Political Advocacy

The Health Component of "Promoting Basic Services to the Poor through Public-Private Partnerships: ESCAP Follow-up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development
UNESCAP is implementing the project with the Department of Disease Control and Thailand Business Coalition on AIDS, and Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) hospitals. The project aims to improve the access of people living with HIV/AIDS to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment and quality-assured HIV/AIDS-related services, through public-private-community partnership. This involves establishing an income–generation system to sustain the delivery of health-care services to the primary project beneficiaries, members of the Centre for People and Families affect by AIDS (CPA), a community-based group of people living with HIV/AIDS.
Read more: Project Factsheet and Project Brochure.

UNESCAP hosts People's Forum on Partnerships to fight HIV/AIDS
Nearly 70 participants from civil society groups gathered at Bangkok recently to deliberate on partnerships to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region.

Organized by the Health and Development Section, the People's Forum was held through three colourful and lively days at the United Nations' Conference Centre (Bangkok, 15-17 October 2002).

"Wake-up Call: HIV/AIDS and the City": CITYNET Congress 2001
While HIV/AIDS is spreading at an alarming rate in many Asia-Pacific cities, too few local governments have addressed the deadly epidemic as a development and local governance issue. In an effort to sensitize mayors and local authorities to the relevance of HIV/AIDS in urban management, the UNESCAP HRD Section, in collaboration with UNAIDS, organized a symposium entitled "Wake-up Call: HIV/AIDS and the City" on 30 October at the United Nations Conference Center, Bangkok as part of the regional CITYNET Congress 2001.

The panel included keynote speaker H.E. Senator Mechai Viravaidya, UNAIDS Ambassador, and former Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Royal Thai Government; Ms Natashya Yong, youth advocate, Asia-Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (APN+); Mr Tariq, community organizer of a city-wide harm reduction programme; and Ms Trini; UNDP/Kuala Lumpur volunteer.

UNESCAP activities in preparation for the Special Session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS
UNESCAP included an agenda item on HIV/AIDS for the 57th session of the Commission, in preparation for the Special Session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS, held from 25 to 27 June 2001. The agenda item was co-organised by the Human Resources Development Section, Social Development Division, UNESCAP and UNAIDS.