Nobel Peace Prize 2005. Press accreditation
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Press release | Date: 14/11/2005 | Last updated: 11/11/2006
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded in the Oslo City Hall on Saturday 10 December at 1300 hours. The prize winners are International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (represented by Ambassador Yukiya Amano) and director general Mohamed ElBaradei. (15.11)
Press guidance
No.: Unr./05
Date: 14.11.2005
Nobel Peace Prize 2005. Press accreditation
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded in the Oslo City Hall on Saturday 10 December at 1300 hours.
The prize winners are International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (represented by Ambassador Yukiya Amano) and director general Mohamed ElBaradei. Director General ElBaradei will give a press conference at the Nobel Institute, Drammensveien 19 on Friday 9 December at 1300.
A press centre will be established at Grand Hotel, 6th floor (Norwegian 7th floor) in connection with the awarding of the Peace Prize. The press centre will open on Friday 9 December at 1000 hours. The press centre’s telephone and fax numbers will be announced at a later date.
After the ceremony in the Oslo City Hall, CNN will broadcast alive an interview with the award winner at 17 hours in the City Hall. Reporters are invited as 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 2005. 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.
Requests for technical assistance by foreign television companies may also be directed to NRK.
TWI London: Tel. 44 208 233 5479, Fax 44 208 233 5301
NRK: Marit Moi, NRK-TV, Tel. + 47 23 04 96 21, fax + 47 23 04 82 27, e-mail marit.moi@nrk.no
A detailed press programme will be available at a later date.
Application for press accreditation: press@mfa.no before 1 December.
Information and accreditation for the Nobel Peace Prize Concert on 11 December at 2000 hours: www.nobel.no/concert , log in: user name: concert, pass word: imgpress
For further information please contact Ms. Miriam Henriksen, press officer, + 4741 48 22 23,
E-mail: mhenriksen@imgworld.com Applications before 30 November.
Section for information and press relations
Tel. (47) 22 24 31 41 or (47) 22 24 31 49