30 Km-Transport grid

Holiday Inn Garden Court Marine Parade

Royal Hotel

Hilton Hotel

Protea Hotel

Edward

Holiday Inn Garden

Court South Beach

ICC

DEC

Holiday Inn

Elangeni

• Durban Hilton

• The Royal

• Protea Hotel Edward

• Beverly Hills Sun Inter-Continental

• Holiday Inn Durban Elangeni• The Riverside

• Holiday Inn Garden Court North Beach

• Raya Hotel Balmoral

• Holiday Inn Garden Court Marine Parade

• Zimbali Lodge

• Quarters Hotel

To enable the SA Government to make accommodation available to all delegations attending the conference the following Head Quarters Hotels have been identified:

The number of delegations per hotel (according to the available number of rooms) are as follows:

• Durban Hilton 33

• The Royal 36

• Protea Hotel Edward 10

• Beverly Hills Sun Inter-Continental 11

• Holiday Inn Durban Elangeni 51

• The Riverside 12

• Holiday Inn Garden Court North Beach 12

• Raya Hotel Balmoral 9

• Holiday Inn Garden Court Marine Parade 6

• Zimbali Lodge 9

• Quarters Hotel 3

The allocation of accommodation was done in such a manner that there would be a fair regional balance in each HQ hotel, I.e. African States

Asian StatesEastern European StatesLatin American and Caribbean Island StatesWestern European and Other States

The allocation of confirmed Heads of State in HQ hotels are as follows:• Durban Hilton

• SA President• UN Secretary General• Nigeria• Palestine• Uganda

• The Royal• Democratic Republic of Congo• Latvia• Rwanda• Senegal• Venezuela

• Protea Hotel Edward• SA Deputy President

• Beverly Hills Sun Inter-Continental • President of Poland

• Holiday Inn Durban Elangeni• Algeria• Bosnia and Herzegovina• Republic of Congo

• Quarters• Togo

• Presidential Suites• Only 5 available in HQ hotels:

• 1 at Durban Hilton – allocated to President Mbeki;

• 1 at Protea Hotel Edward – allocated to Deputy President Zuma;

• 2 at Beverly Hills Sun Inter-Continental – 1 allocated to the Head of State of Poland and the other to the Head of Delegation from Austria ; and

• 1 at Holiday Inn Durban Elangeni – allocated to the Head of State of Algeria

• Suites• Different types available in total at HQ hotels 98

• Executive Rooms• Available in total at HQ hotels 100

The following different room categories have been identified to accommodate Heads of State or Government or Heads of Delegations:

The South African Government will offer the following hospitality to all Heads of State or Government attending the Conference:

• One Presidential/ suite for each Head of State or Government – depending on availability.

• In addition to the cost of accommodation, the South African Government will also meet the personal expenses of Heads of State or Government in respect of:

• Meals and beverages.

• Laundry and dry-cleaning services.

• Telephone and facsimile calls within South Africa.

• Two additional rooms only

• These services are provided to Heads of State or Government from the day of arrival in Durban until the day of departure.

• All other expenses will be for the account of each delegation.

The South African Government will make available a total of 5 rooms to each of the delegations attending the conference (at delegations expense) in the mentioned HQ hotels. The accommodation will consist of:

• One suite/ executive room for each Head of Delegation.

• Four standard type rooms.• In addition one Security Officer and one Liaison Officer for each delegation

in the HQ hotel (allocated close to the delegation).

• All other expenses including the cost of accommodation will be for the account of each delegation.

Additional accommodation will be made available

to delegations, however, this may not be in

the same hotel.

Confirmations on accommodation bookings (as on 17 August) are as follows:

Total rooms booked for the WCAR 4 503 (including +/-1000 NGO

Total rooms booked for the NGO Forum 1 533

Total number of rooms booked 6 036

Rooms still available on data base +/- 2 000*

Total rooms for specific Media 147

Total rooms for

National Institutions and other

interested parties (Voices of Victims) 180

* These rooms are of a very low standard and are not recommended for use by the WCAR delegates

Total number of support staff to be accommodated per area of responsibility:

UN Support staff 320*

Substance and Secretariat 22

Accommodation 7

Accreditation 89

Cultural Programme 11

IT 14

Finance 2

Medical Services 42

Security 1 386

Telecommunications 3

Language Services 21

Protocol 29

Liaison Officers 200

Media 103

Venue 2

Total rooms booked for the Support Staff 2 251

* In creased from 275 to 320 on 16 August

although 234 paid for ito HCA