Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 00:45:55 +0700 (ICT) From: Tim France Subject: Discussion forums for 12th World AIDS Conference Hello The following services may be of interest to your members.... What will ten thousand people from around the globe talk about when they meet for the 12th World AIDS Conference in June 1998? Around ten thousand people are expected to take part in the 12th World AIDS Conference in Geneva. But many thousands more people affected by, working on or interested in HIV & AIDS will not be there to benefit from the discussions, or to add their own experiences, views and questions. For the first time at a conference of this kind, electronic mail and the Internet are being called on to bring us all together from different corners of the world to take part in the discussions leading up to and during the conference. This is your chance to take part and bring your voice onto the International agenda. Discussion forums on current and contentious HIV-related issues have been selected by the global NGO networks organizing the Community Rendez-Vous and Symposia sessions at the Geneva Conference. The topics covered are: - Human rights - Immigration and HIV/AIDS - Networking among people living with HIV or AIDS - Sex work - Access to treatment and care - Community-based research - and an information service for journalists/media organizations. Each of the forums will help to shape and direct many of the sessions planned for the Conference in June. To find out more or to join, point your browser to: http://www.hivnet.ch/concerto/aids98/join Or just send an e-mail to: aids98.community@hivnet.ch What will we talk about when we meet in these forums?.......... ..........If you want to know, you should already be taking part. PLEASE FORWARD THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED! **************************************** This new electronic forum is part of the Geneva Conference Community Liaison Network. It brings together people from different regions, with different viewpoints and experiences of HIV/AIDS including: - People living with HIV or AIDS - People working in NGOs/CBOs - Doctors and other health workers - HIV/AIDS documentation/information centres - Research institutions and scientists - Educational establishments and teachers - Women's networks - Provincial- and District-level administrators - Journalist/media groups - Government Ministries - Representatives of the private sector - Religious organizations. The forums have been established by the Geneva Secretariat of the 12th World AIDS Conference, with support from Sida Info Doc Suisse, the University of Geneva and the Fondation du Present. All services described are provided free of charge to users.