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Guideline on
Personal Security and Safety of Participants
The United Nations Security and Safety Services is
always at the ready to serve all its clients. In this regard, the
cooperation of all participants at this meeting would help us a great
deal in ensuring the safety of your valuables and your personal security.
Do the following while you are in ECA premises
- Display your Conference Badges on demand of
an authorized person and wear it visibly
- Do not leave bags and parcels unattended;
this will be confiscated or destroyed
- Do not bring unauthorized persons and
children into the conference center
- Safeguard your valuable property
- Check for your documents and items before you
leave conference halls and meeting rooms
- If you lose any valuable items within the
premises, inform UN Security and Safety Service or inform the
nearest Security Officer.
If you are off the ECA premises and in the Hotel
- Upon entering or leaving your room, make it a
habit to lock the door
- Before leaving, inspect your room to make
sure no money, jewellery, cameras etc have been left exposed
- Deposit valuables or portable items at the
reception desk and obtain a receipt
- Should you observe anything suspicious or out
of the ordinary please contact Security Service
Address of ITU
Regional Office for Africa
ETC Building in front of La guare Holly Savior
Catholic Church
3rd Floor Room 309
Tel.: + 251 115 514855/514977
Fax: +251 115 517299
Useful Telephone
Numbers
Emergency Numbers
UN Control Room – Addis Ababa (24 hrs): +251 - 115
445135 / 516537 / 512945
Security Chief: +251 - 0911 201802
Deputy Chief: +251 - 0911 508578
Emergencies outside of Addis
UN Operations Centre (24 hrs): + 251 - 115 511726
Sat Phone: +87162546835
Police Emergency Numbers (24 hrs): 911
City Police: +251 - 115 572100 / 572121
Federal Police: +251 - 115 524077 / 526302 / 526303
Travel
Arrangements
On-site Transportation
You will arrive at Bole International Airport,
which is located just 5 kilometres from the center of Addis Ababa.
If you would like transportation in Addis Ababa
outside of conference time or to take you to the airport at the end of
the Conference, you can book a taxi from the National Tourism
Organization (NTO) by calling + 251- 115 – 51 18 22 or + 251-115 - 51 84
00, or take the yellow or blue taxis parked outside your hotel.
Airline
Reservations
A number of International Airlines operate to and
from Addis Ababa. It is required that participants secure their return/onward
air passage prior to their arrival in Addis Ababa. Gashem Travel is the
official travel agency on site at ECA to assist with re-confirmation of
tickets and to provide participants with travel and tour related
information. They are reachable at the following telephone numbers:
Gashem Travel
Tel: +251 115 44 30 51/44 30 52/46 84 85 or 251 0911 25 04 68
(mobile)
Ethiopian Airlines and Kenya Airways have offices in the ECA compound. Please have your ticket available when visiting the travel agency to re-confirm flights.
Hotel
Accomodation - List of Selected Hotels
Preliminary Planning Meeting for the project on “Support for Harmonization of ICT Policies in Sub-Sahara Africa (HIPSSA)"
11-12 DECEMBER 2008, ADDIS ABABA
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HOTEL
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No. of rooms available
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Type of Rooms
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UN Rate
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JUPITER INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
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Tel: (251-11) 5-52 73 33
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Single rooms
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US$ 70.00
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Fax: (251-11) 5-52 64 18
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102
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Rates are inclusive of breakfast, service charge and VAT unless where indicated.
The hotel provide shuttle service from and to Airport.
Hotel reservation form will be available soon.
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