ACCESSIBILITY for RA-15/WRC-15

The Radiocommunication Assembly 2015 (RA-15) will be held from 26 to 30 October 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland, immediately preceding the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15)that will be heldfrom 2 to 27 November 2015 at the same venue.

Both events will take place at both the ITU Geneva Headquarters and the International Conference Centre of Geneva (CICG).

To enable persons with disabilities to fully participate to ITU's events, ITU is committed to provide reasonable accommodation. Both the ITU and CICG are generally accessible to persons with disabilities. Any specific requests for the provision of accessibility services can be made by directly contacting the Delegate Registration Service at ; additional requests will be subject to the availability of resources.

Access to the ITU and CICG premises

Parking

​Parking restrictions are in force in the streets adjacent to the ITU and the CICG. Participants may obtain parking cards providing access to the underground garage situated between the ITU Varembé and Montbrillant buildings. A limited number of parking cards, valid only for the duration of the meeting, are available on a first-come/first-served basis from the Delegate Registration Service .

Wheel Chair Access

Both the ITU and CICG are generally accessible to persons with disabilities.

The entrance of the ITU Varembé building is not accessible by wheel chairs. Therefore, in order to access to the ITU Varembé building, please enter through the entrances of ITU Tower or Montbrillant Buildings and access to the ITU Varembé building by internal corridors.

All ITU buildings (Tower, Varembé, Montbrillant) are internally connected each other by corridors.For the detail, please refer to ITU Circulation Plan (PDF).

Captioning and Webcast Services

Captioning Service

Live captioning (in English only) will be available for the RA-15 and the WRC-15 plenary sessions. Unedited transcripts will also be made available after the plenary sessions.Access to the captioning for RA-15 and WRC-15 areavailableat Captioning Service for ITU-R events(TIES account required).

Webcast Service

Live webcast in the 6 languages of the Union will be provided during some sessions ofRA-15 and WRC-15. Archives of the audio feeds will also be made available after the sessions.Access to the webcastfor RA-15 and WRC-15 areavailable at Webcast of ITU-R events(TIES account required).

Medical Service

​The services of a nurse are available to event participants from 08:45 – 12:30 and 13:45 – 17:30:

  • ground floor of the ITU Varembé building, office V16, telephone +41 22 730 5397;
  • level -1 of CICG.

In case of emergency outside the medical service office hours, please contact the ITU Security Service at 119.

ITU’s Accessibility Policy

For ITU’s accessibility policy including Web accessibility policy, you can find athere.

Practical Information for Participants to RA-15/WRC-15

For further practical information, you can find athere.