PHM-Exch> Take Action Now: Be involved! Be heard! - Country Progress reports to be submitted to UNAIDS by March 31, 2010

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Mary Ann Torres maryannt at icaso.org

 *Please distribute widely*

*AIDS ADVOCACY ALERT*

*Prepared by the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO)
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*Monitoring the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS *

*Take Action Now: Be involved! Be heard!*

*Country Progress reports to be submitted to UNAIDS by March 31, 2010*

March 2010

The process to review and report on progress on the implementation of the
UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS is underway. *Countries need to
send their progress reports to UNAIDS by March 31, 2010.*

*It is imperative that community groups start their engagement now, if they
have not already done so.*

The process to review progress on the implementation of the DoC is an
opportunity to measure the effectiveness of national AIDS responses.
Community sector groups, and particularly key populations, are often not
adequately involved, or are excluded altogether.

Check with your National AIDS Authority where they are in the review and
reporting process and get involved.

There are 5 key actions that community sector groups can *take now* to
ensure meaningful involvement in all aspects of the 2010 UNGASS review and
reporting process:


   1. Mobilize your community sector colleagues
   2. Request that UNAIDS facilitate an inclusive and participatory process
   among all stakeholders
   3. Review all relevant documents
   4. Contact the National AIDS Program and ask how they have involved or
   plan to involve the community sector in the reporting process
   5. Share all the information you find about these processes and the
   outcomes with community partner

 Read the full Advocacy Alert at
http://www.icaso.org/publications/2010/aa_2010ungass.pdf

 Contact ICASO at universalaccess2010 at icaso.org for more information and to
share your experiences


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