WINTER MEETING OF THE OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
Vienna, 21-22 February 2019
GENERAL INFORMATION
V
ENUE
The Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly will take place
21 and 22 February 2019
in the Congress Center Hofburg, Heldenplatz, 1014
Vienna, Austria.
OSCE PA meetings are streamed on the internet,
and open to the public through other means
including coverage of meetings by journalists.
Meetings are intended to facilitate dialogue among
parliamentarians,
but
access
by
non-
parliamentarians is welcome upon request by
Members of the OSCE PA officially registered for the
meeting (use form Annex C available upon request).
Sponsoring Members take full responsibility for the
sponsored participants and are requested to clarify
the duration of their access to the OSCE PA
meeting. Access to certain parts of the premises and
program may be restricted to parliamentarians and
their staff. Due to restrictions of the premises in the
Hofburg Congress Centre, representatives of these
outside bodies will be provided with limited seating
in the Chamber, space permitted.
The Registration Desk will be open on Wednesday,
20 February from 14.00 to 20.00 in the lobby of the
Vienna Marriott Hotel, Parkring 12a, 1010 Vienna.
We strongly advise participants to register on 20
February at the Registration Desk in the Hotel
Marriott where they will receive their identity
badge.
The Registration Desk will be transferred to the
Hofburg on Thursday, 21 February where it will be
open Thursday, 21 February from 8.00 to 18.00 and
Friday, 22 February from 8.00 to 16.00.
Please note that due to renovation, the OSCE PA
Registration Desk will be located in a temporary
construction located outside of the Hofburg’s
entrance on Heldenplatz.
Participants may be asked to show some official
identification to obtain their badges.
Participants are requested to wear their identity
badge at all meetings.
For security reasons,
participants should also be in possession of some
P
ROGRAMME
This year, the Winter Meeting will be comprised of
meetings of the Standing Committee, each General
Committee, and joint sessions of the three General
Committees.
The draft schedule of the meeting is attached.
A
CCOMMODATION
For your convenience, the International Secretariat
has blocked rooms at the following hotels in Vienna:
Vienna Marriott Hotel, Hotel Europa and Hotel
Astoria.
Reservations shall be made directly to the above
hotels (Annexes B1-B2-B3) as soon as possible and
before the cutoff date.
Please note that hotel deadlines and cancellation
policies are different for each hotel.
We re o
e d that our e ers use the hotel’s
secure online booking systems when reserving
rooms. If the hotel of your choice does not provide
this service, we advise that you send credit card
information by fax to the hotel only, to limit the risk
of credit card details being intercepted over email.
R
EGISTRATION
We thank you for filling in and sending the attached
Registration form (Annex A) to the International
Secretariat
no later than 23 January 2019.
Please
indicate clearly the hotel you are staying.
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EPRESENTATIVES
FROM OTHER
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