Languages and documentation
The official languages of the Conference are the six official languages of theUnited Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. Statements made in an official language of the Conference during plenary meetings will be interpreted into the other five official languages. Official documents of the Conference will be made available in all six official languages.
Each seat in the conference halls of the Conference Centre for which simultaneous interpretation is available will be provided with a portable receiving set and headphone. Participants are requested not to remove that equipment from the meeting rooms so that it may be checked periodically and the batteries may be recharged if necessary.
The secretariat has prepared a number of documents to facilitate consideration of some of the issues on the provisional agenda for the session. Those documents may be downloaded from the Conference website (http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/treaties/CAC/CAC-COSP-session3.html) or from the official Qatari website (http://www.cosp3-uncac.pp.gov.qa).
As part of the secretariat’s efforts to reduce expenditure and support endeavours to limit environmental impact through the digitization of conference materials and publications, pre-session documents will be available at the conference venue in limited number. Each delegation will receive a single, complete set of the documents in the language of its choice. Delegates are therefore kindly requested to bring their own copies of the pre-session documents to the meeting.
Memory sticks containing pre-session documentation and publications related to the Conference will be distributed to participants at the documents distribution counter, upon presentation of their badges.
The main documents distribution counter will be located in the Salwa Foyer of the Conference Centre. At the documents distribution counter, each delegation will be assigned an individual box in which documents issued during the session will be placed.
To determine exact requirements for in-session documents, each delegation is requested to inform the persons working at the documents distribution counter of its requirements, specifying the number of copies of each document required and the language or languages in which it wishes to receive the documents during the session. The number of copies requested should be sufficient to cover all requirements, as it will not be possible to request additional copies.