UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and representatives of the UN will be present to receive the prize.

The laureates will give a press conference at the Nobel Institute, Drammensveien 19 on Sunday 9 December at 13.00.

A press centre will be established at Grand Hotel, 6th floor (Norwegian 7th floor) in connection with the award of the Peace Prize. The press centre will open on Sunday 9 December at 10.00. The press centre’s telephone and fax numbers will be announced at a later date.

Representatives of the press who are interested in reserving hotel accommodation are asked to contact Bennett Travel Agency, tel. +47 22 83 66 00, fax +47 22 83 66 01, e-mail: victoria.terrasse@bennettbti.com. Please state your credit card number and fax number if you want to make a reservation through Bennett Travel Agency.

After the ceremony in the Oslo City Hall, CNN will broadcast live an interview with the award winners. Reporters are invited as members of the audience.

According to an agreement between the Norwegian Nobel Institute and the Norwegian Broadcasting Cooperation (NRK), the latter has certain rights to the television recording of the Peace Prize Ceremony 2001. Trans World International (TWI) in London has distribution rights for the entire programme outside the EBU area. NRK may, however, on request provide footage not exceeding five minutes for use in regular news broadcasts by television companies that are members of the EBU.

Requests from foreign television companies for technical assistance may also be directed to NRK.

TWI London : tel. 44 181 846 8070, fax 44 181 233 5301

NRK contact: EVN Office, NRK-TV, tel. 23 04 96 21, fax 23 04 82 27,

e-mail: nrknews@nrk.no.

A detailed press programme will be available at a later date.

For more information about the Nobel Peace Prize see: www.nobel.no

Applications for accreditation should be sent by e-mail to: press@mfa.nobefore 27 November 2001, stating name, media, presscard no., journalist/photographer.

The Nobel Peace Prize Concert will take place on Tuesday 11 December at 1900 and will be attended by this year’s laureates and by laureates from previous years who are attending the Nobel Peace Prize Centennial Symposium. For information about the concert contact Miriam Henriksen, press contact, tel: +47 979 53353, e-mail: miriam.henriksen@tv2.no. The press need a separate accreditation for this event and you are kindly asked to state whether or not you will be attending the concert when you apply for accreditation to the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.