APN+ has been appointed as host organization for the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board NGO Delegation’s Communications and Consultation Facility (CF).
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The Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) is the governing body of UNAIDS and it is made up of Member States, UN agencies and NGO Delegates. Our mission as the PCB NGO Delegation is to ensure that the priorities and interests of affected people, constituencies and communities are considered in UNAIDS decisions and policies.
APN+ Confirmed as New Host for the NGO Delegation’s Communications & Consultation Facility
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The NGO Delegation Calls on UNAIDS to Include PLHIV Age 50 & Older
12 May 2013
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Earlier this year, HelpAge International, Terrence Higgins Trust and AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA) spearheaded the writing of a letter to UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, to highlight their concerns over the omission of data on those aged 50 and older in the 2012 UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.
In support of this initiative, the NGO Delegation sent its own letter to Mr. Sidibé and Dr. Luiz Loures, Deputy Executive Director of Programme. The full letter is below.
32nd PCB Meeting to Focus on UNAIDS’ Budget, Post-2015
12 May 2013
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(first posted: 12 May 2013; last updated: 12 May 2013)
Consideration of the report of the thirty first meeting (EN | FR)
Report of the Executive Director (EN | FR)
Report by the Chair of the Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations (EN | FR)
Leadership in the AIDS response (EN | FR)
AIDS response in the Post-2015 Development Agenda (EN | FR)
UNAIDS 2012-2015 Unified Budget, Results and Accountability Framework
- Performance monitoring (EN | FR)
- Financial reporting (EN | FR)
- Budget for 2014-2015 (EN | FR)
Update on strategic human resources management issues (EN | FR)
Statement by the representative of the UNAIDS Staff Association (EN | FR)
Follow-up to the thematic segment from the 31st Programme Coordinating Board meeting (EN | FR)
Register as an NGO Observer for the Next UNAIDS Board Meeting!
12 May 2013
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You can now register for the 32nd Programme Coordinating Board meeting to be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 25-27 June 2013.
Visit the UNAIDS registration page at http://apps.unaids.org/pcb/. The deadline to submit is 10 June 2013.
Read UNAIDS information for participants (EN | FR).
Members of civil society can attend the meeting by registering as Observers. This is a great opportunity to experience policy making and to have your voice heard. As an Observer, you may have the chance – at the chair’s discretion and after board members have spoken – to give interventions on the floor during the meeting. If you attend, you will be invited to daily civil society debriefs with the Delegation where you will have a chance to ask questions about the issues discussed each day and give feedback on Delegates’ interventions.
Read and watch past Observer interventions here.
Please note: Do NOT register unless you can obtain your own source of funding to attend. UNAIDS and the NGO Delegation are unfortunately not able to fund civil society observers. Observers to the PCB meeting are required to make their own travel arrangements and to cover all of their own expenses, including air fare and their stay in Geneva. Registration does not automatically grant access; all Observers must be approved by the UNAIDS Executive Director and chair of the Board.
If you require a visa to attend the meeting in Geneva: you MUST request one from UNAIDS as soon as possible; UNAIDS does NOT automatically provide letters of invitation. Contact PCBregistration@unaids.org to obtain the necessary letter.
The agenda and all relevant agenda documents can be found at this post as they become available.
The NGO Delegation Welcomes News Delegates
12 May 2013
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The UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation is pleased to welcome its two new NGO Delegates for the Asia-Pacific and Europe regions who will be replacing the representatives for the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition and the European AIDS Treatment Group.
John Rock has lived with HIV for over thirty years. He knows that he is only alive today because of the availability of good quality treatment. That is why since 2001 he has volunteered his time to fight for treatment access for all PLHIV in all countries. He served as Australian Board member of APN+ and as an advisor. Since 2008, he has been involved in the implementation of an AusAID-funded capacity building program in nine Asia Pacific countries on behalf of APN+. John is an active Global Board Member of ITPC which he sees as critically important in attaining the goal of quality HIV treatment for all.
Bryan Teixeira has been involved with the HIV NGO field since 1983 and is currently a consultant and active member of EATG. He founded the first HIV support groups in Vancouver and became Chair of the Board of AIDS Vancouver Island, one of the first HIV organizations in the world to be involved with needle exchange work for people living with HIV. He moved to the UK to become the CEO of Naz Project London, the largest and longest established HIV NGO in the UK working predominantly with migrants, where he has run successful HIV prevention projects.
You can read their full biographies on our Delegates page.
The NGO Delegation would like to thank the previous representatives, Attapon Ed Ngoksin and Ninoslav Mladenovic, for their hard work and support and wish them the best in their future endeavours.
