ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEETING OF P5 AT FOREIGN MINISTERS’ LEVEL

Note to Correspondents

ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEETING OF P5 AT FOREIGN MINISTERS’ LEVEL

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 10 September (UN Information Service) -- The Foreign Ministers of the five permanent members of the Security Council, the “P5”, Li Zhaoxing, China; Dominique de Villepin, France; Sergei Ivanov, Russian Federation; Jack Straw, United Kingdom; and Colin Powell, United States of America, will hold a meeting with the Secretary-General on Saturday, 13 September in the Council Chamber of the Palais des Nations on the subject of Iraq.  The meeting should last from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

The Information Service has made the following arrangements for the press:

Accreditation

Requests for accreditation can be sent by fax to the office of the Director of the Information Service on fax: 00 41 22 917 0030 starting Wednesday, 10 September.  The requests should include copies of a letter from the media on a letterhead and signed by the Editor-in-Chief, as well as a copy of the passport and a copy of the press card for each person.  The badges can be picked up on Friday, 12 September, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Security and Safety Service, Villa Les Feuillantines, located at 13 Avenue de la Paix, across the street from the Palais des Nations.  The badges can also be picked up from the Security and Safety Service on Saturday, 13 September, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  The badges will only be valid for Saturday.

Arrival of Delegations

The Foreign Ministers will be welcomed at door 4 by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva shortly before 2 p.m.  Television crews and photographers will be able to cover the arrivals.

Conditions and Restrictions

-- All correspondents are required to wear their badges of accreditation to gain entry into the building.

-- Please direct all queries on coverage of the meeting to the Information Service, telephone number 00 41 22 917 2302.

-- Entry into the building will be allowed only through doors 23 and 11 and only those coming on foot.

-- No entry will be allowed through doors 4 and 6.

-- The press parking area outside door 23 will be closed for security reasons.  Journalists are advised to park elsewhere on the grounds of the Palais des Nations on Saturday.  Please note that cars left in the press parking after Friday will be removed.

-- The Press Bar will be open from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for the convenience of the journalists and staff covering the P5 meeting.

-- Room V will be reserved as a special area for visiting journalists.  Please note that pre-paid telephone cards will be required to use fax machines.

Press encounters

-- A pool photo-op is foreseen at the start of the meeting at 2.00 p.m.

-- A press conference will follow after the meeting in Room III.

Radio

Subject to availability, radio journalists may book production facilities in the United Nations Radio Studio located between Door 4 and Door 6 on the ground floor from 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, 13 September.

Transmission facilities by web-transfer and ISDN telephone line are available at user's costs.

Contact:  Luca Solari, tel.: 41 22 917 2566 or Maurice Engler, tel.: 41 22 917 1077.

Television:

For general information and pool composition contact:  Yvette Morris at tel.: 41 22 917 4606 or 41 79 2173064.

For pool pictures and television play-out facilities in Betcam SP or SX:  contact Annie Liautaud on tel.: 41 22 917 4632 or 41 76 5935021.

Editing and television transmission facilities may be booked on a commercial basis through the European Broadcasting Union, tel.: 41 22 717 2840.

The Information Service will provide more details of all press coverage arrangements at the regular briefing by the Director at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, 12 September.

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