Information
note for NGOs
Sub-Commission
on the Promotion
and Protection of Human Rights
Fifty-fifth session
Information
note for participants in the fifty-fifth session
of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
The
fifty-fifth session of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection
of Human Rights will convene from 28 July to 15 August 2003 in Conference
Room XVIII of the Palais des Nations, United Nations Office at Geneva
(UNOG).
Documentation
The
provisional agenda of the session is contained in document E/CN.4/Sub.2/2003/1.
The annotated agenda (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2003/1/Add.1)
is expected to be available at the beginning of July 2003.
All
the documents related to the session may be consulted on the Internet
at www.unhchr.ch or picked up
at the counter at door 40 of the Palais des Nations (Tel.: +41 (0)22
917 49 00).
During
the session, a daily order of the day will be issued containing
a list of Sub-Commission documents which will be available on the
Internet and at the counter at door 40.
Accreditation
States
and organizations wishing to accredit representatives to the fifty-fifth
session of the Sub-Commission are invited to send their request(s)
to the Secretariat of the Sub-Commission, for the attention of Ms.
Kate Hardie (Mail address: Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights, Room PW 1-036, Palais des Nations, 8-14 avenue de la Paix,
CH-1211 Geneva 10; Tel.: +41 (0)22 917 92 56; Fax: +41 (0)22 917
90 11) at their earliest convenience.
The
Secretariat wishes to draw the attention to the following:
(a)
Delegates from States, United Nations bodies, specialized agencies,
intergovernmental and other organizations as well as NGO annual
or temporary representatives in possession of an identity badge
issued by the UNOG Security and Safety Section and valid for the
duration of the session, will have unrestricted access to the conference
rooms.
(b)
Any other participants without a UNOG identity badge should apply
in person as from
Friday, 25 July 2003, to the Villa "Les
Feuillantines" (13, avenue de la Paix - see attached map);
on presentation of an identity document and a copy of the letter
of accreditation, a photo-badge valid for the duration of the Sub-Commission's
session will be issued.
The
accreditation office of the Sub-Commission at the Villa "Les
Feuillantines" will be open from 8.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. throughout
the session.
The
Secretariat of the Sub-Commission remains at the disposal of the
participants in the fifty-fifth session of the Sub-Commission on
the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights for any further information
at the following telephone numbers: +41 (0)22 917 93 28 / 917 92
19, or at the following fax number: (41 22) 917 90 11.
See
also:
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