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Subject: *RV: [pcbngo] Civil Society application process
to participate in the 2011United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting
on AIDS and Civil Society Hearing*
From: *bianco.mabel (at) gmail.com*
Date sent: *Tue, 1 Feb 2011 12:13:26 +0000*
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*Civil Society application process to participate in the 2011 United Nations
General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS and Civil Society Hearing*
The General Assembly in its *resolution
A/Res/65/180* (10
December 2010) called for a High Level Meeting (HLM) on 8 -10 June 2011, to
undertake a comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the
2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political
Declaration on HIV/AIDS, as well as to promote the continued engagement of
leaders in a comprehensive global response to AIDS.
2011 marks 30 years of AIDS, ten years of the landmark UN General Assembly
Special Session on HIV/AIDS and the resulting Declaration of Commitment, and
five years of the 2006 High-Level Meeting where the universal access
commitment was made. The deadlines for achieving goals and targets agreed by
Member States in 2001 and 2006 expired at the end of 2010.
The 2011 High Level Meeting, therefore, comes at a turning point in the
global AIDS response. It will provide a critical opportunity not only to
review progress made in addressing the epidemic, but also to identify
remaining gaps and challenges and chart the way forward to sustain the
response. It will also provide an opportunity to firmly position AIDS in the
broader global health and development context, including the Millennium
Development Goals.
The outcome of the High Level Meeting will be a new concise and
action-oriented declaration, that reaffirms and builds on the Declaration
of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS to guide
and monitor the HIV/AIDS response beyond 2010
(paragraph 19, Resolution
65/180). The declaration will be negotiated by Member States in the months
before the HLM.
*Civil Society Hearing April 2011*
The High Level Meeting will comprise plenary meetings and up to five
thematic panel discussions. An informal interactive hearing with civil
society will take place two months beforehand in April 2011.
The one day informal interactive hearing with civil society will be chaired
by the President of the General Assembly and organized with the active
participation of people living with HIV and broader civil society. It will
be attended by representatives of Member States, the Observer State and
observers, non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the
Economic and Social Council, invited civil society organizations and the
private sector. The objective of the hearing is to create a space where
civil society, NGOs and the private sector can interact with Member States
and offer input to the comprehensive review process. A Summary of the
hearing will be prepared by the President of the General Assembly, which
will be issued as a document of the General Assembly prior to the High Level
Meeting.
*Civil Society Participation*
The General Assembly has also requested that a list of relevant civil
society representatives, in particular associations of people living with
HIV, non-governmental organizations, including organizations of women and
young people, girls and boys and men, faith-based organizations and the
private sector, especially pharmaceutical companies and representatives of
labour, including on the basis of the recommendations of the UNAIDS and
taking into account the principle of equitable geographical representation,
be submitted to Member States for consideration on a no-objection basis for
a final decision by the Assembly on participation in the high-level meeting,
including panel discussions. (paragraph 14, Resolution 65/180)
To facilitate civil society involvement in the high-level meeting and ensure
an open, transparent and participatory process, the President of the General
Assembly, in partnership with UNAIDS and upon nominations by Civil Society
Selection Committee, has established a *Civil Society Task Force* comprising
representatives from civil society and the private sector. The Task Force
will, among other things, help determine the format, theme and programme of
the civil society hearing, as well as help identify speakers for the civil
society hearing and HLM plenary and panel discussions.
In addition, UNAIDS is working closely with a broader coalition of civil
society organizations to provide support to civil society and community
groups in maximizing the impact of the 2011 UN General Assembly high-level
meeting on AIDS. This includes linking strongly to regional reviews on
Universal Access and encouraging dialogues between partners at country and
regional level in the lead-up to the HLM. *As access to the UN building
during the HLM will be extremely limited due to space constraints caused by
ongoing building work, civil society organizations are encouraged to focus
energies on engagement with their governments in the lead-up to the event
and to seek to attend as members of their governments delegation.*
For further information contact *csp (at) unaids.org*
*Application to High Level Meeting and/or Civil Society Hearing*
To apply to attend either the HLM and/or the Civil Society Hearing you must
go to the DESA Website and complete the 2011 United Nations General Assembly
High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS on line application form. You can reach this
online application form, by clicking the Hyper-link or by entering it into
your browser: *http://esango.un.org/event/unaidsmeeting
** The deadline for applications to participate for ECOSOC and non-ECOSOC
organizations is **18 February 2011**. No applications will be considered
after the deadline has passed.*
*Application to be a speaker at High Level Meeting and/or Civil Society
Hearing*
To apply to be a speaker at either the HLM or the CSH:
1) *First* complete the 2011 United Nations General Assembly High Level
Meeting on HIV/AIDS on line application form on *the DESA
Website*.
2) *Then* complete the complete the *2011 United Nations General Assembly
High Level Meeting/Civil Society Hearing on HIV/AIDS Speaker Application
Form*
and
send it by email to *HLM-CShearing (at) unaids.org* .
**The deadline for speaker applications is **18 February 2011**. No
applications will be considered after the deadline has passed.*
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*Related documents and background information*
- *General Assembly resolution on the Organization of the 2011
comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the Declaration
of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on
HIV/AIDS*(20 December 2010)
- *Political Declaration on
HIV/AIDS*(2
June 2006)
- *Declaration of Commitment on
HIV/AIDS*(27
June 2001)
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Manuella Donato
Regional Focal Point - Latin America
Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS
Gonçalves Maia, 1000/103. Recife, PE. Brazil
+55 81 99244408 | manuella (at) gyca.org
www.gyca.org | www.tigweb.org
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