Secretariat provided by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

8th MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE 03 - 05 March 2008, ,

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FACT SHEET

1. Meeting Venue

Address: UNEP/AEWA Secretariat UN-Campus Bonn - Langer Eugen Hermann-Ehlers-Straße 10 53113 Bonn

The meeting room is located on the 27th floor (Room 2705).

How to reach the Secretariat by phone: During office hours you can reach us by telephone: +49 228 815 – 2413. Otherwise you can reach us on our mobile phones: Sergey Dereliev: +49 (0) 151 174 176 05 Jolanta Kremer: + 49 (0) 177 866 91 76

2. Transport To the UN-Campus and Bonn/Bad Godesberg, where the hotels are situated.

By car: From /Hannover/Ruhrgebiet: From the South-West of the : • A3 motorway to Bonn/ intersection • A61 motorway until Meckenheim intersection • A560 motorway towards Bonn until • A565 motorway towards Bonn St. Augustin junction • Poppelsdorf exit, towards Bad Godesberg (B9) • A59 motorway towards Bonn-Bad Godesberg follow signs for Bad Godesberg Zentrum or until Bonn-Ost (42) intersection • After the “Reuterbrücke” – Bridge take • A562 motorway across Rhine, 2nd exit middle/left-track towards Bundeshaus (keep towards Rheinaue, keep right left) for UN-Campus. turn right into Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße where paid parking is available for UN-Campus (pull a ticket).

By rail: from Bonn Hauptbahnhof main station: • Tram (U-Bahn) line 16, 63 oder 67 towards Bad Godesberg Heussallee stop, exit ’Heussallee’ for the UN-Campus or ’Bad Godesberg Bf (Bahnhof)’ for the hotels. (For the UN-Campus walk along Heussallee, cross intersection into Hermann-Ehlers-Straße) • Bus line 610 towards Bad Godesberg/Rheinallee – bus stop ‘Deutsche Welle’ for the UN-Campus and continue towards bus stop ‘Rheinallee’ for the Hotels Rheinland and Insel.

By air: from /Bonn airport (Flughafen Köln/Bonn): • Airport-shuttle-bus No 670 towards Bonn Hauptbahnhof (main train station) • From the train station take the subway (U-Bahn or bus) as indicated below.

from Frankfurt International Airport (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main): • There is a high speed train service (ICE) between the airport and the city of Cologne. The station for Bonn is Siegburg (travel time is approximately 50 minutes). There is also a regular train service between Frankfurt International Airport and Bonn. Travel time is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes. Ticket prices range from 30 – 50 Euros depending on the type of train.*

from Düsseldorf Airport: • There is a regular (local) train service between the airport and Bonn Hauptbahnhof. This journey takes approximately one hour. Ticket prices range from 14 to 24 Euros depending on the type of train.*

*Sponsored delegates should buy their own train tickets on the inbound journey and keep the ticket and receipt for reimbursement; we will provide you with a train ticket for your return journey.

• By taxi (approx. prices): • Cologne/Bonn airport to Bonn/Bad Godesberg: 46,00 Euros • Bonn Hauptbahnhof to Bonn/Bad Godesberg: 17,00 Euros • Siegburg Bahnhof to Bonn/Bad Godesberg: 30,00 Euros • Bonn/Bad Godesberg to UN-Campus: 12,00 Euros

Subway (U-Bahn)/Tram/Bus prices, Euros:

Single ticket 4-er ticket (for 4 trips – stamp each time) Airport shuttle bus (670) to Bonn: 6.30 Siegburg station to Bonn center 4.10 (one way Preisstufe 3) Bonn center to Bad Godesberg 2.30 (one way Preisstufe 1b) within Bonn city: 2.30 (one way Preisstufe 1b) 8,10 All day ticket for one person 6.70 (TagesTicket 1 Person–Preistufe 1b) All day ticket for up to 5 people travelling 9.80 together (TagesTicket 5 Personen – Preisstufe 1b)

Tickets can be bought in the buses or vending machines, which are available at bus stops and on the platforms. Please have coins ready – the machines give change.

2. Opening The meeting starts with an evening session at 18.00 on Sunday at the meeting venue, UN Campus; the meeting itself will be opened on Monday, 3 March 2008 at 9:00.

3. Hotel accommodation Rooms have been blocked for delegates at the following hotels. Reservations have been made for all sponsored delegates and those non-sponsored delegates, who have contacted us with their travel details (they have been informed separately). All remaining non-sponsored delegates are urgently requested to contact us or to make a reservation themselves; if they have not done so already (both hotels have English/French-speaking staff).

Hotel Rheinland Rheinallee 17 53173 Bonn – Bad Godesberg Tel: +49 (0) 228 82 00 00 Fax: + 49 (0) 228 8 0 00 82 (www.hotel-rheinland-bonn.de) [email protected] The price (United Nations rate) of a single room is 52,00 Euros (incl. breakfast buffet).

INSEL HOTEL Theaterplatz 5 – 7 53177 Bonn – Bad Godesberg Tel: +49 (0) 228 350 00 Fax: + 49 228 350 00 – 333 (www.inselhotel.com) [email protected]

Room price (United Nations rate) is 99,00 Euros (incl. breakfast buffet). Both hotels are close to the train station (Bad Godesberg) underground and bus stops. Both have (limited) parking space.

Hotel bills (including breakfast) for sponsored delegates will be covered by the Secretariat; please note that sponsored delegates are responsible for paying their telephone calls, faxes, internet costs and drinks.

4. Meals On Sunday evening after the first workshop the Secretariat invites all participants to have dinner together at a local restaurant. On Monday and Tuesday lunches and supper will be provided at the meeting venue (29th floor – VIP room); non-sponsored delegates can buy vouchers to cover lunches and suppers (including drinks). These can be bought either on Sunday evening before the workshop (27th floor) or on Monday at the Secretariat on the 19th Floor (room 1924 Marie-Therese Kaemper).

5. Daily Subsistence Allowance (sponsored delegates) Sponsored delegates will receive a lump sum to cover their local travel costs; visa costs and the cost of inbound train tickets or other travel-related costs will also be reimbursed (payment only on the basis of valid receipts or other documentation). This can be picked up at the Secretariat on the 19th floor – office will be signposted.

6. Identification badges/ security All delegates will receive an identification badge on arrival at the main entrance gate of the Langer Eugen building. Please be sure to wear this badge throughout the meeting to ensure access to the venue. Please have your passport with you – without them you will not be able to enter the building!

7. Documents Documents can be downloaded from the AEWA website. Delegates are kindly requested to bring meeting documentation with them.

8. Time Zone Germany is in the central-European time zone.

MAP OF BONN

UN CAMPUS – Herman-Ehlers-Str. 10 - LANGER EUGEN

Meeting Venue: UN Campus

HOTEL RHEINLAND

INSEL HOTEL