UN PRESS EVENTS DURING XV INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE, BANGKOK, 11-16 July 2004
Saturday 10 July 2004
What: Press conference on the "3 by 5" Progress Report
When: 12.00-1.00pm
Where:Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel, Ballroom 2, Bangkok
Who: Dr Jack Chow, Assistant Director General, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, WHO
Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS
Dr Jim Kim, Director, HIV/AIDS Department, WHO
Rolake Odetoyinbo Nwagwu, Activist, Treatment Action Movement, Nigeria
Contacts: Samantha Bolton, WHO, mobile: +41 79 239 2366
Iain Simpson, WHO, mobile: + 41 79 475 5534
Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, mobile: +66 1 8088313
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What:Global Business Coalition press conference on HIV testing
When:1.00-1.45pm
Where:Royal Orchid Sheraton
Who:Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS
Dr Richard Feachem, Executive Director, Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB & Malaria
Trevor Neilson, Executive Director, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS
Dr Jim Kim, Director, HIV/AIDS Department, WHO
Brian Brink, Senior Vice President, Anglo American Corporation
Contacts:Priya Bery, GBC, mobile: +1 646 824 0996
Barbara Holmes, GBC, Tel: +1 212 846 5630
Sunday 11 July 2004
What:Launch ofMulti-Country HIV/AIDS Programme (MAP) Report on HIV/AIDS in Asia
When:5.00-6.00pm
Where:Media Centre, Hall 4
Who:Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS
Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF
Dr Karen Stanecki, Senior Advisor, Demographic and related data, UNAIDS
Tasnim Aziz, epidemiologist, Bangladesh
Contacts:Dominique De Santis, UNAIDS, mobile: +41 792546803 or +66 1 2500882
Abby Spring, UNAIDS, mobile: +41 793089861 or + 66 1 2500874
Pensri Tasnavites, UNAIDS, mobile: + 66 1 810 3151
Monday 12 July 2004
What:Population Action International press conference: Condoms Count: Meeting the Need in the Era of HIV/AIDS
When:11.00 – 11.45
Where:Media centre, Hall 4, Room B
Who:Dr Catherine Hankins, Chief Scientific Adviser, UNAIDS
Amy Cohen, President, Population Action International
Barbara Lee, U.SCongresswoman
Nada Chaya, Senior Research Associate,Author of ‘Condoms Count’
Contacts:Dominique De Santis, UNAIDS, mobile: +41 792546803 or +66 1 2500882
Abby Spring, UNAIDS, mobile:+41 793089861 or + 66 1 2500874
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What:UNAIDS Press Briefing on resources and access to services (new reports on coverage & resource tracking)
When:12.00 – 1.00pm
Where:Media centre, Hall 4
Who:Dr Catherine Hankins, Chief Scientific Adviser, UNAIDS
Dr Paul De Lay, Director of Evaluation, UNAIDS
John Stover, Vice President, Futures Group International
Contacts:Dominique De Santis, UNAIDS, mobile: +41 792546803 or +66 1 2500882
Abby Spring, UNAIDS, mobile:+41 793089861 or + 66 1 2500874
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What:UNAIDS press briefing on AIDS and uniformed services
When:2.00-2.30pm
Where:Room N, Impact Convention Centre
Who:Gen. Chetta Thanajaro, Minister of Defence, Thailand
Mrs Sudarat Keyuraphan, Minister of Public Health, Thailand
Dr Ulf Kristoffersson, Director, UNAIDS office on AIDS, Security and Humanitarian Response
Maj. Gen. Suebpong Sangkharomya, Director General, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand
Contacts:Dominique De Santis, UNAIDS, mobile: +41 792546803 or +66 1 2500882
Abby Spring, UNAIDS, mobile:+41 793089861 or + 66 1 2500874
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What: Launch of Global Fund progress report
When:3.00-4.00pm
Where:Media Centre, Hall 4
Who:Dr Richard Feachem, Executive Director, Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB & Malaria
Helen Rossert, General Director, AIDES
Contacts:Jon Liden, Global Fund, mobile: + 41 79 244 6006
Tuesday 13 July 2004
What:Launch of USAID/UNAIDS/UNICEF Children on the Brink Report (orphans)
When:10.00-11.00am
Where:Media Centre, Hall 4, Room A
Who:Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF
Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS
John Stover, Vice President, Futures Group International
Anne Peterson, Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Health,USAID
Kami, HIV-positive muppet
Contacts:Liza Barrie, UNICEF, mobile: +1 646 207 5178
Dominique De Santis, UNAIDS, mobile: +41 792546803 or +66 1 2500882
Abby Spring, UNAIDS, mobile:+41 793089861 or + 66 1 2500874
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What:Press Briefing on Global Media AIDS Initiative
When:12.00-1.00pm
Where:Media centre, Hall 4,Room A
Who:Dr Kathleen Cravero, Deputy Executive Director, UNAIDS
Richard Gere, actor
Bill Roedy, Chairman, MTV Networks
Dr Richard Feachem, Executive Director, Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS,TB & Malaria
Matt James, Senior Vice President, Kaiser Family Foundation
Contacts:Abby Spring, UNAIDS, mobile:+ 41 793089861 or + 66 1 2500874
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What:Launch of Asia Pacific Leadership Forum on HIV/AIDS report -- Act Now: Asia-Pacific leaders respond to HIV/AIDS
When:12.00-2.00pm
Where:Room M, 2nd floor, Impact Convention Centre
Who:Jose Ramos Horta, Senior Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Timor Leste
Wang Longde, Vice Health Minister, People’s Republic of China
Maire Bopp Dupont, founder of the Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation
Nafis Sadik, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Asia & the Pacific
Harry Cross, Global Director, Policy Project
Contacts:Dominique De Santis, UNAIDS, mobile: +41 792546803 or +66 1 2500882
Abby Spring, UNAIDS, mobile:+41 793089861 or + 66 1 2500874
Pensri Tasnavites, UNAIDS, mobile: + 66 1 810 3151
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What:Impact of AIDS on the world of work and expanding the ILO response (launch of ILO report on AIDS in the workplace)
When:2.00-3.00pm
Where:Media Centre, Hall 4, Room B
Who:Frank Lisk, Director of AIDS,ILO
Des Cohen, Consultant, ILO
Odile Frank, Expert on AIDS in the world of work, ILO
Contacts:Tom Netter, ILO, mobile: +41 79 593 1366
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What:Asia Pacific Network of People living with HIV/AIDS press conference
When:4.00-5.00pm
Where:Media Centre, Hall 4, Room C
Who:Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS
Mr Zéphirin Diabré, Associate Administrator, UNDP
Dr Jack Chow, Assistant Director General, HIV AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, WHO
Mr. Shiba Phurailatpam, Coordinator, APPRC
Mr. Stuart Flavell, Coordinator, GNP+
Ms.Tuberi, President FJNP+ and Board Member APN+, Fiji
Mr. Abraham Kurian, President INP+, India
Dy Many, Member CPN+, Cambodia
Contacts:Caitlin Wiesen, UNDP, tel: + 1 212 906 5906
Dominique De Santis, UNAIDS, mobile: +41 792546803 or +66 1 2500882
Abby Spring, UNAIDS, mobile:+41 793089861 or + 66 1 2500874
Wednesday 14 July 2004
What:Press Briefing on coordinating the global fight against AIDS
When:09.00-10.00am
Where:Media Centre, Hall 4
Who:Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS
Dr Richard Feachem, Executive Director, Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS,TB & Malaria
Randall Tobias, Global AIDS Coordinator
Contacts:Michael Iskowitz, UNAIDS, mobile: + 66 1 2500 708
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What:UNDP press conference on the Southern Africa Capacity Initiative
When:10.00-11.00am
Where:Media Centre, Hall 4
Who:Zephirin Diabre, Associate Administrator, UNDP
Stephen Lewis, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa
Kenneth Kaunda, former President of Zambia
Graca Machel, former First Lady of Mozambique
Contacts:Nicholas Gouede, UNDP, T: + 1 212 906 6801
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What:UNAIDS press conference on Human Rights- Microbicides, Vaccines and Treatment
When:10.00-11.00am
Where:Impact Convention Centre, Room B
Who:Purnima Mane, Director, Social Mobilization and Information Department, UNAIDS
Representatives from the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, IAVI, the AIDS Law Project, and the Global Campaign for Microbicides
Contacts:Elana Wright, HIV/AIDS legal network, mobile: +1 514 572 8556
Thomas Haig, HIV/AIDS legal network, mobile:+66 6 7434 903
Dominique De Santis, UNAIDS, mobile +41 792546803 or +66 1 2500882
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What:Launch of UNAIDS/UNIFEM/UNFPA Report -- Women and HIV/AIDS: Confronting the Crisis
When:3.00-4.00pm
Where:Media Centre, Hall 4
Who:Dr Kathleen Cravero, Deputy Executive Director, UNAIDS
Noeleen Heyser, Executive Director, UNIFEM
Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA
Contacts:Dominique De Santis, UNAIDS, mobile: +41 792546803 or +66 1 2500882
Abby Spring, UNAIDS, mobile:+41 793089861 or + 66 1 2500874
William Ryan, UNFPA, mobile: + 1 646 226 6104
Leigh Pasqual, UNIFEM, mobile: + 66 1 2500 231
Thursday 15 July 2004
What:Press conference of the Global HIV Prevention Working Group
When:1.00-2.00pm
Where:Media Centre, Hall 4, Room B
Who:Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS
Dr Helene Gayle, Director of HIV, TB & Reproductive Health, Gates Foundation
Dr Jim Kim, Director of HIV/AIDS Department, WHO
Bernhard Schwartlander, Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Marina Mahathir, President, Malaysian AIDS Council
Salim Karim, Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, University of Natal, South Africa
Contacts:Elizabeth Milbank, Global HIV prevention working group, +44 7801 127 412
Clark Moor, Global HIV prevention working group, +66 1 25000 56
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What:Press conference on integrating human rights into HIV/AIDS responses in Asia-Pacific.
When:3.00-4.00pm
Where:Media Centre, Hall 4, Room B
Who:Tony Lisle, Team Leader, UNAIDS South East Asia Pacific Inter-Country Team
Ms Wan-Hea Lee, International Human Rights Adviser in Mongolia, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Civil society representatives, TBC
Contacts:Dominique De Santis, UNAIDS, mobile: +41 792546803 or +66 1 2500882
Abby Spring, UNAIDS, mobile:+41 793089861 or + 66 1 2500874