United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI)
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

cordially invite you to

a town-hall meeting
in observance of World AIDS Day
moderated by Riz Khan, Anchor, CNN International  

Friday, 1 December 2000
at 10:00 a.m., Conference Room 4
UN Headquarters, New York

Welcoming remarks
Kensaku Hogen, Under-Secretary-General for Communications & Public Information

Opening remarks
Harri Holkeri, President of the 55th session of the General Assembly
Louise Fréchette, Deputy Secretary-General
Elhadj Sy, Representative, UNAIDS Liaison Office in New York

Featured participants include

Nafis Sadik, Executive Director
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Carol Bellamy, Executive Director
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Mashapa Machaba, Joel Makitla, David Schneider, Eric Mandla Sibeko & Judi Nwokedi
loveLife, South Africa’s national HIV prevention programme

Wendy Fitzwilliam, Miss Universe 1998 (Trinidad and Tobago) and
UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador

Jane Galvão, Advisor
International Cooperation, National STD/AIDS Program, Ministry of Health (Brazil)

Johann Olav Koss, 1994 Olympic speed skating gold medalist
and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador (Norway)

Fisho Mwale, Deputy Coordinator
African Mayors’ Initiative for Community Action on AIDS
at the Local Level (Zambia)

Steve Perrine, Editorial Creative Director
Men's Health Magazine

Rubaramira Ruranga, National Coordinator
Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda

Vendela Thommessen, Model (Norway)
and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

Mechai Viravaidya, Chairman
Population & Community Development Association (Thailand)

This event is also co-sponsored by
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
loveLife/The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

In cooperation with
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)