UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation Update: November 2011
Amy Coulterman
UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation Update: November 2011
NGO Delegation Recruitment
The Delegation is pleased to announce our new delegates for 2012-2013. We would like to welcome to our team:
· Africa: Nomonde Mihlali Meji, African Sex Worker Alliance, South Africa
· Asia and the Pacific: Ed Attapon Ngoksin, International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), Thailand
· Latin America and the Caribbean: Alessandra Nilo, Gestos, Brazil
Thank you to everyone who responded to our call for nominations.
2011 NGO Report Update
The 2011 NGO Report on legal environments and HIV responses is now published. Please visit our NGO Report site where you can download the full report and navigate through key findings and information from the report in seven languages.
This report builds on the Delegation’s 2010 consultation and offers several recommendations to UNAIDS and Member States with regards to HIV strategies and related laws and policies. The report and its proposed decision points will be presented at the 29th UNAIDS PCB in December.
We would like to thank the almost 250 individuals who participated in 27 focus groups worldwide and many others who made this report possible.
29th UNAIDS PCB Meeting
The upcoming meeting will include a presentation of the NGO Delegation’s annual report, a follow up to the 2011 High-Level Meeting, a progress report on the Global Plan Towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections Among Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive, discussions on the UBRAF funding matrix, Second Independent Evaluation, and UNAIDS technical support, as well as a full day of speakers and interactive discussions on “HIV and Enabling Legal Environments”.
The NGO Delegation will hold a briefing call for civil society on Monday, December 5 at 4pm CET/Geneva (to find your local time, use this page and choose your country). As well, for those of you already registered to attend, please plan to join the NGO Delegation for a pre-meeting in Geneva on Monday, December 12th from 3 to 5pm. Invitations for both of these meetings will follow. The deadline for registration has passed.
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The Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) is the governing body of UNAIDS. It is made up of 22 voting Member States, 10 UN Cosponsors and an NGO Delegation consisting of 5 delegates and 5 alternates. The NGO Delegation brings to the PCB the perspectives and expertise of people living with, most affected by, and most at risk of or vulnerable to HIV, as well as civil society and nongovernmental entities actively involved in HIV and AIDS. The Delegation works to ensure that human rights and equitable, gender-sensitive access to comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support are reinforced by the policies, programmes, strategies and actions of the PCB and UNAIDS.
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