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MEDIA SCHEDULE FOR THE UN SPECIAL SESSION ON HIV/AIDS |
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DATE |
TIME |
EVENT |
ROOM |
CONTACT |
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25 JUNE |
8:00-8:15 |
Photo op: Ceremonial unfolding of AIDS Memorial Quilt, with UN Secretary-General, President of the General Assembly, people living with AIDS, civil society representatives, others. |
Delegates entrance lobby |
3rd floor media liaison desk, 963-7756 or 963-3353 |
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25 JUNE |
9:00-1:00 |
Opening of the Special Session: Statements by the President of the General Assembly, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan; opening of the debate in plenary (see list of speakers) |
General Assembly Hall |
All plenary sessions on closed circuit TV. Tickets to press gallery distributed in Media Centre at 8:30 am. For access to booths by visual media, 3rd floor liaison desk, 963-7756/3353 |
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25 JUNE |
10:30-11:00 |
Press conference: Minister of International Development of Canada, Maria Minna, to announce a new contribution to fight HIV/AIDS |
226 |
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25 JUNE |
11:00-11:30 |
Press conference: Director-General of ILO, Juan Somavia, to discuss the ILO Code of Practice for AIDS in the Workplace |
226 |
Tom Netter, (41-79) 520-6341 (mobile) |
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25 JUNE |
11:30-12:00 |
Press conference: General Assembly President Harri Holkeri (Finland) |
226 |
Susan Markham, 212-963-1895 |
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25 JUNE |
12:00 12:30 |
Noon briefing by Spokesman for the Secretary-General and Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly |
226 |
Manoel de Almeida e Silva, |
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25 JUNE |
1:00 1:30 |
Daily press briefing by Exec. Director of UNAIDS, Dr. Peter Piot,Carol Bellamy, Exec. Director, UNICEF; Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General, WHO; Mark Malloc Brown, Administrator, UNDP (tbc) |
Conf. Room 2 |
Anne Winter, UNAIDS, (41-79) 213-4312 |
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25 JUNE |
1:15-2:45 |
Official luncheon for Heads of State/Govt hosted by the UN Secretary-General |
Delegates Dining Room |
Pool coverage for visual media 3rd floor media liaison desk, 963-7756 or 963-3353 |
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25 JUNE |
1:45-2:15 |
Press conference : "Care and Treatment for HIV/AIDS", with Michel Bachelet, Minister of Health, Chile; Fatoumata Traore Nafo, Minister of Health, Mali; Daniel Tarantola, WHO; Julia Cleves, UNAIDS, Badara Samb, UNAIDS |
Conf. Room 2 |
Andrew Shih, UNAIDS, 212-584-5024 |
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25 JUNE |
2:30 3:00 |
Press conference: "Update on the Epidemic", with Bernhard Schwartlander, UNAIDS; Daniel Tarantola, WHO; Helene Gayle, US Centers for Disease Control |
Conf. Room 2 |
Andrew Shih, UNAIDS, 212-584-5024 |
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25 JUNE |
3:00-6:00 |
Plenary debate continues (see list of speakers) |
General Assembly Hall |
Open to press |
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25 JUNE |
3:00-6:00 |
First round table: "HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care", chaired by the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, with governments, civil society |
ECOSOC Chamber |
Can be viewed by press from gallery of overflow room (Conference Room 3), no audio-visual coverage |
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25 JUNE |
3:00-3:30 |
Press conference: President of Nigeria, H.E. Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo |
Conf. Room 2 |
E/F interpretation requested |
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25 JUNE |
5:00-5:30 |
Press conference : Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective, with Prof. Dr. Rolf Krebs, Chairman, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH Germany, and Dr. Harvey E. Bale, Director General, Intl. Fed. of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Assoc. |
226 |
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25 JUNE |
6:00-6:30 |
Press conference : Chair of first round table, H.E. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis |
Conf. Room 2 |
E/F interpretation requested |
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25 JUNE |
6:30-8:30 |
Reception and announcement of the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights, hosted by UNDP, MAC AIDS Fund and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (by invitation only) |
Delegates Dining Room |
Press contacts: Mamadou Bah, UNDP, 212-906-6175; Clark Moore, 212-584-5039 |
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25 JUNE |
7:00-9:00 pm |
Plenary debate continues (see list of speakers) |
General Assembly Hall |
Open to press |
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26 JUNE |
9:00-1:00 |
Plenary debate continues (see list of speakers) |
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26 JUNE |
9:00 9:30 am |
Press conference : Health Minister of Sweden, Lars Engqvist |
226 |
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26 JUNE |
9:30 10 am |
Press conference : Business Involvement in AIDS, with Bill Roedy, President of MTV and Chair, Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS; Carl Ware, Exec. VP, Coca Cola; Richard Holbrooke, former US Ambassador to the UN; Peter Piot, UNAIDS Exec. Director; Juan Somavia, Director Generlal, ILO |
226 (TBC) |
Clark Moore, 212-584-5039 |
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26 JUNE |
10:00 1 pm |
Second round table : HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, chaired by Health Minister of Poland |
ECOSOC Chamber |
Can be viewed by press from gallery of overflow room (Conference Room 3), no audio-visual coverage |
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26 JUNE |
10:00-10:30 |
Press conference: Health Minister of France, Bernard Kouchner; Minister of Cooperation and Francophone Affairs, Charles Josselin |
Conf. Room 2 |
E/F interpretation requested |
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26 JUNE |
10:30-11:00 |
Press conference: President of Senegal, H.E. Maitre Abdoulaye Wade |
Conf. Room 2 |
E/F interpretation requested |
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26 JUNE |
11:00-11:30 |
Press conference: Prime Minister of Ireland, H.E. Mr. Bertie Ahern |
226 |
E/F interpretation requested |
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26 JUNE |
11:30-12:00 |
Press conference: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, with Dr. Seth Berkley, President and CEO; Wayne C. Koff, Senior V-P for Research and Devt. |
226 |
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26 JUNE |
12:00 12:30 |
Noon briefing by Spokesman for the Secretary-General and Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly |
226 |
Manoel de Almeida e Silva, |
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26 JUNE |
12:30-1:00 |
Press conference: President of Kenya, Daniel arap Moi |
Conf. Room 2 |
E/F interpretation requested |
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26 JUNE |
1:00-1:30 |
Daily press briefing by Peter Piot, Exec. Director, UNAIDS; Thoraya Obai, Exec. Director, UNFPA, Pino Arlacchi, Director General, UNDCP |
Conf. Room 2 |
Anne Winter, UNAIDS, (41-79) 213-4312 |
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26 JUNE |
1:15-1:45 |
Press conference: Chair of second round table, Health Minister of Poland, Mr. Grzegorz |
226 |
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26 JUNE |
1:45-2:30 |
Press conference : "The Status of Global HIV Prevention Efforts", following an intl. policy forum. Moderated by Drew Altman, Pres., Kaiser Foundation, and Patti Stonesifer, Co-Chair and Pres., Gates Foundation. Speakers: Awa Coll-Seck, Senegal Minister of Health; Helene Gayle, US CDC; Peter Piot, UNAIDS; Daniel Tarantola, WHO; Michael Merson, Dean, Yale School of Public Health; others. |
Conf. Room 2 |
Clark Moore, 212 584-5039 |
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26 JUNE |
2:30 3:00 |
Press conference : loveLife, South Africas national youth HIV prevention programme, with M. Sinclair, Senior VP, Kaiser Family Foundation; J. Fortuin, Director of Media Programming; youth spokespeople |
Conf. Room 2 |
Clark Moore, 212-584-5039 |
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26 JUNE |
3:00-6:00 |
Plenary debate continues (see list of speakers) |
General Assembly Hall |
Open to press |
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26 JUNE |
3:00-6:00 |
Third round table: Socio-economic Impact of HIV/AIDS |
ECOSOC Chamber |
Can be viewed by press from gallery of overflow room (Conference Room 3), no audio-visual coverage |
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26 JUNE |
3:30- 4:00 |
Press conference : Harry Belafonte, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and Mark Stirling, UNICEF adviser on AIDS |
226 |
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26 JUNE |
3:30- 5:00 |
Special event : Dialogue with people living with HIV/AIDS, including remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan; Intl. Fed. of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies |
Conf. Room 4 |
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26 JUNE |
5:00- 5:30 (TBC) |
Press conference : International Congress for AIDS in Asia-Pacific |
226 |
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26 JUNE |
6:00-6:30 |
Press conference: Chair of third round table |
226 |
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26 JUNE |
7:00-9:00 |
Plenary debate continues (see list of speakers |
General Assembly Hall |
Open to press |
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27 JUNE |
9:00-1:00 |
Plenary debate continues (see list of speakers) |
General Assembly Hall |
Open to press |
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27 JUNE |
10:00 1:00 |
Fourth round table: International Funding and Cooperation, chaired by President of United Rep. of Tanzania |
ECOSOC Chamber |
Can be viewed by press from gallery of overflow room (Conference Room 3), no audio-visual coverage |
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27 JUNE |
11:00-11:30 |
Press conference : on people living with AIDS, with Dr. Astrid N. Heiberg, President, and Didier J. Cherpitel, Secretary-General, Intl. Fed. Red Cross & RCS; Stuart Flavell, Intl. Coordinator of GNP+ |
226 |
E. Gospodinov, Red Cross, 338-0161 |
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27 JUNE |
12:00 |
Press conference by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan |
Conf. Room 2 |
Manoel de Almeida e Silva, 212 963-7161 |
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27 JUNE |
1:00-1:30 |
Daily press briefing by Peter Piot, Exec. Director, UNAIDS; James Wolfensohn, President, World Bank (tbc), Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General, UNESCO (tbc) |
Conf. Room 2 |
Anne Winter, UNAIDS, (41-79) 213-4312 |
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27 JUNE |
1:15-1:45 |
Press conference : Chair of fourth round table, President of United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Mr. Benjamin W. Mkapa |
Conf. Room 2 |
E/F interpretation requested |
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27 JUNE |
3:00-6:00 |
Conclusion of plenary debate ; adoption of the Declaration of Commitment; closure of the special session |
General Assembly Hall |
Open to press |
Please note: a complete schedule including dozens of side events inside and outside of UN premises is posted on the Special Session
web site, at www.un.org/ga/aids, under "Calendar".