INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH Ref: IAIUYDIR/2020/023 10 August 2020 N O T I F I C A T I O N Subject: Information on using Zoom to participate in the 49th meeting of the Executive Council (EC-49), the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-28) and the 50th meeting of the Executive Council (EC-50) Dear Madam, Sir, Below are the instructions on using the web conferencing system, Zoom, to participate in the 49th meeting of the Executive Council (EC-49), the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-28) and the 50th meeting of the Executive Council (EC-50) on 19 August 2020. The provisional agendas and official and information documents to the meetings are available at: http://www.iai.int/en/post/detail/CoP-28 The IAI Directorate reminds Parties on the need to submit accreditation. Parties that have not submitted accreditation will not be able to vote. Given the exceptional circumstances caused by Covid- 19, the IAI Directorate will regard an email message from the national competent authority nominating its delegation as sufficient documentation. Meeting times 19 August 2020 EC-49 is scheduled to start at 10:00 UYT: 7:00 – 8:00: Guatemala City, San Jose 8:00 – 9:00: Bogota, Kingston, Lima, Mexico City, Panama City, Quito 9:00 – 10:00: Asunción, La Paz, Ottawa, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Washington, D.C. 10:00 – 11:00: Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Montevideo (UYT) CoP-28 is scheduled to start at 11:00 UYT: 8:00 – 11:00: Guatemala City, San Jose 9:00 – 12:00: Bogota, Kingston, Lima, Mexico City, Panama City, Quito 10:00 – 13:00: Asunción, La Paz, Ottawa, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Washington, DC 11:00 – 14:00: Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Montevideo (UYT) EC-50 is scheduled to start at 14:00 UYT: 11:00 – 12:00: Guatemala City, San Jose 12:00 – 13:00: Bogota, Kingston, Lima, Mexico City, Panama City, Quito 13:00 – 14:00: Asunción, La Paz, Ottawa, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Washington, DC 14:00 – 15:00: Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Montevideo (UYT) ______________________________ Join Zoom Meeting Phone one-tap: US: +16692545252,,1601589511# or +16468287666,,1601589511# Meeting URL: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/j/1601589511?pwd=Y1JNdTlsaG50bWk3SDZxMnB3b0pBQT09 Meeting ID: 160 158 9511 Passcode: 515016 Join by Telephone For higher quality, dial a number based on your current location. Dial: US: +1 669 254 5252 or +1 646 828 7666 Meeting ID: 160 158 9511 International numbers (https://nsf.zoomgov.com/u/acB0m9dJxG) Join from an H.323/SIP room system H.323: 161.199.138.10 (US West) 161.199.136.10 (US East) Meeting ID: 160 158 9511 Passcode: 515016 SIP: [email protected] ________________ The IAI Directorate is grateful for the support received from Argentina, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, which made interpretation from English to Spanish and Spanish to English possible. It is also grateful to the United States National Science Foundation for the use of its Zoom web conferencing system. Questions on use of Zoom may be submitted to Ms Soledad Noya at: [email protected] Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. Yours sincerely, Dr. Marcos Regis da Silva Executive Director Av. Italia 6201, Ed. Los Tilos, Of. 102/103, CP 11500, Montevideo, Uruguay www.iai.int .