Conference Venue
The UN Conference Centre, Gigiri, Nairobi
Since its formation in 1996, DCS has been providing state-of-the-art conference and meeting facilities in the green and pleasant surroundings of the UN Gigiri complex, a 140-acre forest-fringed compound barely 13 kilometres from central Nairobi. With 14 conference rooms of international standard, supported by dedicated UN personnel, sophisticated equipment and other facilities, DCS is geared towards catering to the needs of every kind of client, providing services for minor to major conference events. The Division facilitates global gatherings of UNEP, UN-Habitat and UNON including their inter-governmental bodies, as well as meetings for over 65 offices of the UN funds, programmes and agencies operating in and from Nairobi.
Conference rooms
The Conference Centre offers a selection of quality conference rooms for nearly every type of meeting.
Highly qualified personnel
The Division’s extensive conference facilities and highly qualified personnel enable it to comfortably host meetings and events for up to 6,000 delegates and visitors. Conference management services include meetings planning and servicing, technical and administrative support. A team of highly qualified UN interpreters and translators, editors and report writers enable all proceedings to be simultaneously interpreted and meeting documentation to be translated into the six official UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish).
Publishing services
The Division offers an extensive and creative array of services to assist conference organisers by providing participants with photocopied documents, custom-designed booklets, reports, posters, CDs and DVDs, as well as graphic design and full exhibition services.
Other services
Depending on the needs of the client DCS provides comprehensive conference related services including transport, travel and accommodation arrangements, catering, media support and other hospitality services.
Unique place
The UNON compound is a quite unique place as all our facilities is located in a large 140-acre forest-fringed African garden. In addition to the varied vegetation and threes on the compound there is also a large population of birds and wildlife. Bring a pair of binoculars and take a walk down to the seasonal swamp to observe the local wildlife such as: red duikers, squirrels, marsh mongoose, velvet monkeys and olive baboons. Easily-spotted bird species include: Grey-crowned cranes, Egyptian geese, Crested eagles, Green pigeons and Hoopoes.
Other areas of interest is The Gigiri Nature Trail and The Memorial Garden.
Nature Trail managed by a group of local volunteers, theNature Trail showcases 600 indigenous tree species. A wildlife andFlora checklist can be obtained upon request.
Memorial Garden
The Memorial Garden is a commemoration of the victims of the Nairobi bombing of the UnitedStates Embassy, this garden of remembrance offers an area of peacefulcontemplation.
We hope you enjoy the visit to UNON.
