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

"LIVE AND LET LIVE"
Overcoming Stigma and Discrimination

Tuesday, 26 November 2002 at 3:00 p.m.
Conference Room 4, UN Headquarters, New York

WELCOMING REMARKS
Dr. Desmond Johns, Director, UNAIDS New York Office
OPENING REMARKS
Jan Kavan, President of the 57th session of the General Assembly
Louise Fréchette, Deputy Secretary-General

SPECIAL APPEARANCES BY
Whoopi Goldberg
Kami, HIV+ muppet from Takalani Sesame, South Africa’s production of Sesame Street

FEATURED PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE
Dennis de Leon, Executive Director, Latino Commission on AIDS
Paul A. Di Donato, Executive Director, Funders Concerned About AIDS
Elizabeth Dudu, Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS (South Africa)
Debra Fraser-Howze, President and CEO, National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS
Nicholas Fucile, Founder, HIV/AIDS UN Hotline
Kevin Garrett, Director of Strategic Planning, New York City Mayor’s Office of AIDS Policy
Ron Johnson, Associate Executive Director, Gay Men’s Health Crisis
Joseph Pressley, Executive Director, New York AIDS Coalition
Sandra Thurman, President, International AIDS Trust
Wojciech J. Tomczynski, National Network of People Living with AIDS (Poland)

MODERATOR
Ann Curry, The Today Show, NBC

This event is also co-sponsored by
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
World Bank
World Health Organization (WHO)

RSVP required (212) 963-0047