Press Center
The Second South Summit Press Center will be located in the
Al-Majilis Hall some 50 meters from the Dafna Hall at the
Sheraton Doha Hotel, where the Second South Summit sessions will
take place.
The Press Center will receive the official broadcast
transmitted by Qatar Television in Doha . The broadcast can be
viewed on monitors in the newsroom, press agency offices and
radio and television cubicles.
The television broadcast will cover the main public official
activities and other activities of interest.
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Registration
for members of the press
For journalistic coverage of the Second South Summit, members
of the press should request accreditation from the Foreign
Information Agency of the State of Qatar by filling out and
submitting the corresponding application form (attached) or
apply online at www.qatarinfo.net .The application should be
accompanied by an official letter from the organization to which
they belong, or for which they are working designating them for
this assignment, along with three color photographs 2 x 2 cm in
size. Accreditation for press coverage of the Second South
Summit is subject to current regulations in Qatar which
establish a charge for foreign press accreditation.
Requests should be submitted to a Qatar embassy or consulate
or sent directly by fax to the Foreign Information Agency on
+974-4847788 or via the FIA website at www.qatarinfo.net
Press credentials should be visibly displayed at all times
wherever Summit activities are underway. Members of the press
accredited for coverage of the Second South Summit have free
access to the Second South Summit Press Center during operating
hours.
Access to the Sheraton Doha Hotel is limited and will be
granted in accordance with the organization of coverage of the
activities taking place there. Details will be provided at a
later date.
When press pools are formed for the coverage of specific
activities on the program, the members of these pools will be
provided with special identification for the occasion, in
addition to the general press credentials.
Representatives of the official press will also have a pass
identifying them as such, which will permit them access to all
activities where they are accompanying their respective Heads of
State and Government.
Equipment, bags and other personal belongings of members of
the press will require a security check prior to access to
facilities where Second South Summit activities are taking
place.
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Distribution of
credentials
Credentials and identification for members of press pools
will be issued to individuals at the Second South Summit Press
Center .
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Accommodation
The National Organizing Committee has issued a list of hotels
recommended for the accommodation of members of the press.
Members of the press who wish to make hotel reservations
should follow the instructions provided in the chapter on
accommodation.
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Parking and
accreditation of vehicles
Members of the press who do not use the transportation
facilitated by the National Organizing Committee will be subject
to restrictions on access and parking in the areas around the
Second South Summit Press Center and the Sheraton Doha Hotel.
There will be limited parking available near the Press Center
for members of the press who wish to use their own vehicles, for
which accreditation must be requested from the Second South
Summit Accreditation Sub-Commission.
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General
Newsroom
The area designated for the written press will provide
individual work stations, each equipped with telephones and
addition hook-ups for the use of personal computers, connections
to the Q-Tel network and other peripheral services. In addition,
work stations will be equipped with a personal computer
connected to a local server for access to the Internet and
printers.
National and international telephone access to the network
will be processed through the PIN telephone card system, using
cards previously acquired through Qatar Telecom Company (Q-TEL
Co.) in the Press Center itself. The newsroom will also offer
the following services:
• Sending and receiving of faxes (using the same PIN card
system set up for basic telephone services)
• Digitalization of photographs and negatives
• Public telephone booths (operated with phone cards sold
throughout the country by Q-TEL Co. and its agents).
• Photocopying service
• The newsroom will be equipped with monitors connected to
the internal circuit for television coverage of the event and
the principle cable television networks.
• There will also be areas devoted to radio and television
coverage, equipped with the necessary services for participating
delegations.
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General
information
• Technical services and reservations for the radio and
television areas will be handled by the Qatar Radio and
Television Corporation
• The Press Center will offer an area for the holding of
press conferences
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