The Co-Organising Institutions

The Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+)

GNP+ has an overall goal to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS by:

Lobbying: creating the opportunity to bring the many voices of the epidemic to appropriate and relevant platforms;

Linking: linking people with HIV/AIDS with each other, as well as with other organisations;

Sharing: creating opportunities for people living with HIV/AIDS to meet.

GNP+ works in the 5 regions of the world: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America/Caribbean and North America. Each region has its own priorities and programmes.

GNP+ Central Secretariat
Haarlemerplein 17
1013 HP AMSTERDAM
Postal address:
PO Box 11726
1001 GS AMSTERDAM
The Netherlands

Tel: (31 20) 423 4114
Fax (31 20) 423 4224

e-mail: gnp@gn.apc.org
Web site: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gnp/index.html

The International AIDS Society

IAS represents scientists interested in HIV and AIDS, and was founded in 1988 to organise the series of world AIDS conferences, including Geneva 1998, Durban 2000 and Barcelona 2002, and to support participation of people from resource-poor countries in the International Conferences. IAS also arranges continuing medical education on clinical management and care, particularly in the South, advocates drug accessibility and public health interventions world-wide, counteracts discrimination, and promotes the ethical aspects of research and interventions.

IAS Secretariat
PO Box 5619
S-114 86 Stockholm
Sweden

Phone: +46 8 459 6621
Fax  : +46 8 662 6095
E-mail: ias@congrex.se
Web site: http://www.ias.se

The International Council of AIDS Service Organisations

ICASO is the international network for community-based AIDS organisations (CBOs), with particular emphasis on communities with fewer resources and within affected communities. The ICASO network is a focal point in the international HIV/AIDS world which uses regional secretariats and national focal points for gathering and disseminating information and analysis on key issues and co-ordinating the development of CBO/NGO positions on these issues. It works with key international agencies to ensure that the concerns of CBOs and NGOs around the world are articulated and represented.

ICASO Central Secretariat
400-100 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1P 5B7

Phone: +1 613 563 3580
Fax: +1 613 563 4998
E-mail: icaso@web.net
Web site: http://www.web.net/~icaso/icaso.html

The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS

ICW was created in July 1992 at the World AIDS Conference in Amsterdam to improve the situation of women living with HIV/AIDS throughout the world. It aims to unite HIV-positive women around the issues which affect them all, particularly those who are isolated; encourage self-empowerment and self-sufficiency, challenge discrimination, stigma and abuse, and ensure that HIV-positive women have a voice in decisions likely to have an impact on their lives. The ICW network has members in over 70 countries.

ICW
Unit 2C
Leroy House
436 Essex Road
London N13 QP
UK

Tel: (44 171) 704 06 06
Fax: (44 171) 704 80 70

E-mail: icw@gn.apc.org
Web site: http://www.icw.org

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

The Joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is the leading advocate for global action on HIV/AIDS. It brings together six UN agencies in a common effort to fight the epidemic: the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Development Programme (UNDP), the Population Fund (UNFPA), the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Bank. UNAIDS mobilises the responses to the epidemic of its six co-sponsoring organisations and supplements these efforts with special initiatives, by sharing knowledge, skills and best practice across boundaries.

UNAIDS
20, avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland

Phone: +41 22 791 3666
Fax: +41 22 791 4187
E-mail: unaids@unaids.org
Web site: http://www.unaids.org

The Government of the Republic and Canton of Geneva

Of all the countries in Europe, Switzerland has the highest declared rate of AIDS cases, and the State of Geneva ranks highest among the Swiss cantons. This explains why the HIV/AIDS question is critical to Geneva and Switzerland.

In order to deal with the spread of this disease, the Geneva Government has adopted a model information policy and has promoted measures for prevention and treatment.

Respect for human rights and the fight against all forms of discrimination are central to Geneva's policy concerning people with HIV or AIDS better to ensure their right to live as full-fledged citizens

Web site: http://www.geneve.ch

The Partner Organisations....

A number of national, regional and international organisations whose work is compatible with the objectives of the 12th World AIDS Conference have been invited to be "Partner Organisations". Where possible, these organisations have provided financial contributions, showing considerable support for the scholarship programme, a key feature of this year's Conference. In addition, several of the partners organisations are involved in developing non-commercial satellite meetings in conjunction with the Conference. Other contributions include the allocation of meeting venues, input into programme planning and proposals for speakers and members of working groups. A full list of partner organisations is given below.

• Canadian Public Health Association
• United Nations Development Program
• World Health Organisation
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Organisations
• International Council of Nurses
• National Council for International Health
• European Commission
• National Institute for Drug Abuse (US)
• Network of Sex Work Projects
• US National Institutes of Health
• European AIDS Treatment Group
• International HIV/AIDS Alliance

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