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This blog is one of the main ways that the NGO Delegates and the CF Team share information about the work of the Delegation and forthcoming PCB meetings. We encourage you to comment and/or ask questions. The posts are listed in order of most recent. Navigate this page by using the search function or the checklist system on the left to narrow down your search by PCB meeting, theme, or any other tag or key word.

SECTION27: Millions Call For Freedom For Chinese HIV/AIDS Activist Tian Xi

3 March 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

The NGO Delegation and their respective organizations have offered their support to SECTION27′s letter of protest against the sentencing of Chinese HIV activist Tian Xi.

From SECTION27:

[On] March 1st 2011, [a] memorandum was sent to the highest officials in the UN, UNAIDS, WHO and the Chinese government. It is signed by more than 120 organisations, from across the world, including many within China. It is signed by prominent individuals, human rights organisations and trade unions, including the powerful two million member COSATU. Such unity is unprecedented and shows that this issue, as well as the broader issues of freedom and respects for human rights organisations in China, will not go away. Previous letters about Tian Xi to Margaret Chan, the Director General of the WHO, have gone unanswered. We will not allow this one to.

On the occasion of David Kato’s death, authorities worldwide should condemn the on-going stigma and discrimination against the LGBT community

31 January 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

(see our official press release)

31 January 2011 – The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) NGO Delegation is saddened by the news of the murder of David Kato, a key activist in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender person (LGBT) community in Uganda. David was well known to the Delegation, our partners and constituencies and his tireless work was inspiring to us all.