IAEA Media Advisories

Media Advisory 2005/26

Press Arrangements for IAEA General Conference

26 - 30 September 2005, Vienna, Austria

14 September 2005 | High-level delegations from IAEA Member States will gather in Vienna to discuss major issues facing the Agency at its annual General Conference from Monday, 26, to Friday, 30 September 2005.

The Provisional Agenda of the 49^th General Conference is available at the IAEA website: http://www.iaea.org/About/Policy/GC/GC49/Documents/gc49-1.html.

The event will take place at the Austria Center, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Vienna.

The plenary sessions of the five-day meeting are open to journalists.

There will be a daily press briefing at 11:00 a.m. The venue of the briefings will be posted in the press working area, which is equipped with Wireless LAN.

IAEA public information staff will be on hand to assist media representatives in the press working area on floor 01, starting from 09:00 a.m. on Monday, 19 September 2005.

Accreditation:

Please register on-line or fill in the accreditation form [pdf] and return it by fax to Ms. Brenda Blann at +43-1-2600-29610 (tel: +43-1-2600-26383).

You are required to bring a valid press I.D.

TV Crews arriving by car can park in West Parkplatz of Austria Centre and should inform Mr. Cassio Furtado, (C.Furtado@iaea.org, tel.: +43-1-2600-22627 or +43-664 878 1618), in advance, of your names, affiliations and license plate numbers. Advance notice of satellite trucks is required.

Press Contacts

Melissa Fleming
Head, Media & Outreach Section
Spokesperson
Division of Public Information
[43-1] 2600-21275
[43] 699-165-21275 (mobile)
m.fleming@iaea.org

Peter Rickwood
Public Information Officer
Media and Outreach Section
Division of Public Information
[43-1] 2600-22047
[43] 699-165-22047 (mobile)
p.rickwood@iaea.org

Ayhan Evrensel
Press and Public Information Officer
Media and Outreach Section
Division of Public Information
[43-1] 2600-21271
[43] 699-165-21271 (mobile)
a.evrensel@iaea.org

About the IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) serves as the world's foremost intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology. Established as an autonomous organization under the United Nations (UN) in 1957, the IAEA carries out programmes to maximize the useful contribution of nuclear technology to society while verifying its peaceful use.

NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit the Press Section of the IAEA's website (http://www.iaea.org/Resources/Journalists/), or call the IAEA's Division of Public Information at (431) 2600-21270.