Second Asia Pacific PLWHA Congress

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Announcement of the Second Asia Pacific PLWHA Congress

January 2004, Bangkok

We are delighted to announce that the 2nd Asia Pacific PLWHA Congress

will be held on the 10 July 2004 in Bangkok at Asia Airport Hotel at 9

am, just prior to the World AIDS Conference. The Congress is open to any

person living with HIV/AIDS who is a residence of any country in the

Asia Pacific Region.

Objectives:

* To discuss and obtain consensus with regard to draft regional

advocacy strategic action plans and agenda prepared by APPRC with APN+

and INP+ based on the results of the first PLWHA Congress.

* To adopt a PLWHA resolution addressing the issues of GIPA,

Treatment, and Stigma and Discrimination in the context of the 10th

anniversary of the GIPA principles adopted in the Paris declaration in

1994

* To discuss functions of APPRC in coordinating regional advocacy

activities and providing support to PLWHA and their groups in the

region.

As this is a closed session only for positive people from the Asia and

Pacific region, prior registration is required. Please send an email to

Mr. Shiba ( <mailto:shiba.p@...> shiba.p@...) at the Asia

Pacific PLWHA Resource Centre for further information and registration.

About the PLHWA Congress

As part of the Asia Pacific PLWHA Coalition for Advocacy and Capacity

Transfer, an initiative started by the UNDP Regional HIV and Development

programme together with its partner APN+ (Asia Pacific Network of People

Living with HIV/AIDS) and INP+ (Indian Network for People Living with

HIV/AIDS) to develop and strengthen the capacity of PLWHA for their

meaningful involvement in the HIV/AIDS responses in the region. The Asia

Pacific PLWHA Resource Centre (APPRC) based in New Delhi, India,

together with the implementing partners, will be organizing three

annual Asia Pacific PLWHA Congresses. The Congresses are to assist in

formulating the Asia Pacific PLWHA Advocacy agendas and regional

strategic action plans to be implemented by the APPRC in the following

areas:

1. GIPA and Empowerment

2. Access to treatment

3. Human rights

First PLWHA Congress

The first Congress was held on the 11 January 2004 in Bangkok in

conjunction with the Asia Pacific Community Forum (12th -14th January

2004) with about 50 PLWHA participants from across the Asia Pacific

Region. Participants discussed various issues affecting their lives and

came up with priority areas that require urgent attention and action.

Report from the First PLWHA Congress is available at

http://www.plwha.org/report

Contact Person:

Mr. Shiba Phurailatpam

APPRC, 13 Jor Bagh

New Delhi-3

India

Tel- +91-11-24620618/24632339

Fax- +91-11-24631647

Email- shiba.p@...

Website- www.plwha.org