Xth International Conference on HIV/AIDS and STDs in Africa The Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders on HIV/AIDS in Africa

Annex 6 

Xth International Conference on HIV/AIDS and STDs in Africa

 SYMPOSIUM
HIV, Development and the Role of Local Government
9 December 1997, Hotel de Ville – Abidjan

PROGRAMME  

7h30 – 8h30 Registration
9h00 – 9h45 Opening Ceremony
Mr. Ernest N’Koumo Mobio, Mayor of Abidjan, President of UVICOCI
Ms. Jocelline Bazile-Finley, United Nations Resident Coordinator
Ms. Olubanke King Akérelé, Representative, UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa
Mr. Emile Constant-Bombet, Minister of Interior and National Integration, Côte d’Ivoire
9h45 – 10h00 Coffee Break
10h00 – 10h30 A review of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the world and Africa
Dr. Peter Piot – Executive Director, UNAIDS
10h30 – 11h15 Voices Panel – 5 Africans affected by the epidemic
11h15 – 11h45 HIV/AIDS epidemic in African cities
Dr. Malick Coulibaly, Coordinator, National AIDS Control Programme
Presentations by the Mayors of Port Bouet, Man, Kano and Oubengourou
11h45 – 12h15 Political Leaders and HIV/AIDS,
Mr. Mamadou Diop, Mayor of Dakar
12h15 – 12h45 Discussion
12h45 – 14h30 Lunch Break
14h30 – 15h00 Multisectorial Responses to the Epidemic,
Hon. Manuel Pinto, Member of the Ugandan Parliament
15h00 – 15h30 Review and Adoption of the Creation of the Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders on HIV/AIDS.
16h00 –16h15 Coffee Break
16h15 - 17h30 Reading of the Declaration
Launching of the Alliance
Closing Ceremony
17h30 Reception