Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Actually it was not so obvious the last time I looked at it, around
> 2005 when I was still living in the Geneva area. The "International
> conference centre" associated with the UN was too small (not enough
> breakout rooms) and Palexpo (the generic convention centre near the
> airport) was too big...
Ignoring whether or not the conference center has enough rooms, my
understanding is that the UN buildings in each of the various jurisdictions
(Manhatten, Vienna, Geneva, ...) are *not* in any specific nation.
(We were at the UN conference center for the Vienna IETF in 2003. It was awful)
I know some people who have done work for the UN who had to significant
educate (US) border guards when crossing the Canada/US border about the UN vs
work permission.
I have no idea how the travel ban work against UN credentials.
I don't think that there are any hotels in the UN buildings (at least not
Vienna and Manhatten buildings I know), so I do wonder how things work.
I assume it all falls under consulate-type credentialling.
Quite aside from the fact that the IETF is not the ITU (thank god), and we do
not have ability to mint those kinds of credentials.
Having said all of the above, I do not believe I will be attending IETF127 in person.
I say this to the LLC with sufficient advance warning so that they can do a
survey and determine how to best plan that meeting.
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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sandelman Software Works
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