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Archives
Here you will find the archives
of the International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation, of the
Preparatory Commission of UNESCO, every session of the General Conference
and Executive Board, all UNESCO documents and publications and the
Secretariat’s records. The Micrography Unit holds all UNESCO texts
since 1972 on microfiche; in some cases, since 1945. The Unit allows
access through the INTERNET to full texts of UNESCO documents from
the end of 1995, and for the decisions of the Executive Board and
resolutions of the General Conference from 1946. The reading room
is in the basement of the Fontenoy Building (access through office
C.021). Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 2 p.m.
to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; tel.: 81950, 81955.
Bank
You can carry out all banking operations in the two branches
of the Société Générale, one located opposite the lifts on
the first floor of the Fontenoy
Building - Tel.: 01.53.69.55.60, 81640 -,
the other in the hall of the Miollis
Building - tel.: 82827.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9.30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m., 1 p.m.
- 4.15 p.m.
Cash dispensers are at your disposal 24 hours a day in Fontenoy
in the Hall Miró and in Miollis next to the bank.
Bookshop
Bookshop is located at the entrance
to the Fontenoy Building and sells UNESCO publications, CDs, CD-ROMs,
and certain United Nations publications. You will also find trade-marked
UNESCO gifts, as well as numismatic and philatelic items. Delegates
are entitled to a reduction on presentation of their badge. Monday
to Saturday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., tel.: 82222, 80370.
Cafeteria serving lunch
Seventh floor of the Fontenoy Building;
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday, 11.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.
Basement of the Miollis Building;
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 11.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.
Cloakroom
Cloakrooms are available near Room I.
Commissary
As a delegate you have access, on presentation of your badge,
to the UNESCO Commissary, which offers a wide range of articles
(luxury food, perfumes, gifts, etc.). The commissary is situated
in the first basement of the Bonvin Building. Opening hours: Monday
to Friday, 11.45 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. and 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.; Saturday,
10.30 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. Delegates are also entitled to a special
allowance of duty-free cigarettes, cigars, tobacco and alcohol.
A branch of the Commissary, specializing in gifts and essential
items, is located in the basement of the Conference Building. Opening
hours: Monday to Friday, 10.45 a.m. - 5.45 p.m.; Saturday, 10.45
a.m.-1.30 p.m.
Conference Bar
Serves coffee, tea, drinks, cakes and sandwiches all day,
with hot and cold meals for lunch and dinner. This bar is located
in the basement of the Conference Building, Fontenoy. Open 8.30
a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday.
Emergencies
Inside UNESCO, call the Central Guard Service in the Fontenoy
Building, tel.: 81637 and 81617; in the Miollis Building, 82580.
Outside UNESCO, call ‘Police secours’, tel.: 17.
Fire
Inside UNESCO, for all buildings, tel.:18. Outside UNESCO,
call the Paris fire brigade, tel.:18.
Hotels
You may use the Carlson Wagonlit Travel agency located in
UNESCO.
Internet
Internet Personal computers installed in the basement of
the Conference Building (in the hall in front of Room XI) give access
to the network. To request an electronic mailbox, contact the Bureau
of Documentation, Informatics and Telecommunications (DIT), office
F.019, tel.: 82253. All information on UNESCO's General Conference
is accessible on the Internet:
http://www.unesco.org
Library
Direct access to a selection of daily newspapers and magazines,
encyclopedias, yearbooks, guidebooks, etc. Consult the UNESBIB,
the online catalogue, for references of UNESCO documents/publications
since 1972, and UNESDOC, the full-text database. Photocopying/printing
facilities, information services at your disposal. Location: Ground
floor, Fontenoy Building (R.004). Opening hours: Monday to Friday,
9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. tel.: 80356/60;
e-mail:library@unesco.org;
http://www.unesco.org/general/eng/infoserv/doc/library.shtml
Lost and found
If you have lost or found something, please contact the
Delegates’ Reception or the Guard Service, tel.: 81636.
Mail
You may ask for mail to be sent to you in your name, mentioning
also the name of your delegation, to the UNESCO address:
UNESCO
7, place de Fontenoy
F-75352 Paris 07-SP France
Telephone : (33 1) 45 68 10 00
Fax : (33 1) 45 67 16 90
You will find mail addressed to you
at your permanent delegation’s office or, if your delegation has
no office, at the Delegates’ Reception, in the Conference foyer.
Observers from IGOs, NGOs and Foundations should contact their Reception
in Room III.
Medical emergencies
During the General Conference, a medical unit of the Paris
SAMU (Service d'aide médicale d'urgence - Emergency medical
assistance) is permanently on duty in the Miró Hall, Conference
Building, tel.: 80588. For a serious emergency outside UNESCO, call
the SAMU directly, tel.: 15. Irrespective of place or time, if you
need a doctor, telephone SOS Médecins on 01.43.37.77.77. You can
also call the emergency service of St. Joseph's Hospital, 185 rue
Raymond Losserand, 14th arrondissement, tel.: 01.44.12.34.58, saying
that you are from UNESCO.
Medical Service and infirmary
The Medical Service and Infirmary, located on the third
floor of the Fontenoy Building, Offices 3.067 to 3.069. Opening
hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. - 6.30 p.m.;
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. On duty during night meetings and Saturday
afternoons, tel.: 80867. In the Miollis Building, the Infirmary
is on the ground floor, Office 28, tel.: 83231, open from Monday
to Saturday, 9 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Meditation Room
Meditation area designed by Tadao Ando (see Map 1).
Meeting room reservations
To book a meeting room, please contact the Meeting Room
Reservation Service, which will endeavour to meet the requests of
groups of delegations according to availability (office S.385, tel.:85024).
Newspapers
Two newsagents in the halls of the Fontenoy and Miollis
Buildings stock daily newspapers, magazines and books.
Parking
Parking space is reserved on the avenue de Suffren and avenue
de Ségur, bordering the UNESCO perimeter, for cars displaying the
special parking sticker on their windscreen. The stickers may be
obtained from the Delegates’ Reception.
Photocopies
In the basement of the Conference Building, in front of
the Sound Archives Unit (S.371), there is a photocopying service
is at your disposal. In meeting rooms, ask the conference room officers.
Photographs
You may make arrangements with the two General Conference
photographers, whom you will find at their counter in the hall outside
Room I, for photographs to be taken.
Postal services
A post office is open for the duration of the General Conference
in the basement of the Conference Building. Opening hours: Monday
to Friday, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.;
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 12.30 p.m., tel.: 80252. There are mail boxes
near the Place de Fontenoy entrance, behind the lifts and in the
hall of the Miollis Building. In an emergency, you will find a post
office open all night at 52 rue du Louvre, in the first arrondissement.
Press
The Press Room is on the gound floor of the Fontenoy Building
(Ms E. Salas C. Rossenbach, Miró Hall3, tel.:81743).
Receptions
The catering services are at your disposal for receptions
you may wish to organize at UNESCO Headquarters. Please consult
Mr. H. Raïs S.383, tel.: 82133.
Recordings
If you would like an audio cassette of a statement made
in plenary or in commission, you may obtain one from Mr. Galleron
in the Sound Archives Unit (Office S.371, tel.: 80105) for 60 francs.
Restaurant
The Lowendal Restaurant is open for lunch from Monday to
Friday on the seventh floor of the Fontenoy Building. Reservations,
tel.: 81600 (see also Conference Bar and Cafeteria).
Shuttle
A regular shuttle service runs between the Fontenoy and
Miollis buildings (see Map 1).
Speaking clock
To find out the time at any moment of the day or night:
tel.: (0) 36 99.
Telephone
UNESCO’s telephone number for a call made in France is 01
45 68 10 00; for a call made from abroad it is (33 1) 45.68.10.00.
If you receive a call, it will be redirected by the switchboard
to your permanent delegation. If your delegation does not have a
permanent office, the calls will be redirected to the "telephone
centre" in the Fontenoy Building (see Map 1). If you are expecting
a call at a specific time, stay near the "telephone centre", or
tell the switchboard operator where you will be. You might usefully
advise your correspondent to ask for a "person-to-person" call,
which is billed from the moment the requested correspondent comes
on the line. To call an extension in UNESCO, dial the five figures
directly. To reach a number in Paris, dial 0 and then the 10 digit
number of your correspondent. You can call outside Paris and outside
France directly from the office of your permanent delegation, which
will receive the bill later, or from the switchboard in the Conference
Building; in the latter case, you must pay immediately.
Temporary secretarial staff
The Bureau of Human Resources Management (Ms A.M. Bastide,
office E.174, tel.: 82485) can help find temporary secretarial staff,
at your own expense. UNESCO’s permanent staff cannot be made available
to delegates.
Travel
You may book your return or any other journey in France
or abroad at the Carlson Wagonlit Travel located
opposite the lifts on the first
floor of the Fontenoy Building, tel.: 80380, 80381, 80377
in the hall of the Miollis Building,
tel.: 83018, 83019.
opening hours: Tuesday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. For information concerning flight times, you can make
direct calls to Orly airport, 01 49 75 15 15, or to Charles De Gaulle-Roissy,
01 48 62 22 80.
Visas
If you need a visa for your return journey, you may contact
the Visa Service from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to
6 p.m., Monday to Friday; Saturday 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., tel.:
81771, 81860.
Weather
The weather in paris is generally cold and misty, with occasional
fine days. Coats and umbrellas are recommended.
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