Registration for Member States and Observers
Member States are encouraged to participate in the high-level meeting, including the multi-stakeholder panels, at the highest possible level, and to consider including in their national delegations representatives such as parliamentarians, mayors and governors, representatives of civil society, including non-governmental organizations, indigenous leadership, community organizations and faith-based organizations, academia, philanthropic foundations and the private sector, with due regard to gender equity.
Members of the parties of Heads of State or Government, Vice- Presidents, Crown Princes or Princesses and Ministers will be registered by the Protocol and Liaison Service. Missions/offices are required to submit their registration requests by using the online system “eRegistration” available through the eDelegate Portal at https://delegate.un.int . The deadline for registration to all high-level meetings during the high-level period of the 74th session of the General Assembly is Friday, 13 September 2019 .
Observers of the General Assembly are also invited to be represented at the highest possible level. The deadline for submission of registration to the high-level meeting is Friday, 13 September 2019 .
Representatives of Member States wishing to speak during the plenary segment are encouraged to submit their requests for inscription to the list of speakers through the e-Speakers system, which will be accessible at https://delegate.un.int from Monday, 19 August 2019 , at 9:00 a.m. EDT, until Monday, 16 September 2019 , at 5:00 p.m. EDT. An automated e-mail acknowledgement will be sent within one hour of receipt of request for inscription. The provisional list of speakers will be made available in September 2019, prior to the high-level meeting.
Observers wishing to speak during the plenary segment are kindly requested to inscribe to the list of speakers through the Secretariat ( vrastiak@un.org ) by Monday, 16 September 2019 .
PaperSmart Services will be available for the plenary segment. Delegations are kindly requested to submit electronic versions of their statements for posting on the PaperSmart portal to papersmart@un.org . The title and the date of the meeting should be indicated in the subject line of the e-mail. Member States and Observers who cannot deliver their statement within the timeframe of the plenary segment may also submit their statement to PaperSmart.
Discussions in the multi-stakeholder panels are intended to be interactive in nature and there will be no pre-established list of speakers. Time limits for interventions will be two minutes for all delegations.
There will be an informal seating arrangement in the ECOSOC Chamber for the multi-stakeholder panels, with designated seating for Member States and observers of the General Assembly and other stakeholders on a first come, first served basis
Access for Member States and Observers
In addition to the UN grounds pass needed to access the UN premises, secondary access cards will be needed to enter the opening, plenary and closing segments and multi- stakeholder panels in the Trusteeship Council Chamber and the Economic and Social Council Chamber respectively.
For that purpose, every Permanent Mission will be issued two cards for access to Trusteeship Council Chamber and two cards for access to the Economic and Social Council Chamber. These secondary access cards, issued by the Protocol and Liaison Service, are transferable amongst members of a delegation.
The secondary access cards for Member States will be distributed by the Protocol and Liaison Service on Thursday, 19 September 2019 between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm in Conference Room B. Thereafter, access cards may be collected in the Protocol Office at Room S-0200 during office hours.
Due to the limited capacity of the conference rooms, delegations of observers of the General Assembly are invited to send an expression of interest to attend the high-level meeting to UHCHLM@un.org no later than 5:00 pm EDT on 10 September 2019 . Access and seating will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, and secondary access cards will be distributed by the Protocol and Liaison Service on Thursday, 19 September 2019 between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm in Conference Room B. Thereafter, access cards may be collected in the Protocol Office at Room S-0200 during office hours.