The Second South Summit will take place at the Dafna Hall in the Sheraton Doha Hotel in Doha June 14 to 16th 2005. The Summit will be preceded by Foreign Ministers Meeting on 13 June 2005 and Seniors Officials Meeting on 12 June 2005.
The Dafna Hall in the Sheraton Doha Hotel is located 5 km from the city center of Doha .
The conference arena has an exceptional record earned over two decades of delivering outstanding organization, quality and security in the hosting of world class events, in addition to offering excellent translation and documentation services.
Date Program
10/11 June* Arrival of the participating delegations
12 June Meeting of Senior Officials
13 June Meeting of the Foreign Ministers
14 June Arrival of the Heads of State and Government
15 June (10:30 a.m.) Opening the Summit
16 June Continuing the work of the Summit
17 June Departure of the delegations
* Participating official delegates are allowed to arrive in Doha starting 10th June
The delegations participating in the Second South Summit will arrive at the Doha International Airport which is located close to the city center of Doha .
The Heads of State and Government of the G77 & China will be received by His Highness the Emir, H.H. the Heir Apparent, H.H. Prime Minister, and Ministers in the Council of State Protocol Lounge of the Doha International Airport, dependent on time of arrival.
The Foreign Ministers will be received by Ministers and Ambassadors on arrival at the Doha International Airport .
Other delegation members and journalists participating in the Second South Summit, will be received by Civilian Aides-de Camp and Protocol Department representatives through the designated arrival lounge at the Doha International Airport .
Offices have been set up to expedite immigration and customs procedures, along with mechanisms to guarantee the rapid reception of baggage brought by participants in the event. Embassies of G77+ China countries with diplomatic missions in Doha must notify the Summit Organizing Committee of the names of the officials designated to attend to these matters in order to guarantee the issuing of the corresponding airport access pass and the smooth arrival of delegations. In the case of G77+ China member countries that do not have embassies in Doha , they will receive support from a working group created in Qatar for this purpose.
There will be an official Protocol office to deal with the questions or concerns of Summit participants regarding these matters, before, during and after the Summit .
For more information on reception at the Office and how to contact the Office of Protocol, kindly visit the following websites:
www.g77-doha.org
www.2southsummit.org
www.dohasummit.org
www.g77-sss-doha.org
www.mofa.gov.qa
To be announced later.
At the advance party meeting, the Summit National Organizing Organizing Committee, or the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the UN, will distribute stickers that will facilitate the identification and recognition of the baggage brought by participants in the Second South Summit. Four different colours have been designated to identify the baggage of Heads of State and Government, Foreign Ministers, Delegates and the Press.
At the airport, a commission comprised of customs representatives and other organizations will work with the representatives designated by the embassies of G77+ China member countries that have diplomatic missions in Qatar to expedite the retrieval of baggage. A group of Qatar personnel will assist official delegations from G77+ China member countries that do not have embassies in Qatar .
At the Doha Sheraton Doha Hotel and the hotels designated for official delegations and the press, an outlet of the Qatar Tourism Authority will be set up to attend to any tourism-related questions and requests from Second South Summit participants.
All of the hotels designated for the conference at the Doha Sheraton Doha hotel will feature nearby shopping centers open from 10am –10pm. They will also offer the delegations staying there such services as restaurants, coffee shops and other facilities.
At the Summit headquarters in the Doha Sheraton Doha hotel, a work room will be set up for shared use by delegations, equipped with such facilities as computers with modems (for Internet and e-mail access), printers and keyboards in the various official languages of the Summit, as well as fax machines, telephones, photocopiers and other equipment.
The official languages at the Second South Summit will be working languages of the Group of 77+China, namely English, Arabic, French and Spanish. Simultaneous interpretation and translation services will be provided in these languages during official working sessions.
The National Organizing Committee of the Second South Summit will hold advance meetings to inform the representatives of G77+ China member countries about organizational and logistical details and the Official Summit program. The first meeting will be held 20th April in New York followed by another meeting for protocol and security affairs between 25-30 May in Doha