Thursday, April 15, 2010

New Logistical Information for the PFII

** Attention - New Logistical Information for the Ninth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues**

From Monday 19th - Wednesday 21, and on Friday 23rd April, the UNPFII will be held in the General Assembly Hall.

Side Events:
Special Passes will be required for those Side Events taking place in any of the following Conference Rooms: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8,A, B, E.

· Most of the Special passes will be provided to event organizers for them to distribute.

· The remaining passes will be available from Secretariat staff members who will be in the General Assembly Lobby of the UN Headquarters building, from 12.30pm - 1.30pm each day.

· For side events taking place on 21 April, Wednesday morning in the NLB, Secretariat staff will distribute the remaining passes from 9:30 to 10am at the General Assembly Lobby.

· No special passes are required for side events taking place in the DC1, DC2, UNICEF or FF buildings.


On Thursday 22 April, the UNPFII will be held in Conference Room 1 in the newly constructed temporary building, located on the North Lawn Building (NLB) located on the North Lawn of the United Nations grounds.The capacity of the meeting room is much smaller than the General Asembly Hall so there will be a limit to the numbers of people allowed into the NLB building (590 people). Therefore, the following arrangements will be put in place:

For the UNPFII session on Thursday morning
· 15 passes with will be provided to each of the caucauses: Global, Women, Youth and Regional x 7.
· One pass will be given to each organization by Secretariat staff in the General Assembly Lobby.
· Any left over passes will be given on first come –first serve basis, also in the General Assembly Lobby.

*In the spirit of good faith, if your organization received a pass through the caucaus, it would be appreciated if you do not accept additional organization passes.

For the UNPFII session on Thursday afternoon
· 15 passes with will be provided to each of the caucuses: Global, Women, Youth and Regional x 7.

· One pass will be given to each organization, with priority to North American organizations by Secretariat staff in the General Assembly Lobby.

· Any left over passes will be given on first come –first serve basis, also in the General Assembly Lobby.

*In the spirit of good faith, if your organization received a pass through the caucaus, it would be appreciated if you do not accept additional organization passes.

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