NEW YORK, United States of America, November 20, 2015/APO (African Press Organization)/ —
The United Nations Information Center
Invites Nairobi-based Journalists
To the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to the UN Office at Nairobi
Venue: UN headquarters (UNON ) – Gigiri
Date: Thursday, 26 November 2015
Time :1715 hrs (media entry cutoff 1500 hrs)
His Holiness Pope Francis will visit, on Thursday, 26 November 2015, the Headquarters of the United Nations in the Global South as part of his first apostolic trip to Africa. The Holy Father plans to travel to Uganda and the Central African Republic later in the week, but his first stop will be Kenya.
On arrival, His Holiness will be met by the Director-General of UNON, Sahle-Work Zewde, who will then introduce him to the UN leadership in Nairobi and escort him to sign the Visitors Book.
His Holiness will then plant a tree next to the UNEP headquarters building.
Next, he will then be escorted into the UNEP HQ where the Executive Director, Achim Steiner, will provide him with a briefing on UNEP and also update him on the latest climate change challenges.
The Pope will then proceed to Conference Room 2 where he will deliver his address.
Information and Requirements for entry of media into UNON – Gigiri
· Media representatives to provide the names and scanned copies IDs by Tuesday 24 Nov. This is to be emailed to : Janice.Nduati@unon.org Note that current UN accreditation cards will not be sufficient for access to this event.
· UN HQ Gates will be closed – with no exception – at 1500 hrs.
· All media representatives will be processed at the Main UN Visitors Entrance. Following the signing of the code of conduct, media will then escorted to the UN Press Centre
· Press briefing at 15.30hrs on the choreography of the imminent event
· From the Press Centre media representatives will then be escorted to the appropriate media zones (4): Arrival Signing; Tree Planting; UNEP HQ; Conference Room 2.
*** We plan to provide Live Feed of the proceedings
Further details and plans important to the media should emerge in the next few days – and we shall share it with you through another Media Advisory.
