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Printer-friendly versionPress CentreMedia Advisory*** Media Advisory ***Africa Leadership Consultation
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WHO: At the urging of Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel, more than 30 key players in the fight against HIV/AIDS are convening for an urgent consultation on the crisis of the millions of children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. The consultation is being held with the support of Stephen Lewis, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa. UNICEF and UNAIDS are sponsoring the meeting.
Participants include: Joy Phumaphi, Minister of Health, Botswana; Dr. Awa Coll-Sek, Minister of Health, Senegal; Jeanette Kagame, First Lady of Rwanda; Femi Kuti and Angelique Kidjo activist entertainers and musicians; Njongonkulu Ndungane, Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa; Allan Rosenfield, Dean, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; and Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF.
WHAT: A closed-session meeting followed by a press conference.
WHEN: Tuesday, 10 September 2002
9:00 - 5:00 p.m. Consultation
5:00 - 5:45 p.m. Press Conference
WHERE: The Sandton Sun and Towers InterContinental Hotel,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Syringa Room
WHY: The consultation is being convened to develop priorities
for a scaled-up emergency response to the burgeoning population of
children and young people orphaned and affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Participants will propose specific actions that must be taken within
the next 12 months to mobilize the leadership, partnerships and resources
needed to deliver on the promises made by world leaders at the United
Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS. Today, more
than 13 million children under the age of 15 have lost one or both
parents to AIDS. 11 million of them live in sub-Saharan Africa.
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For further information, please contact:
Madeline Eisner, UNICEF Eastern
and Southern Africa, meisner@unicef.org,
Mobile Johannesburg: +27-82-858-1536
Liza Barrie, lbarrie@unicef.org
International mobile 1 (646) 207-5178
Itai Madamombe, imadamombe@unicef.org
New York: (212) 326-7412
Mobile: 917 922 0530
