1 / 14

United Nations Headquarters New York Briefing by the Protocol and Liaison Service

United Nations Headquarters New York Briefing by the Protocol and Liaison Service. 66th Session of the General Assembly and Associated High-level Meetings Thursday 08 September 2011 Mr. Desmond Parker Chief of Protocol. Level of Participation (as of 30 August 2011) General Debate.

justin
Download Presentation

United Nations Headquarters New York Briefing by the Protocol and Liaison Service

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. United Nations Headquarters New York Briefing by the Protocol and Liaison Service 66th Session of the General Assembly and Associated High-level Meetings Thursday 08 September 2011 Mr. Desmond Parker Chief of Protocol

  2. Level of Participation (as of 30 August 2011) General Debate • Heads of State 91 • Heads of Government 44 • Vice Presidents 5 • Crown Prince 1 • Deputy Prime Ministers 10 • Ministers 40 • Vice Minister 2 • Chairmen of the Delegations / PRs 1 • Permanent Observer 1 • Total: 195

  3. MAIN EVENTS / KEY DATES 12 SeptemberClosing of the 65th session of the General Assembly Hall General Assembly (10 am) 13 September Wreath laying ceremony (9.45 – 10.00 am) Visitors’ Lobby (tbc) Opening of the 66th session of the General Assembly Hall General Assembly (3.00 pm – 3.45 pm) 15 September International Day of Peace – Peace Bell Rose Garden Ceremony (09.30 am – 09.55 am) 17 September GSP Sherpas Meeting (3:00 pm – 6:00 pm) CR7 18 September SG High Level Meeting on Global Sustainability CR6 (10:00 am to 1:00 pm) and (3:00 pm to 6:00 pm) 19 September Opening Plenary of the High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) (9:00 am – 10:00 am) General Assembly Hall SG Symposium on International Counter Terrorism (10:00 am – 1:00 pm) and (3:00 pm – 6:00pm) Closing Session (6:00 pm) – tbc CR2 Plenary of the High-Level Meeting on General Assembly Hall Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) (10:00am – 1:00pm) and (3:00pm – 6:00pm) SG High Level Meeting on Global Sustainability CR6 (10:00 am to 1:00 pm) and (3:00 pm to 6:00 pm)

  4. MAIN EVENTS / KEY DATES cont’d… 19 SeptemberSG High Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All CR5 Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) ECOSOC – North Lawn Building Roundtable 1 (10:00 am – 1:00 pm) Roundtable 2 (03:00 pm – 06:00 pm) 20 September Roundtable 3 (10:00 am – 1:00 pm) ECOSOC- North Lawn Building 20 September SG High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All CR5 (09:00 am – 11:00 am) Opening Plenary of the High-Level Meeting on Desertification (10:00 am – 11:00 am) General Assembly Hall Desertification Roundtables 1 & 2 (11 am – 1 pm) CR4 (North Lawn Building) and (3 pm – 6 pm) SG High Level Meeting on Scaling up Nutrition CR2 (11:00 am – 1:00 pm) UN Private Sector Forum on Sustainable Energy General Assembly Lobby (12:00 pm – 02:30 pm) Closing of the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) General Assembly Hall (03:00 pm – 04:00 pm) Secretary-General Event – Every Woman Every Child (4:00 – 6:00 pm) ECOSOC – North Lawn Building Closing Plenary of Desertification - tbc (06:00 pm) General Assembly Hall

  5. MAIN EVENTS / KEY DATES cont’d… 21 September Opening Session of the General Debate (09:00 am – 10:00 am) General Assembly Hall General Debate (10:00 am – 1:00 pm & 3:00pm – 07:30 pm) General Assembly Hall State Luncheon (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm) Visitors Lobby Tea reception hosted by Mrs. Ban in honor of Spouses SG Residence (4:00 pm) 22 September Opening of the SG High-Level Meeting on Nuclear Safety General Assembly Hall and Security (08:00 am – 08:45 am) Ministerial Session (1) and (2) – (9:00 am – 12:00 pm) CR2 and CR4 Opening Plenary of Durban Commemoration General Assembly Hall (09:00 am – 11:00 am) Durban Commemoration Panel 1 (11:00 am – 1:00 pm) ECOSOC & CR3 overflow and & Panel 2 (3 pm – 6 pm) Museum tour for Spouses (Frick Collection) 1 East, 70th Street (09:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.) General Debate (11:00 am – 1:00 pm & 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm) General Assembly Hall

  6. MAIN EVENTS / KEY DATES cont’d… 22 SeptemberClosing Session of the SG High Level Meeting on Nuclear Safety and Security (12:15 pm – 1:00 pm) CR2 Security Council High-Level Meeting on Maintenance of International Peace and Security - Conflict Prevention Security Council Chamber (Time TBC) Closing Plenary of the Durban Commemoration General Assembly Hall (06:00 pm – 07:00 pm) 23 September General Debate Day 3 (09:00 am – 1:00 pm & 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm) General Assembly Hall SG Meeting on CTBT (10:00 am – 1:00 pm & CR4 – North Lawn Building 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm) 24 September General Debate Day 4 (09:00 pm – 1:00 pm & 3:00 pm – 07:00 pm) General Assembly Hall 25 September Closed 26 September General Debate Day 5 (09:00 am – 1:00 pm & (3:00 pm – 09:00 pm) General Assembly Hall 27 September General Debate Day 6 (09:00 am – 1:00 pm & (3:00 pm – tbc) General Assembly Hall

  7. Communication to Member States, IGO and Specialized Agencies • PRO/NV/66GA/2/Arrivals & Departures • PRO/NV/66GA/Wreath-laying/Peace Bell – • PRO/66GA/Tea Reception for Spouses – • PRO/66GA/Museum Tour for Spouses - • PRO/NV/66GA/2/Official Luncheon – • PRO/NV/66GA/HLM/Arrangements – • PRO/NV/Security Council High Level Meeting (tbc) • PROTOCOL WEBSITE: www.un.int/protocol

  8. ACCREDITATION • Requests (SG6 forms) must be submitted before 13 September 2011 • SG6 forms available at http://www.un.int/protocol • Send covering letter with names and functional titles of members of delegation to the Chief of Protocol before 13 September 2011 • All requests require 48 business hours for processing after submission • Delegates needing photos must proceed to Pass and ID • Missions may collect passes for those with photo in the system

  9. ACCREDITATION cont’d… • VIP passes (without photo) for Heads of State/Heads of Government, Vice-Presidents, Crown Princes and spouses • VIP passes (with photo) for Deputy Prime Ministers, Cabinet Ministers and spouses • Protocol passes curtailed during 19 – 27 September 2011

  10. Restricted Areas and Meeting Rooms Restricted areas: • GA building:- 2nd Floor, GA Hall, First basement (press stakeout area), Security Council Chamber • North Lawn Building:- Conference rooms for the Roundtables/Panels and specific High-Level meetings

  11. Access to restricted areas • Access cards “GA Hall and Delegates entrance lobby” to be distributed by PLS will be valid from 19 – 27 September 2011 • Permanent Missions/Observers – 6 for the High Level meetings and General Debate and 4 for the Delegates Entrance Lobby • Observers / IGOs – 2 for High-Level Meetings and the General Debate and 2 for the Delegates Entrance Lobby • Specialized Agencies – 1 for the High-Level Meetings and General Debate and 2 for the Delegates Entrance Lobby • Seats in the VIP Section and 4th floor balcony during the Speech of the Head of delegation available upon written request

  12. New Arrangements Accreditation and Collection of passes - Protocol and Liaison Service Office – 2nd Floor – North Lawn Building Access to 2nd floor (General Assembly) • Limited to holders of color coded pass only Kuwaiti Boat Area - Overflow area for delegates with the + 4 access cards Access to GA 200: - Limit delegation size in GA200 (Head of Delegation plus two) Felicitations: • Restricted to the western area at the front of the Indonesian Lounge Official Luncheon • Visitors Lobby Side Events and Roundtables/Panels • To be held in North Lawn Building Treaty Signing - Neck area on the 2nd floor of the conference building (the former flag area)

  13. New Arrangements cont’d… Security Council • Security Council Chamber is located in the 1B Level of the UN General Assembly Building Bilateral Booths • 12 booths located at the back of the GA Hall on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors • 16 booths located on the 2nd Floor – North Lawn Building * For reservations kindly email: icms.un.org or bilats-msu@un.org or Emma Pioche – Telephone Number: 1 – 212 – 963 - 2952 Location of Press Conferences • Contact Office of the Spokesperson (Jamille McCord – Telephone: 1 – 212 – 963 – 7707 or email: mccord@un.org) Route between the General Assembly and North Lawn Building • Protocol and Security will facilitate access for Heads of State and Delegations Delegates Dining Room • Located in the former Staff Cafeteria in the Secretariat Building

  14. THANK YOU

More Related