The United Nations
Conference Centre
in Addis Ababa
There is a reason
leaders meet here
I
ncreasingly, when leaders
are looking for a conve­
nient venue to hold serious
discussions and take decisions
that will impact millions of
people, they choose the Uni­
ted Nations Conference Cen­
tre (UNCC) in Addis Ababa,
Africa’s political capital.
UNCC is a fully integra­
ted and secure complex with
state of the art facilities for all
kinds of meetings—whether
for ten people or a thousand
leaders! With its large mee­
ting rooms, exhibition space,
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advanced audio-visual equip­
ment, video editing suites,
radio broadcasting studio,
printing facilities, high-speed
wireless internet connections
and catering services, UNCC
is the right choice for confe­
rence organizers.
Serviced by world-class
professionals, multi-lingual
interpreters and the world
press resident in Addis Ababa,
UNCC is minutes away from
major five-star hotels. Choose
UNCC for your next meeting
and leave the planning to us.
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Venues for
All Occasions
D
esigned to contain the
perfect combination of
venues, UNCC-AA is capable
of hosting meetings of all
sizes in equal comfort.
Two main conference halls
offer a combined space of
2,200 square meters with a
total capacity of nearly 1,300
persons. Located on the same
floor, both halls can host
completely separate events or
be linked electronically for a
fully coordinated conference.
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Smaller meetings are
conveniently accommodated
in a choice of four conference
rooms, each seating up to
115 persons.
Complementing the con­
ference venues are full support
areas, including caucus and
briefing rooms, chairperson
suites with executive offices
and meeting room, business,
press and service centres,
lounges, reception areas and
an exhibition concourse.
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The Technical
Advantage
U
NCC-AA employs the
latest technology to
provide an impressive range
of in-house facilities which
afford an unbeatable techni­
cal advantage.
Both the main conferen­
ce halls are equipped with
a seven-language facility,
as well as electronic voting
and discussion management
systems. In addition, a com­
puterized projection system
allows the perfect staging of
multi-media presentations.
Four conference rooms are
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similarly well provided with
technical systems, includ­
ing a four-language facility.
Wireless Internet Connection
(Wi-Fi) is also readily avail­
able within the Center.
Elsewhere in the complex,
satellite communications,
television and radio studios,
recording and monitoring
facilities, printing and copy­
ing services, an intelligent
building system, and more,
provide the technical back-up
so necessary to the successful
modern meeting.
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The Large
Conference
Hall
T
he largest of UNCCAA’s two main conferen­
ce halls is a prestigious venue
that matches quality interior
design with that essential
attention to technical detail
which ensure delegates’ every
need is fully met.
Covering an area of 1,200
square metres, the hall can
seat over 800 persons in a
configuration that can host
300 heads of delegation of 56
heads of state, as well as 300
other delegates. Additionally
there is a rostrum accommo­
dating 28 and a gallery for up
to 180 observers.
Technical capability
includes floor language plus
six-language simultaneous
interpretation system, elec­
tronic voting and discussion
management systems, and
film, video, slide and overhead
projection.
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¶ Area 1200 sq.m.
¶ Seats more than 800:
300 heads of delegation or
56 heads of state,
300 other delegates,
28 on rostrum,
180 in gallery
¶ Floor language plus
6-language simultaneous
interpretation system
¶ Electronic voting and
discussion management systems
¶ Film, video, slide and
overhead projection
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The
Medium
Conference
Hall
O
f equal quality and
prestige to the large
conference hall, this 1,000square metre venue can seat
nearly 500 persons. The
arrangement allows for up to
200 heads of delegation, 200
other delegates, a rostrum for
26 and a gallery seating 48.
Ideally suited to mediumsize conferences, the hall offers
the same technical capability as
the large hall, and the same ease
for proceedings to be conduc­
ted smoothly and efficiently.
In addition to floor lan­
guage, there is a six-language
simultaneous interpretation
system, as well as electronic
voting and discussion manage­
ment systems, and film, video,
slide and overhead projection.
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Area 1000 sq.m.
Seats nearly 500:
200 heads of delegation,
200 other delegates,
26 on rostrum,
48 in gallery
Floor language plus
6-language simultaneous
interpretation system
Electronic voting and
Discussion management systems
Film, video, slide and
Overhead projection
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Combined
Conference Halls
W
hile both the large
and medium confe­
ren­ce halls are totally selfcontained to host completely
separate events, they are
conveniently located on the
same floor and can be linked
electronically for a fully co­
ordinated conference chaired
from alternating rostra.
This combined capacity
thus provides a total meeting
area of 2,200 square metres
with capacity of nearly 1,300
persons, allowing for up to
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500 heads of delegation and
500 other delegates, plus ros­
trum for 26 and 228 seated
in the galleries.
Such is the perfect coor­
dination that proceedings
in both halls are as one,
fully joined with audio-visual
coverage, six-language simul­
taneous interpretation system
in addition to floor language,
electronic voting and discus­
sion management systems,
and film, video, slide and
overhead projection.
¶ Fully joined audio-visually
and electronically to make
a combined meeting venue.
¶ Seats nearly 1300:
500 heads of delegation,
500 other delegates,
26 on rostrum, 228 in gallery
¶ Floor language plus
6-language simultaneous
interpretation system
¶ Electronic voting and
Discussion management systems
¶ Film, video, slide and
overhead projection
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Conference
Rooms
S
maller meetings are
equally well serviced in
four conference rooms, each
covering 300 square metres
and seating up to 115. The
configuration of the rooms
is for 58 heads of delegation,
plus additional delegates.
Elegantly designed, the
décor and facilities of the
conference rooms match those
of the larger venues in quality
and prestige.
Technical facilities are also
of the highest standard and
perfectly suited to all require­
ments of the smaller meeting.
In addition to floor language,
there is a three-language
simultaneous interpretation
system, electronic voting
and discussion management
systems, and video, slide and
overhead projection with large
screens.
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4 Conference Rooms;
area 300 sq.m. each
Seats 115 each:
58 heads of delegation
plus additional delegates
Floor language plus 3- language
Simultaneous interpretation system
Electronic voting and
discussion management systems
¶ Video, slide and overhead projection
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Professional
Support Facilities
C
omplementing the
main conference venues
are full support areas de­
signed to ensure everyone
meets with ease. Two wellappointed briefing rooms
are variously configured with
desks and seating for between
44 and 64 persons, while ten
caucus rooms range in size
from 22 to 32 seats.
Auxiliary facilities include
two chairperson suites with
executive offices and meeting
room, conference clients’ of­
fice space and a 2,100 squaremetre exhibition concourse,
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as well as a fully equipped
business center, plus recep­
tion areas and lounges of
various sizes for different
purposes.
For the convenience of
delegates, reception areas
and lounges are equipped
with Wi-Fi internet con­
nection as well as closedcircuit televisions to provide
audio-visual coverage of the
proceedings in all conference
halls and rooms. All other
areas are on-line through a
seven-channel audio moni­
toring system.
¶ 2 Briefing Rooms
- Large: 56 desks plus 4 rostrum, seats;
discussion management system;
video and overhead projection
- Small: 40 seats plus 4 rostrum seats;
video and overhead projection
- Press, video, slide and overhead projection
¶ 10 Caucus rooms
with 22 – 32 seats each
¶ 2 Chairperson suites with
executive offices and
meeting room
¶ Conference clients’ office space
¶ Business center
¶ Concourse for exhibitions:
2100 sq.m., ceiling height 3.12m.
Briefing Rooms
Exhibition Concourse
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Meeting a Wider
Range of Needs
A
s the complete confe­
rence center, UNCCAA is well equipped to serve
the wider needs of delegates,
visitors and press.
Among UNCC-AA’s
comprehensive range of sup­
port facilities are a post office,
travel, ticketing and com­
munications counters, and
banking facility. There is a
duty-free shop and a selec­
tion of other shops catering
to daily necessities as well as
luxury buys.
The press center with
worldwide communications
meets all media requirements,
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from individual work spaces
and briefing room to bar and
lounge.
First aid, emergency and
intensive care is provided by
a full medical clinic within
the complex, while the latest
security systems have been ins­
talled for personal safety and
protection of the building.
Throughout the complex
and backed by a compute­
rized building automatic
control system, smooth ope­
rations are ensured by a fully
qualified team of support
personnel and technicians.
¶ Press center with individual work spaces,
briefing room, bar and lounge
¶ Full medical clinic
¶ Service center with post office, travel,
ticketing and communications counters,
banking facility and shops.
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Catering
to All
Tastes
M
eeting everyone’s satis­
faction is catering for
all occasions, from champagne
receptions to gala banquets.
In addition to a spacious
area suited to banquets and
grand receptions, an elegant
partitionable dinning room
seats up to 148 and offers
a wide variety of menus,
all expertly prepared in the
UNCC-AA’s extensive kit­
chens which are equipped to
handle all styles of cooking.
For more casual dining, a cafe­
teria is available, with seating
for up to 320.
Beverages and light refresh­
ments are available from two
bars and choice of lounges,
including a large delegates
lounge.
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Delegates Lounge 150 seats 730 sq.m.
Delegates Bar
54 seats 250 sq.m.
Delegates dining
148 seats 280 sq.m.
Press bar & Lounge 78 seats 250 sq.m.
Cafeteria
320 seats 520 sq.m.
Reception and banquet 2100 sq.m.
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The Ideal Venue in
the Ideal Location
C
ombining facilities and
location, professiona­
lism and style, UNCC-AA is
unmatched in Africa. Addis
Ababa sits in the center of
international communication
networks, with air links to
about 100 cities worldwide.
Add to this a healthy moun­
tain climate and warm sun­
shine and you have one of the
world’s key meeting places.
Just a 10-minute drive
from the airport, UNCC-AA
is located close to ministries
in the heart of the city’s best
hotel, restaurant and shopping
district, next to the historic
Africa Hall and the Offices
of United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa, thus
forming an integrated com­
plex that is both traditional
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and up to date. Transporta­
tion is facilitated by a shuttle
bus service between UNCCAA and all major hotels.
There is also on-site parking
for 600 cars, while the whole
complex is designed to afford
easy access to all. Conference
planners can thus be confident
of finding everything to suit
their individual needs, and
delegates can be sure of their
event meeting the success it
deserves. For further informa­
tion, Please contact:
United Nations
Conference Centre (UNCC)
P.O. Box 3001
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251-11- 551-4945
Fax: +251-11-551-3155
E-mail: [email protected]
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The United Nations
Conference Centre
in Addis Ababa
For further information, please contact:
United Nations Conference Centre
P.O. Box 3001
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.uneca.org/uncc
Photos: UNECA/A. Fiorente
Tel: +251-11- 551-4945
Fax: +251-11-551-3155