The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand invites members of the Thai and foreign media who wish to cover the 14th ASEAN Summit in Cha Am and Hua Hin during 26 February — 1 March 2009 to register online at www.14thASEANSummit.org. The online media registration is open from 25 January to 15 February 2009. The procedure is as follows:
1. A media member submits a duly completed online media registration form with the following attachments (in jpeg, tiff, gif or bmp format and no larger than 1 MB).
1.1 Color passport-sized photograph at 300 dpi resolution
1.2 Valid affiliation ID card or Press Card issued by the Thai Government Public Relations
Department
1.3 Letter of Assignment signed by editor or authorized representative of the news agency.
After submission, the media member will automatically receive an Acknowledgement Letter through the e-mail address indicated in the registration form.
*Media members who already have 14th ASEAN Summit accounts also need to reconfirm their assignment online by attaching a scanned letter of assignment signed by the news agency’s editor or authorized representative. Reconfirmation to reactivate accreditation is open from 25 January to 15 February 2009.
2. Once the form is processed and approved (within approximately 10 working days), the 14th ASEAN Summit Media Secretariat will send an Accreditation Letter to the same e-mail address.
3. The media member presents the Accreditation Letter with valid photo ID to collect a Media Pass and Media Kit at the 14th ASEAN Summit Media Centre, located at Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa, on 25-26 February 2009 between 08.00-22.00 hrs.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes the media members to note the following:
- Visiting media members must ensure that their passports remain valid for no less than 6 months upon their entry into Thailand.
- Visiting media members who need a visa for travel to Thailand must present the Accreditation Letter to any Royal Thai Embassy/Consulate-General in their respective country for issuance of type M-visa (Single Entry) in addition to the documents normally required for visa issuance.
- The 14th ASEAN Summit media will NOT accept any online registration or postal registration beyond the deadline of 15 February 2009.
- The 14th ASEAN Summit Media Secretariat does NOT recommend onsite registration at the Media Centre, only available during 25 - 26 February 2009, because document verification requires at least 6 hours before accreditation can be granted. Additionally, since only a limited number of Media Kits will be available, priority will be given to those media representatives who have registered online.
Prime Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Press Division, Department of Information Tel.(02) 643-5170
Fax. (02) 643-5169 E-mail : div0704@mfa.go.th End.