The Nobel Peace Prize 2001 - Press Programme

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Published under: Bondevik's 2nd Government

Publisher: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Press release | Date: 10/12/2001 | Last updated: 23/10/2006

Press programme for the visit of this year’s laureates: UN (represented by President of the General Assembly, Foreign Minister Han Seung-soo) and Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan

The Nobel Peace Prize 2001

Press programme for the visit of this year’s laureates: UN (represented by President of the General Assembly, Foreign Minister Han Seung-soo) and Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan

Programme for the ceremony in the city hall Monday 10. december

The City Hall is located at Fridtjof Nansens Place in the centre of Oslo. The speeches at the Ceremony will be translated into Norwegian. The texts will be available at the Press Centre.

1130 hours	Doors open
	(Photo pool 3: NRK/TV, Scanpix, the photographer of the Nobel Institute and personal photographer)
1130 – 1230 hours	Photographers and cameramen enter through the Western Tower
1135 – 1145	Laureates meet with 2000 children at Rådhusplassen, Sea Side of the City Hall, arranged by Redd Barna (Save the Children)
	Photo opportunity
1145	Photo pool 4 for the audience meets at the South Gate of the Palace
1200	Joint audience with HM King Harald V, Royal Palace
	Photo pool 4: TV2,Scanpix, ANB and personal photographer
1200 – 1230 hours	Journalists with entrance cards enter through the main gate
1200 – 1300 hours	Photo opportunity at the arrival of guests (outside from assigned area or inside from Eastern Gallery)
1258 hours	Processions enter City Hall (Laureates and the Norwegian Nobel Committee)
1259 hours	HM King Harald V, HRH Crown Prince Haakon, HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit and HRH Princess Märtha Louise arrive

Nb! Cell phones must be switched off during the ceremony

1300 hours	Ceremony starts
	Lars Anders Tomter, solo viola
	‘’Elegy’’ by Johan Kvandal
1305 hours	Speech by Mr. Gunnar Berge, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
1320 hours	Presentation of the diplomas and medals to the Laureates:
	UN represented by Mr. Han Seung-soo, President of the General Assembly, and
	Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General
1330 hours	Barbara Hendricks a cappella
	‘’Sometimes I feel like a motherless child’’
1335 hours	The Nobel Lecture by Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General
1410 hours	Lars Anders Tomter, Viola
	Henning Kraggerud, violin
	‘’Passacaglia’’ by Händel/Halvorsen
1415	Pool for the Royal Palace must meet at the South Gate
1415 hours	HM the King, HRH the Crown Prince, HRH the Crown Princess and HRH the Princess greet the Laureates
1425 hours	End of Ceremony
1430 hours	Joint Reception given by HM King Harald V for 200 and Previous years’ Peace Prize Laureates at the Royal Palace
	Photo pool: NRK/TV, TV2, Scanpix, ANB, the Institute’s photographer, Personal photographer
1700 – 1800 hours	CNN will broadcast alive an interview with Mr. Kofi Annan in Oslo City Hall
	Press is invited as audience. Please meet in the City Hall at 1630 hours at the latest.
1855 hours	Torchlight procession (Laureates on balcony, Nobel suite, Grand Hotel)
	Photo opportunity
1900 hours	The Norwegian Nobel Committee’s Banquet at the Grand Hotel
	Photo pool 5: Opening shots (NRK/TV, Scanpix,) together with photographers of the Institute and the Laureates

Tuesday 11 December

0900 – 0950	Secretary-General Annan has consolidated meeting with NGOs at Grand Hotel
0955 - 1040	Joint meeting with Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister’s Office
	Photo opportunity
1045 – 1125	Joint meeting with Foreign Minister, Mr. Jan Petersen, Foreign Minister’s Office
	Photo opportunity
1300 – 1350	Secretary-General Kofi Annan opens donor conference on East Timor, Folkets Hus
	Photo opportunity
1400 – 1445	Joint meeting with members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Stortinget
	Photo opportunity
1530 – 1645	Oslo School Project, Oslo City Hall
	Photo opportunity
1900 hours	Concert in Oslo Spektrum
	Photo pool 6: To be decided separately

Wednesday 12 December

0930	Secretary-General Kofi Annan departs for Stockholm

General Information

The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Press Office, issues accreditation badges. The badges can be picked up from Sunday 9 December from 1000 at the Press Centre at Grand Hotel, 7 ^th> floor.

Joint press conference will be held by the Laureates on Sunday 9 December at 1300 – 1345 hours at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Drammensveien 19. Press entrance from Parkveien. The Press is advised to arrive not later than 1200.

Accreditation badges together with personal press cards must be presented in order to take part in the press conferences as well as all other arrangements.

The Police prior to all arrangements will carry out a strict security control of all media representatives and equipment. The Press is therefore advised to arrive at least 30 minutes before each event.

The Press Centre:
Address:	Grand Hotel, 7 ^th> floor, Karl Johans gate 31

Press Contacts:
Ms. Benedicte Tresselt Koren	Tel: 900 29395
Ms. Mette S. Øwre	Tel:481 12427

Opening hours:
Sunday 9 December	from 0900 hours
Monday 10 December	from 0900 hours
Tuesday 11 December	closed

The ceremony in the City Hall

Representatives from the Press Office together with the Police will check badges of all media for entry into the City Hall from 1130 hours. (Western Tower entrance)

Journalists:

Journalists will be given approximately 30 seats in the City Hall (main Hall) during the ceremony. Entry through the main entrance before 1230 hours.

Police will close all entrances to The City Hall at 1245 hours

Photographers:

A photo pool together with a photographer from the Norwegian Nobel Institute will cover the ceremony from the ground floor of the Main Hall. All other photographers (together with radio reporters) will be taken to the Eastern Gallery of the Hall.

Photographers, who wish to cover the arrival of the Laureates and the guests to the City Hall, will be assigned to an area outside the main entrance. After the arrival of

HM King Harald, HRH Crown Prince Haakon, HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit and HRH Princess Märtha Louise, the photographers will be shown to the Eastern Gallery through the entrance of the Western Tower. The same photographer will thus not be able to cover both the arrivals and the opening processions inside the City Hall.

TV:

According to an agreement between the Norwegian Nobel Institute and the Norwegian Broadcasting Co-operation (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 EBU (European Broadcasting Union).

Request for technical assistance by foreign television companies 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. (44) 23 04 96 21, fax (44) 23 04 82 27,

e-mail: nrknews@nrk.no

TV-companies and radio reporters will be admitted to the gallery.