Daily Calendar of Events

From United Nations Special Session on HIV/AIDS

June 26, 2001

Time	Type of Event	Subject	Participants	Venue	Organization Responsible
8:30-9am	NGO daily preparatory meeting		Richard Burzinski (ICASO), Leslie Wright (CONGO)	Advertisement CR 4	ICASO and CONGO
9-9:30am	Press conference		Minister of Sweden (TBC)	S226
9-9:30am	Side Event	Launch of Global Private Sector Initiative on HIV/AIDS, the private sector's response to the Secretary General's Call to Action	Secretary-General and key business leaders	Visitors Centre, Private Dining Room TBC	UNFIP/Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS
9-11am	Side Event	Civil Society Forum on HIV/AIDS in Africa	Speakers from ActionAid, UNAIDS and AFRICASO	UNDP Staff Lounge 3rd Floor	ActionAid, AFRICASO and UNAIDS
9am-1pm	4th Plenary Session	Continuation of debate		GA Hall
9am-4pm	Side Event	Responses to an Urban HIV/AIDS Epidemic: New York City Models		NYC Dept. of Health Public Labs (1st Ave. and 27th St.)	New York City Department of Health
9:30-10am	Press conference	Business Involvement in HIV/AIDS	Bill Roedy, President of MTV Networks Int'l and Chair of Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS; Carl Ware, Exec. VP, Coca-Cola; Richard Holbrooke, former US Ambassador to the UN; Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS.	CR2	Global Business Council on HIV&AIDS (GBC)
9:30-11am	Side Event	GAVI: Lessons Learned	Tomris Turmen, WHO; Isabelle de Zoysa, WHO	CR B	WHO; UNICEF; Rockefeller Foundation; GAVI
9:30-11am	Side Event	International AIDS Candelight Memorial Gathering	Global Health Council Meeting	The Church Centre, 44th St.	Global Health Council
10-10:30am	Press conference		Bernard Kouchner, Health Minister of France	CR 2
10am-1pm	2nd Round Table	HIV/AIDS and Human Rights	Chaired by Health Minister of Poland UN Organizations: Carol Bellamy, UNICEF; Mary Robinson, OHCHR; Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA; Noeleen Heyzer, UNIFEM	ECOSOC Chamber. Can be viewed by press form gallery of overflow room (CR 3). No audio-visual coverage.	UNICEF lead; UNIFEM; UNHCHR; Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
10:30-11am	Press conference		President of Senegal	CR 2
11-11:30am	Press conference		Prime Minister of Ireland	CR 2
11:30-12noon	Press conference		International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, with Dr. Seth Berkley; Gates Foundation; others	226
11:30am-1pm	Side Event	Where are we in the development of an AIDS vaccine?	TBD	Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium	IAVI
11:30am-1pm	Side Event	Women and Prevention: Dual Protection and the Female Condom		CR B	Female Health Foundation
11:30am-1pm	Side Event	Family, Youth and AIDS	Richard Wilkins; Henry Mahasi, Kenya; Tochi Ugochukwu, Nigeria; Michael Ochieng, Kenya	CR 4	Kennedy Center for International Studies
12-12:30am	Press briefing	Daily noon briefing	Spokesman for the Secretary-General and Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly	226	UN
12:30-1pm	Press conference		President of Kenya, Daniel arap Moi	CR 2
12:30-3pm	Side event	Organizing and Advocacy around HIV/AIDS: Youth & Students	Adam Taylor; Imani Duncan	UNIFEM Conference Room
1-1:30pm	Press briefing	Daily press briefing	Peter Piot, UNAIDS; Thoraya Obaid, UNFPA; Pino Arlachhi, UNDCP	CR 2	UN/UNAIDS
1-4pm	Side event	Encuentro Latinoamericano	Puerto Rico, Argentina, Mexico, Guatemala and others.	The New York Foundation, Room 2925 -- Empire State Building	Latino Commission on AIDS, Ryan Center, Musica Against Drugs, Harlem Directors Group
1:15-1:45pm	Press conference		Health Minister of Poland (Chair of 2nd Round Table)	226
1:15-2:45pm	Side Event	The Impact of HIV/AIDS: Implications for Poverty Reduction	Mark Malloch Brown, UNDP; Juan Somaria, ILO; Paramanga Ernest Youly, Prime Minister, Burkina Faso; Mildred Aristide, First Lady of Haiti; Reverend Gideon, Uganda	CR 7	UNDP/ILO
1:15-2:45pm	Side Event	Briefing on Development of Microbicides	Clare Short UK; Peter Piot, UNAIDS; Stefano Vella, Inter. AIDS Society; Purnima Mane, Population Council; Lincoln Chen, Rockefeller Foundation	CR 4	UK mission/UK Dept. for International Development/ Rockefeller Foundation/ Population Council/ UNAIDS
1:15-2:45pm	Side Event	Panel Discussion on Orphans -- UNICEF Orphans Special Event		Dag Hammerskjold Auditorium	UNICEF
1:15-2:45pm	Panel discussion	Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV	Siripan Kanshana, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand; Tshidi Moeti, WHO; Florence Ngobeni, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, South Africa; Nathan Shaffer, CDC, USA; Sheila Dinotshe Tlou, Dept of Nursing Education, Botswana; Marco Antonio de Avila Vitoria, Ministry of Health, Brazil	CR 3	WHO
1:30-2:45	Luncheon	Latin America and the Caribbean	Government delegates and NGOs from Lat. Am. & the Caribbean	DDR	Inter-American Development Bank; PAHO
1:30-3pm	NGO Caucus Meeting	Richard Burzinski (ICASO), Leslie Wright (CONGO)		CR B	ICASO and CONGO
1:30-3:15 pm	Side Event	Panel on Orphans and Vulnerable Children	Carol Bellamy, UNICEF; Harry Belafonte; Ablola Tilley-Gyada; Mark Stirling, UNICEF; Farai Mahaso, Zimbabwe; Geena Gonzalez, Philippines	Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium	UNICEF Special Event
1:45-2:30pm	Press conference	The Status of Global HIV Prevention	Moderated by Drew Altman, pres., Kaiser Foundation, and Patti Stonesifer, co-chair and pres., Gates Foundation, Awa Coll-Seck, Minister of Health, Senegal; Peter Piot, UNAIDS; Helen Gayle, U.S.CDC; Daniel Tarantola, WHO; Michael Merson, Yale U. School of Public Health	CR 2	Kaiser Family Foundation, Gates Foundation, UNAIDS
2:30-3pm	Press conference	LoveLife, South Africa's national HIV prevention program for youth	Michael Sinclair, Kaiser Family Foundation; J. Fortuin, LoveLife Director, of Media Programming; LoveLife youth spokespeople	CR 2	Kaiser Family Foundation
3-6pm	5th Plenary Session	Continuation of debate		GA Hall. Open to press.
3-6pm	3rd Round Table	The socio-economic impact of the epidemic and the strengthening of national capacities to combat HIV/AIDS	Chaired by TBC UN Organizations: Mark Malloch Brown, UNDP; Juan Somavia, ILO; Pino Arlacchi, UNDCP; K.Y. Amoako, ECA	ECOSOC Chamber. Can be viewed by press from gallery of overflow room (CR 3). No audio-visual coverage.	UNDP lead; UNDCP; ILO; ECA
3:30pm	Press conference		UNICEF
3:30-5pm	Side Event	Dialogue with PWAs, GNP+ and government officials; photo opportunity for press.	Remarks by Secretary-General. Astrid Heiberg, Red Cross Red Crescent; Stuart Flavell, GNP+	CR 4	Red Cross Red Crescent and GNP+
3:30-5pm	Side Event	Religious Reflections on HIV/AIDS Prevention		Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium	Religion Counts
TBC	Press conference TBC	Microbicides			Rockefeller Foundation
4-4:30pm	Press conference		Mary Robinson, UNHCHR (TBC)
4:30pm	Press conference		Mary Robinson, UNHCHR (TBC)
5pm	Press conference	Internatinal Congress for AIDS Asia-Pacific (TBC)		S226
5-7pm	Side Event and Reception	Living with AIDS: reception to launch photo exhibit	Susan Rice	Church House	Save The Children
5:30-7pm	Side Event	School AIDS Education: New Models for Called Up Responses		Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium	Jerusalem AIDS Project
5:30-7pm	Side Event	Securing Supply of Condoms/Essential Products for HIV/AIDS Programmes		CR B	John Snow Research and Training Institute
6-6:30pm	Press conference		TBC (chair of 3rd Round Table)	226
6-7pm	NGO Review Meeting	Richard Burzinski (ICASO), Leslie Wright (CONGO)		CR 4	ICASO and CONGO
6-8pm	Reception	Reception hosted by the President of the General Assembly	GA President	Delegates Dining Room
7-9pm	6th Plenary Session	Continuation of debate		GA Hall. Open to press.
7-10pm	Side event	Global Treatment Access Campaign (GTAC) Meeting		Maharaja Restaurant	Global Treatment Access Campaign
TBC	Side event	Implementing HIV Treatment and Care: Provider Guidelines and Education		Offices of the NY State Department of Health AIDS Institute	NY State Department of Health AIDS Institute
TBC	Side event	HIV/AIDS in the former Soviet Union and in Central and Eastern Europe		Population Council (2nd Ave & 47th St)	Soros Foundation; Open Society Institute

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