PRESS RELEASE (94)61                         15 JULY 1994

                     MEDIA ADVISORY 
            MEETING OF NATO DEFENCE MINISTERS
              SEVILLE, 28-30 SEPTEMBER 1994

INFORMATION

Defence Ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance will hold
a meeting in the "Hotel Alcora" in San Juan de Aznalfarache
(Seville, Spain), from 28-30 September 1994, under the
chairmanship of NATO Secretary General Manfred Woerner. The
Spanish Minister of Defence, Julian Garcia Vargas, will
host the meeting. A Media Centre will be established in the
Expo '92's Media Centre, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla.

ACCREDITATION

Journalists who wish to cover the meeting should send their
applications for accreditation NOT LATER THAN FRIDAY 2
SEPTEMBER. They should fill the attached "request for
accreditation" and fax it to the Directorate for Social and
Informative Relations of Defence (DRISDE), whose address
and telephone and fax numbers are found at the end of this
Media Advisory.

Press passes will be available for collection at the "Media
Centre" from 8:00 on Wednesday, 28 September, on
presentation of an ID Card, Passport and Press Card. Passes
must be worn inside the Media Centre and for any media
event. An ID Card or Passport must be shown anytime on
request by security personnel.

TRANSPORT

Journalists should make their own transport arrangements
to Seville. The town has an airport and railway station.
A map is available on request.

ACCOMMODATION

The Spanish Ministry of Defence has arranged for
accommodation for the media at preferential rates in the
"Hotel Principe de Asturias" (tel. 34-5-4.46.2.22), in the
"Isla de la Cartuja", close to the Media Centre. Those
journalists interested in staying there should confirm
their reservation to DRISDE on their "request for
accreditation" BEFORE 2 SEPTEMBER.

For those interested in accommodation at the "Hotel
Principe de Asturias", the daily rate for a single room
will be 11:000 pta., and 13.000 pta. for a double room
(including "buffet" breakfast).






MEDIA CENTRE

Media Centre opening hours will be:

Wednesday, 28 September:   08:00-22:00
Thursday, 29 September:    08:00-22:00
Friday, 30 September:      08:00-18:00

All news conferences and briefings will be held in the
Media Centre. The press working area will be equipped with
typewriters and copiers. There will also be a
communications bureau with a system for announcing incoming
calls. Telephones and faxes with international lines and
direct transmission facility for personal computers will
also be available. (These devices will operate be credit
or telephone card).

The Media Centre's telephone numbers for incoming calls
will be known only a few days before the event begins.

There will be a bar and a restaurant in the Media Centre.

PROGRAMME

The final programme will be provided with accreditation
passes at the Media Centre. Photo opportunities covering
the Ministers arrivals at the "Hotel Alcora" and the
reception that will take place in the Southern Military
Region Command (former "Capitania") may be available in the
afternoon of Wednesday, 28 September. There will photo
opportunities covering the opening of the conference at
about 09:00 on Thursday, 29 September and the "family
portrait". The final news conference will take place at
about noon on Friday, 30 September. Transport to all media
events will start from the Media Centre.

PARKING AND ON-SIDE TRANSPORTATION

Parking is available next to the Media Centre. There is no
access to "Hotel Alcora" and "Capitania" building for
private cars. Bus transportation to all media events is
organized. Departure times will be announced at the Media
Centre.

A regular shuttle service between the "Hotel Principe de
Asturias" and the Media Centre will also be available.

ENQUIRIES/ACCREDITATION

Enquiries and requests for accreditation should be
addressed to:

Servicio de Prensa. DRISDE
Ministerio de Defensa.
Paseo de la Castellana-109
28046 MADRID
SPAIN

Fax: (Intl) 34-1-5.97.13.66    Tel.: (Intl) 34-1-5.56.46.26
            34-1-5.97.13.57                 34-1-5.56.55.17
            34-1-5.56.52.98                 34-1-5.56.55.18