High-level meeting in June 2008
In December 2007, the General Assembly approved a Resolution (A/62/L.40) that sets out the process for the 2008 comprehensive review of the progress in implementing the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. The Resolution agreed to a high-level meeting (HLM) to be held on 10 – 11 June 2008.
The list of civil society representatives to be invited to participate in the high-level meeting is now available. (You can download the file in PDF here.) It is not clear how many organizations were left off the list, as we do not have access to the complete list of all the organizations that applied. If you applied for accreditation (and are not an ECOSOC status organization) and your organization is not included in the attached list, please contact us immediately.
The high-level meeting will consist of:
Plenary meetings: In accordance with the Resolution adopted by the General Assembly that sets out the organizational arrangements for this meeting, one person from civil society who is openly living with HIV will be invited to speak at the opening plenary session of the HLM. The other plenary speakers will be the Secretary General of the United Nations, the President of the UN General Assembly, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, and an eminent person (to be selected.)
Civil society hearing: A two-hour interactive hearing will be chaired by the President of the General Assembly with approximately 10 speakers from civil society. The dialogue will provide an opportunity to exchange views with representatives of governments. The format for the hearing and specific topics are still under discussion.
Panels: Five panel sessions will be held on specific themes (below) drawn from the report being prepared for the meeting by the UN Secretary General. Speakers from civil society will also be part of each panel along with representatives of governments and inter-governmental organizations. The topics of the panel discussions are:
Panel 1: How do we build on results achieved and speed up progress towards
universal access by 2010 - moving on to reach the MDGs by 2015?
Panel 2: The challenges of providing leadership and political support in coun
tries with concentrated epidemics.
Panel 3: Making the Response to AIDS Work for Women and Girls - Gender
Equality and AIDS.
Panel 4: AIDS: A Multi-generational Challenge - Providing a Robust and Long
Term Response.
Panel 5: Resources and Universal Access: Opportunities and limitations.
For more information, download the PDF file
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