Media services
The Press Area, located on the ground floor, offers various services to accredited
members of the press, including TV and radio coverage facilities, work facilities
for the print media and a United Nations Press Documents Counter.
During the conference, the International Media Centre is operational 24 hours
a day, with limited services between midnight and 7 a.m.
The Media Coordinator, the Conference Spokesperson and the Government Press
Liaison Officer have their offices in the Press Area.
The Media Information Desk, also located in the Press Area, arranges bookings
for the Press Conference Room and facilitates interviews with United Nations officials
or delegates.
Contacts:
Mr. Axel Wuestenhagen
Media Coordinator
Tel.: 0335 8272 832
Mr. Michael Williams
Conference Spokesperson
Tel.: 0335 8272 811
Media Information Desk
Tel.: 02 4339.9297
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Information on UNFCCC and climate change
The Climate Change Kiosk, on the
first floor, is staffed daily between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. It’s primary goal
is to provide information about climate change and the secretariat. It is a resource
for anyone interested in:
- Climate change information sources
- Background information on the climate change process and the secretariatWho's
doing what in the processWho's doing what in the secretariatHow to contact members
of the secretariat
- How to obtain access to, or copies of, secretariat information products or
services.
The Climate Change Kiosk includes display panels as well as computers
with Internet connections which will be used to provide assistance on how to:
- Find relevant climate change information using the UNFCCC library online
- Search and retrieve climate change information from the Internet
- Evaluate the quality of web-based information
- Locate other sources of climate change information.
A special feature of the kiosk is Climate
Talk Days where invited representatives of IGOs, NGOs, business and industry,
and governments, will give short presentations relating to one of the following
themes:
Mitigation/adaptation
1 — 3 p.m. Wednesday, 3 December
Technologies
1 — 3 p.m. Friday, 5 December
CDM and DNAs
1 — 3 p.m. Saturday, 6 December
Transport
1 — 3 p.m. Tuesday, 9 December
Global Climate Science
1 — 3 p.m. Thursday, 11 December
The webcast of these series and other information materials will be posted
on the UNFCCC COP 9 website. For more information,
contact Sharon Taylor (staylor@unfccc.int)
or visit the CCKiosk.
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General Services
Information on hotel reservations,
local transport, and train and air travel, as well as tourist information about
Milan and Italy, are available at the Travel Desk, first floor foyer.
Representatives of NGOs may use the message board located near the escalators
on the first floor to post messages. The posting of messages needs to be
approved by the secretariat. Please contact
Mr. Horacio Peluffo (Tel.: 02 4339 9261) for messages addressed to delegates
and Ms. Barbara Black (Tel.: 02 4339.9263) for messages addressed to representatives
of Observer organizations.
There are vending machines on the ground floor and coffee bars on the first and
second floors. There is a self-service restaurant and, a coffee bar in the annex
area of Pavilion 17, and another restaurant on the second floor for which reservations
must be made in advance. A coffee corner will be made available in the Press Area.
Hours:
Coffee bars:
8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Self-service restaurant:
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
VIP restaurant:
12 noon - 3 p.m. and
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Participants expecting deliveries to the Fiera Milano should contact the Information
Desk, located on the first floor.
During exhibitions, Fiera Milano runs a free bus service linking all the entrances
to the exhibition centre:
Hours:
8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Monday, 1 December to
Friday, 12 December
There are no shuttle buses available for transporting staff from their hotels
to the conference site.
Underground stations near the Fiera Milano:
GREEN LINE:
Underground station Amendola Fiera, Halls 15 and 16 (Viale Teodorico).
BLUE LINE:
Underground stations Amendola Fiera and Lotto Fiera 2 San Siro carpark, Halls
15 and 16
(Viale Teodorico)
Surface public transport to the Fiera Milano:
Tram 19:
Stops in Piazzia Sei Febbraio and Largo Domodossola
Tram 27:
Ends in Piazzia Sei Febbraio
Bus No. 78:
Stops in Via Colleoni
Trams 1 and 33; Bus nos. 57 and 94:
Stops at the corner of Corso Sempione and Via Domodossola
Bus No. 68:
Stops in Viale Berengario
Delegates can use public transport free of charge by showing their badge.
A tip for those taking the cab:
Call the central number for Milano Taxi/Taxi Blu: 02 40 40,
say
"Un taxi per favore
Via Gattemelata, Porte 2 (due), Fiera di Milano (or replace this with any other
street name or name of hotel, etc.)"
The operator will give you the number of the taxi and say in how many minutes
the car will arrive. Feel free to try in English too. On a couple of occasions,
the operator spoke excellent English.
The Unicredit Banca will be available for participants. Services include
cashing of travellers' cheques and currency exchange. The Bank is located
in the Business Centre, ground floor. In addition, a cash machine is available
on the first floor foyer. For further details, please contact the bank
personnel.
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Events
All COP 9 participants are warmly invited to an ecumenical service on Sunday,
7 December at 4 p.m. to be held at the Santi Apostoli E Nazaro Maggiore (Piazza
S. Navaro in Brolo 5, 20122 Milan). This event is co-sponsored by the World
Council on Churches (WCC), the Council of Christian Churches of Milan (CCCM) and
the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN). A reception will follow
the service. For further information, please contact Dr. David Hallman
(+44-7740-455-292).
All participants are invited to a gospel concert by the Baltimore City College
Choirs on Wednesday, 3 December, 8.30 p.m. in the Auditorium, Largo Gustav Mahler.
A bus will leave Pavilion 17 at 8 p.m. to shuttle all participants who
want to attend the event. Complimentary tickets can be collected at the
Regione Lombardia desk, Pavilion Italia on Tuesday, 2 December from 9:30 a.m.
until 4:30 p.m.
Another concert 'Vespro della Beata Vergine' by the Jubilate Choirs will be
held in the Auditorium, Largo Gustav Mahler on Tuesday, 9 December. This
concert is free of charge for all COP 9 participants.
An NGO party will be held on Saturday evening, 6 December.
Please refer to the CCTV monitors and the Daily Programme for further information.
A preliminary schedule of special events and a list of exhibits held during
COP 9 will be made available at the Information Desk.
For updates and changes in the calendar, please see the Daily Programme and the
announcements on the CCTV monitors as well as the message board for special events
and exhibits in the main foyer.
In order to provide a better focus for information on events and to avoid
paper wastage, participants are kindly requested to post flyers and posters regarding
special events, exhibits or meetings only on this message board and to inform
the secretariat ( Ms Barbara Black, Tel.: 02 4339 9461) before posting any material.
Please note that flyers posted in other areas will be removed.
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Remarks
In case of a medical emergency, please contact the medical staff located beside
the central escalator, ground floor
(Tel. 02 4339 9499).
For other emergencies immediately contact
United Nations security staff (wearing either a United Nations uniform or a United
Nations armband), who will be located at the entrance of the conference area,
or call the following numbers:
02 4339 9202, 02 4339 9201
Access to the conference area is restricted to registered participants of
the meetings. In order to help enforce the high security standards of the
secretariat, participants are expected to wear their badges at all times and in
all areas for the duration of the conference. Loss of a badge must be reported
to the Registration Desk immediately.
Please be aware that unattended items will be removed. Contact the United
Nations security staff, located beside the main entrance, for lost and found items.
Food or drinks are not permitted in the meeting rooms.
Smoking is not permitted in the meeting premises, except in the designated areas.
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