellaneous items and internal travel to and from the airport
of arrival and departure in the home country;
- Salary and related allowances for the participants during the period
of the Meeting;
- Costs incurred by participants in respect of travel insurance,
accident insurance, medical or dental bills or hospitalization fees in
connection with their attending the Meeting;
- Compensation in the event of death or disability of participants in
connection with their attending the Meeting;
- Any loss or damage to personal property of participants while
attending the Meeting or losses or damages claimed by third parties as a
result of negligence on the part of the participants;
- Any other expenses of a personal nature, not directly related to the
purpose of the Meeting.
- Eligible participants whose attendance are sponsored by UNESCAP will
be provided with a daily subsistence allowance during the 2nd day of the
Meeting at prevailing United Nations rates in local currency.
Contacts with the UNESCAP secretariat
The address of the UNESCAP secretariat is as follows:
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The United Nations Building
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Tel: (66 2) 288-1481 (direct), 288-1580 (direct), 288-1000 (switchboard)
Fax: (66 2) 288-1030
E-mail: akiyama @ un.org
For additional information, participants may contact the secretariat of
this workshop, Ms. Aiko Akiyama, Population and
Social Integration Section, Emerging Social Issues Division at (66 2)
288-1481, akiyama @ un.org Population and Social Integration Section,
Emerging Social Issues Division
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