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Thursday, 2 December, 2004
A training workshop will be held at the United Nations International
School, 24-50 F.D.R Drive, New York City. The proceedings
will be webcast and will be comprised of the following:
| 9:30am – 12:30pm |
Morning session: Welcome by facilitator Susan Fountain,
introductions of students and summary of research; presentation
by HIV/AIDS specialist. |
| 12:30 pm- 1:15 |
Lunch hosted by UNIS |
| 1:30-3:00pm |
Afternoon session: Break into 5 “sub-theme”
groups for continued discussion and drafting of Plan of
Action |
| 3 pm -3:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:30 – 4:30 pm |
Presentation and voting on important points for each
sub-theme to be included in draft Plan of Action |
| 4:30-5 pm |
Voting for officers to lead December 3 conference day |
Participants will include up to 8 student representatives
from each of the co-sponsors. Drawing on the exchanges from
the web-based chat forum and their prior research, they will
work in moderated caucus groups and in plenary to draft an
action plan that will be discussed at the conference the following
day, December 3. At the end of the workshop, participants
will elect the following officers to lead the conference:
1 Chairperson (who will coordinate the drafting group, introduce
the moderators and present the Plan of Action to the President
of the General Assembly)
3 Moderators (who will preside over the morning and two afternoon
sessions)
1 Rapporteur (who will record discussions and note suggested
changes to the draft Plan of Action)
1 Web Rapporteur (who will coordinate communications between
the conference and web cast participants)
Ms. Susan Fountain, an international curriculum development
and training specialist with experience in HIV/AIDS Education,
is scheduled to facilitate the workshop. The draft Plan of
Action will be posted on the Conference website during the
evening of December 2.
Friday, 3 December, 2004
The Conference will take place at the United Nations Headquarters
(First Avenue at 46th Street). Students who participated in
the training workshop on December 2 will convene at the UN.
Web casting will be available worldwide for participants with
Internet access, and 9 sites in the U.S., Mexico, Canada,
and around the world will be linked to the conference in NY
through video-conferencing. These sites include:
1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2. Mexico City, Mexico
3. Fairfax, Virginia, USA
4. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
5. Vancouver, Canada
6. Bristol, United Kingdom
7. Barrie, Canada
8. Somerdale, New Jersey, USA
9. Johannesburg, South Africa
During the conference, participants will discuss, amend and
vote in person or via video conferencing on the draft Plan
of Action prepared at the workshop the previous day. Students
around the world can participate
online by sending comments and questions during the live
webcast. At the end of conference, the student Chairperson
will present the Plan of Action to the President of the UN
General Assembly.
View programme for 3 December 2004
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