Table of Events
UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS New York
25-27 June 2001
UPDATED: 26 June
Updated Daily
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WEDNESDAY, 27 JUNE
TIME
TYPE OF EVENT
8am-1pm
Side Event
8:30-9am
NGO Daily Briefing
9am-1pm
7th Plenary Session
9am
Side Event
9am-4pm
Side Event
9:30-11am
Side Event
9:30-11am
Side Event
SUBJECT
PARTICIPANTS
8.00 Breakfast
Networking – 9.00
Panel: Opportunities
and Challenges of
Using Human Rights
Approach to
HIV/AIDS
Richard Burzinski
(ICASO), Leslie Wright
(CONGO)
Continuation of
debate
Launch of Save the
Children’s “No Quick
Fix: a sustained
response to
HIV/AIDS and
Children”
Responses to an
Urban HIV/AIDS
Epidemic: New York
City Models
Children and
HIV/AIDS
What’s Next?
Strategizing Gender
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27 June
VENUE
ORGANIZATION
RESPONSIBLE
CONTACT
PERSON
Church House
IGLHRC, on behalf of
the Ad Hoc UNGASS
Human Rights
Working Group
Karyn Kaplan
212-216-1256
CR 4
ICASO and CONGO
Richard Burzynski
416-340-8484 x243
or Leslie Wright
212-986-8557
GA Hall. Open
to press.
Dag
Hammarskjold
Auditorium
NYC Dept. of
Health Public
Labs (1st Ave.
and 27th St.)
Dag
Hammarskjold
Auditorium
CR B
(+44) (0) 20 7716 2280
New York City
Department of Health
Amado Punsalang 212447-2864
Save the Children
Andrew Johnson
212-370-2460
DAW (Division for the
Advance of Women)/
Emanuela Calabrini
212-963-8814
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Table of Events
UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS New York
25-27 June 2001
TIME
TYPE OF EVENT
SUBJECT
PARTICIPANTS
VENUE
ORGANIZATION
RESPONSIBLE
CONTACT
PERSON
UNAIDS/WHO
10am-1pm
4th Round Table
International
funding and
cooperation to
address the
challenges of the
HIV/AIDS epidemic
Chaired by Tanzania
Astrid N. Heiberg,
President, IFRC; Stuart
Flavell, GNP+: UNAIDS
representatives
Members of delegations
from All African
Countries; Members of
delegations from All
Caribbean Countries
Juan Somavia, ILO; Dr
Paulo Roberto Teixeira,
Brazil; Lettie La Grange,
South Africa;
Cunningham Ngcukana,
South Africa; Alejandra
Trossero, Inter. National
AIDS Alliance
11-11:30am
Press conference
People living with
HIV/AIDS
11am – 3pm
Side Event
African-Caribbean
Caucus on Actions
Against HIV/AIDS
11:30-1pm
Side Event
HIV/AIDS and the
World of Work
11:30am-1pm
Side Event
Communicable
Diseases
12pm
Press conference
1-1:30pm
Press briefing
Daily press briefing
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27 June
UN Organizations:
James Wolfensohn,
World Bank; Mark
Malloch Brown, UNDP
UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
Peter Piot, UNAIDS;
James Wolfensohn,
ECOSOC
Chamber. Can
be viewed by
press from
gallery of
overflow room
(CR 3). No
audio-visual
coverage.
World Bank lead
UNDP
DESA
226
Red Cross/UNAIDS/
GNP+
Millennium Hotel
UNDP Regional
Bureau for Latin
America and the
Caribbean; Regional
Bureau for Africa
ILO
UNDP 212-906-5486
CR B
EU
CR 2
UN
CR 2
UN/UNAIDS
Sophie Belgrage
212-583-2500
Manoel de Almeida e
Silva, 212-963-7238
Anne Winter
+41 79 2134312
Dag
Hammarskjold
Auditorium
World Bank:
Debrework Zewdie
202-494-3569 and
Keith Hansen 2028124337; UNDP:
Monica Sharma 212906-3687;
UNAIDS: Clara Diaz
+41 22 7914518, Ross
Noble +41 22 7914304,
Julia Cleves +41 22
7914576
Encho Gospodinov
212-338-0161
Cindy Berman
212-697-0150 x106
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Table of Events
UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS New York
25-27 June 2001
TIME
TYPE OF EVENT
SUBJECT
PARTICIPANTS
VENUE
ORGANIZATION
RESPONSIBLE
CONTACT
PERSON
World Bank; Gudmund
Hernes, UNESCO ; Juan
Somavia, ILO
1-3pm
Side Event
Launch of HIV/AIDS
Advocacy Guide
Round Table 4
1:15pm
Press conference
1:15-1:45pm
Press conference
1:15-2:45pm
Side Event
Women at the
Epicenter: Gender
and the HIV/AIDS
Epidemic
1:30-3pm
Side Event
1:30-3pm
Side Event
HIV/AIDS Crisis:
Grassroots
Responses by the
Churches
Programming for
Prevention
1:30-3pm
Side Event
2-3pm
Press Conference
UNICEF/LoveLife
Special Event: Panel
on Youth Leadership
and HIV/AIDS
Prevention
Press Briefing
including ceremony
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27 June
Church House
Chair of Round Table 4:
President of Tanzania
President of United
Republic of Tanzania
(chair of 4th Round
Table)
Chaired by Stephen
Lewis, Special SG
Envoy on HIV/AIDS in
Africa; Noeleen Heyzer,
UNIFEM; Charlotte Faty
N’Diaye, Society of
Women and AIDS in
Africa, Sénégal; Madhu
Bala Nath, UNIFEM
IPPF
226
CR 3
UNIFEM/DAW
Suzette Mitchell
212-906-6340
CR B
Lutheran Office for
World Community
Eric Olsen
212-808-5360
Mpule Kwelogabe,
UNFPA Goodwill
Ambassador, Botswana;
Peter Figueroa, Jamaica
CR 4
UNDCP/UNFPA
Dr Akinyele Dairo
212-297-5259
Kevin Brown, Jamaica;
Milos Stojanovic,
Yugoslavia; Agnetha
Isaaks, Namibia; Bharka
Kumari, India; Michelle
Bower; Edwin Thabete;
Nangamso Koza
Peter Piot, UNAIDS;
USAID
Dag
Hammarskjold
Library
Auditorium
UNICEF/LoveLife
(Kaiser)
Itai Madamombe
212-326-7412
CR E
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Table of Events
UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS New York
25-27 June 2001
TIME
TYPE OF EVENT
2-4pm
Side Event
3-6pm
8th Plenary Session
3-6pm
NGO Review Meeting
5 – 6pm
Side Event
7-9pm
9th Plenary Session
TBD
Side Event?
Side Event?
SUBJECT
to mark USAID
contribution to
UNAIDS
Scaling up a
community-based
response to
HIV/AIDS: Lessons
and Challenges
Continuation of
debate
UNGASS
Declaration: The Next
Steps
PARTICIPANTS
CONTACT
PERSON
Nathan Nshakira
+256 77220002
CR 4
ICASO and CONGO
Richard Burzynski
416-340-8484 x243
or Leslie Wright
212-986-8557
Reception with Harry
Belafonte
Visitor’s Centre
UNICEF House
UNICEF
Conclusion of
debate, Adoption of
Declaraton of
Commitment,
Closing of Special
Session
Open House and
Facility Tour
GA Hall. Open
to press.
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27 June
UNDP Staff
Lounge, 3rd Floor
ORGANIZATION
RESPONSIBLE
ActionAid in
partnership with
UNDP
NGO wrapup session
Nathan Nashakira,
ActionAid; Hakan
Bjorkman, UNDP
VENUE
GA Hall
Richard Burzinski
(ICASO), Leslie Wright
(CONGO)
Gay Men’s
Health Crisis
(119 W. 24th St
between 6th and
7th Avenues)
Richard Burzinski
(ICASO), Leslie Wright
(CONGO)
Krishna Stone
212-367-1016
ICASO and CONGO
Richard Burzynski
416-340-8484 x243
or Leslie Wright
212-986-8557
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