Full version (This revision is issued to to reflect the name and coordinates of the newly designated focal person for NGOs.)

1. Venue
2. High-Level Ministerial Segment
3. Registration
4. On Site Registration
5. Procedures for Media Accreditation
6. Official Opening
7. Regional Preparatory Meetings
8. Documents
9. List of Delegations
10. Services to Participants (revised on 24 April 2008)
11. Travel and Daily Subsistence Allowance Arrangements
12. Visas
13. Greening of Cop-9
14. Arrival/Departure (revised on 11 April 2008)
15. Hotel Accommodation (revised on 17 March 2008)
16. Transportation between Hotels and Meeting Venue
17. Promotional Materials
18. Exhibition Stands
19. Fair on Experiences and Best Practices in CEPA
20. Side-Events (revised on 15 April 2008)
21. Organization Office
22. List Of Focal Points (revised on 28 April 2008)
23. Bilateral Meetings with the Executive Secretary
24. Other
25. Disclaimer
26. Annex A
27. Annex B
28. Annex B bis
29. Annex C
30. Annex D
31. Annex E

1. Venue

The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-9) will be held in Bonn, Germany, from Monday, 19 to Friday, 30 May 2008. The meeting will be held at:

Maritim Hotel Bonn
Godesberger Allee
53175 Bonn, Germany
Telephone +49 (0) 228 8108-0
Fax +49 (0) 228 8108-811
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.maritim.de/typo3/index.php?id=677

The meeting will be preceded by the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to Cartagena Protocol on biosafety (COP-MOP/4), which will be held at the same venue from 12 to 16 May.