A posting from AF-AIDS (af-aids@healthdev.net) Announcement:Selection of NGO Liaison Committee-UNAIDS PCB -The NGO Liaison Committee of the UNAIDS Programme Co-ordinating Board **************************** ANNOUNCEMENT Date: 18 July 2003 To: Organizations of People living with HIV/AIDS, AIDS Service Organizations, other Community Based Organizations and Development Non-governmental Organizations From: The NGO Liaison Committee of the UNAIDS Programme Co-ordinating Board (NGO PCB Delegation) Dear Sir/Madam This is to inform you that the selection process for the vacancies in the NGO Liaison Committee of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board from North America, Europe, LAC and Africa regions has been completed. As you may know, the UNAIDS PCB has five seats reserved for NGO sector delegates on a regional basis. Each delegate NGO has an Alternate. Over the last 12 months, the calls for nominations for the following vacant positions were posted on various forums: Africa- Delegate Asia/Pacific- Delegate Latin America/Caribbean- Delegate Europe- Delegate Europe- Alternate North America- Delegate North America- Alternate In accordance with ECOSOC resolution 1995/2, the NGO delegates to the UNAIDS PCB, in consultation with the larger NGO community selected by consensus the following new members. Position: Africa Delegate Organisation: Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Representative: Omololu Falobi Position: Europe Delegate Organisation: AIDS Infoshare Representative: Alena Peryshkina Position: Europe Alternate Organisation: International Community of Women living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) Representative: Maria Jose Vazquez Position: North America Delegate Organisation: African Services Committee Representative: Kim Nichols Position: North America Alternate Organisation: Health Global Access Project (Health GAP) Representative: Evan Ruderman Position: Latin America/Caribbean Organisation: Organizacin de Apoyo a una Sexualidad Integral frenta al SIDA (OASIS) (Extension of one year only) Represenative: Ruben Mayorga The names of these organisations were presented and confirmed at the 14th meeting of the UNAIDS PCB in Geneva on June 26, 2003 and their terms are for the period January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2005. We trust that you will work with the current delegates from your respective regions on issues that need to be brought to the attention of the UNAIDS PCB. The list of current members and their addresses follows. Yours sincerely, The NGO Delegates to the UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegates to the UNAIDS PCB = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = AF-AIDS is supporting the 13th ICASA in Nairobi, Kenya (Sept 21-26 2003) http://www.icasanairobi2003.org/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =