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Seminar Brief
DATE AND VENUE
- Date: 4-7 November 2003 (Tuesday to Friday)
- Venue: Ballroom A
Swissotel Beijing - Hong Kong Macau Center
No.2. Chao Yang Men Bei Da Jie, Beijing, 100027, China
Tel: +86-10-6553-2288, Fax: +86-10-6501-2506
E-mail: david.guo @ swissotel.com
Opening session
The Seminar will be opened at 0900 hours on Tuesday 4 November 2003, in Ballroom A, on
the second floor of Swissotel Beijing. Please refer to the detailed provisional agenda and programme
or work on specific information on subsequent sessions.
Meeting Schedule
Subject to confirmation, the daily schedule will be as follows:
Morning session - 0900 to 1200 hours
Afternoon session - 1330 to 1730 hours
See the provisional programme of work for details.
Registration and identification badges
Participants are requested to register and obtain Seminar badges in advance of the
opening of the session. Registration will be opened from 1200 to 2000 hours on Monday, 3
November 2003 near the front counter at the lobby of the Hotel, and from 0800 to 0845 on
Tuesday, 4 November 2003. Participants who are not able to register at the specified time
are requested to do so on subsequent days at the venue, to ensure that their names appear
on the list of participants. Without registration, names of participants will not be
included in the list.
For identification and security, participants are requested to wear their Seminar
badges at all times during the Seminar and at social functions.
Working language of the meeting
Working language of the meeting is English. There will be simultaneous interpretation
in English and Chinese at plenary sessions in Ballroom A. If other simultaneous
interpretation for other languages is needed at plenary sessions, interpretation booths
and channels will be available on request. Those who wish simultaneous interpretation
service for other languages have to secure their own interpreters and inform CDPF of the
number of receivers they need. The rental cost of the receivers will be paid by the users.
There will be no simultaneous interpretation facilities for working group sessions in
Hong Kong Macau Room 8 and 9. Those who wish to use simultaneous interpretation services
in those rooms should arrange their own mobile equipment.
Documentation
Participants are requested to bring complete sets of the documents distributed to them
prior to the Seminar at Beijing, as only limited copies of such documents will be
available at the meeting venue.
Participants wishing to circulate any documents at the Seminar are requested to consult
Ms Kay Nagata, Social Affairs Officer, Population and Social Integration Section (e-mail:
nagata @ un.org) and are requested to bring a sufficient number of copies for distribution
at the Meeting. There will be no photocopy service available for this request. The
Conference Secretariat cannot undertake to reproduce documents or statements submitted by
individual delegations. Participants are advised to consult Ms K. Nagata on any matter
pertaining to the issuance or distribution of documents at the Seminar.
The website address for the Meeting is: www.worldenable.net/beijing2003/.
Contact 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), 288-2315 (direct), 288-1000 (switchboard)
Fax: (66 2) 288-1030
E-mail: nagata @ un.org or akiyama @ un.org
For additional information, participants may contact the secretariat of this meeting,
Ms. Kay Nagata, Social Affairs Officer, Population and Social Integration Section,
Emerging Social Issues Division at (66 2) 288-1481, nagata @ un.org or Ms. Aiko Akiyama,
Project Expert on Disability, Population and Social Integration Section, Emerging Social
Issues Division at (66 2) 288 – 2315, akiyma @ un.org.
Local Host Organization
Contact person at the local host organization:
Mr Eric G. Zhang
Director, International Affairs Department
China Disabled Persons' Federation
44 Beichizi Stree, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100006, China
Tel: +86-10-6513-9719 Fax: +86-10-6513-9722
E-mail: gib @ cdpf.org.cn
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 hospitalisation 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.
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