Country Progress reports to be submitted to UNAIDS by March 31, 2010

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AIDS ADVOCACY ALERT

Country Progress reports to be submitted to UNAIDS by March 31, 2010

March 2010

The process to review and report on progress on the implementation of the UNGASS

Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS is underway. Countries need to send their

progress reports to UNAIDS by March 31, 2010.

It is imperative that community groups start their engagement now, if they have

not already done so.

The process to review progress on the implementation of the DoC is an

opportunity to measure the effectiveness of national AIDS responses. Community

sector groups, and particularly key populations, are often not adequately

involved, or are excluded altogether.

 

Check with your National AIDS Authority where they are in the review and

reporting process and get involved.

There are 5 key actions that community sector groups can take now to ensure

meaningful involvement in all aspects of the 2010 UNGASS review and reporting

process:

Mobilize your community sector colleagues

Request that UNAIDS facilitate an inclusive and participatory process among all

stakeholders

Review all relevant documents

Contact the National AIDS Program and ask how they have involved or plan to

involve the community sector in the reporting process

Share all the information you find about these processes and the outcomes with

community partner

 

Read the full Advocacy Alert at

http://www.icaso.org/publications/2010/aa_2010ungass.pdf