Calendar of Events

2006 High-Level Meeting on AIDS
Uniting the world against AIDS

31 May — 2 June, United Nations, New York

Proposed arrangements for the high-level meeting and comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the targets set out in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, to be convened from 31 May to 2 June 2006.

Information Note 2

Introduction
This note elaborates on and supersedes the information note issued on 31 March 2006.

This note was prepared taking into consideration suggestions, nominations and expressions of interest for participation by Member States and observers. The Office of the President of the General Assembly also consulted civil society over proposed civil society participation.

Official Events
The meetings on 31st May to 2nd June 2006 will be organized as follows:

Wednesday, 31st May

09:00-10:00	Opening Plenary Meeting	GA Hall*
10:00-13:00	Informal interactive civil society hearing	Conference Room 2*
15:00-18:00	Round table 1	ECOSOC Chamber
	Round table 2	Conference Room 5
	Round table 3	Conference Room 6
	Panel 1	Conference Room 2
	Panel 2	Conference Room 4*

Thursday, 1st June

10:00-13:00	Round table 4	Conference Room 5
	Round table 5	Conference Room 6
	Panel 3	Conference Room 2
	Panel 4	Conference Room 4
	Panel 5	ECOSOC Chamber
16:00-18:00	Plenary - Report back of the discussions over the past two days	Trusteeship Council Chamber*

Friday, 2nd June

08:55-09:00	Address by host country representative	GA Hall*
09:00-13:00	High-level plenary meeting	GA Hall*
15:00-18:00(1)	High-level plenary meeting	GA Hall*

* Delegates will also be able to follow these proceedings in the Overflow Room, Conference Room 3.
(1) Arrangements have been made such that the High-level meeting can continue beyond 18:00 as necessary to accommodate all inscribed speakers.

Detailed information about the official events is contained in the attached annexes.

Attendees

Pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 60/224, the meeting will be open to all Member States and observers.

In line with General Assembly Resolution 60/224, the meeting will also be open to heads of entities of the United Nations system, including programmes, funds, specialized agencies and regional commissions, as well as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoys on HIV/AIDS, intergovernmental organizations and entities that have observer status with the General Assembly, non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, non-governmental members of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, and other invited civil society organizations as listed in A/60/CRP.2, as approved in General Assembly Decision 60/554 of 27 March.

Since some of the civil society representatives who are proposed to participate are still seeking financial support to attend, and some people’s personal circumstances can present challenges to their ability to travel, this note proposes alternates for many civil society speakers. In addition, the President of the General Assembly would propose to draw from the entirety of the list of alternates in this paper and its attachments if both a speaker and alternate are unavailable, or if the replacement of speakers with principal alternates would leave any meeting unbalanced in terms of gender or region.

The Office of the General Assembly President will inform Member States about changes in the composition of the panels and roundtables, if any.