[afro-nets] IAC 2004: Invitation for Questions to World Leaders

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IAC 2004: Invitation for Questions to World Leaders
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Leadership Program - XV International AIDS Conference

Get involved, use this opportunity to address a world leader and
send us your questions.

With ?Meet the Leaders?, the new, interactive sessions from the
Leadership Program at the International AIDS Conference in Bang-
kok, you can.

2004 is shaping up to be a year of unprecedented opportunities
to fight HIV/AIDS and also a year that exemplifies the epi-
demic?s continued growth. What can you do to urge the leaders
?at the top? to put aside political, personal and social differ-
ences and continue fighting together?

Ask them.

For the first time ever, this year?s XV International AIDS Con-
ference will feature a full program focusing on leadership in
the fight against HIV/AIDS. The Leadership Program will bring
global attention to the role and concrete contribution of lead-
ership ­ from all sectors, and in all parts of the world.

?Meet the Leaders? a special series of open-house forums will
gather world leaders from across sectors, governments, indus-
tries, sciences, entertainment, and media to answer specific
questions about the current state of the fight against HIV/AIDS
and the tangible changes leadership can make to this struggle.

The Leadership Program Committee now invites your questions on
the fight against HIV/AIDS for these special sessions. Some of
the leaders answering your questions will be:

*·Graca Machel (Leadership Program Patron)
*·HRH Rattana-Devi Norodom, (Chief of International Relations
   Department, Cambodia)
*·Richard Gere (Founder of the Gere Foundation, USA)
*·Zackie Achmat (Chairperson, Treatment Action Campaign, South
   Africa)
*·Dr. Alongkot Dikkapanya (Dramaraksananivesana Project, Wat
   Phra Baht Nam Phu, Thailand)
* Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. (Director of National Institute of Al-
   lergy and Infectious Diseases, USA)
*·Kate Thompson (Founder of Int?l Community of Women with
   HIV/AIDS)
*·Hank McKinnell (Chairman of the Board and CEO of Pfizer Pharm.
   Group)

Collectively, we know how to reverse this global epidemic and
can only do so through strong, united leadership -- leadership
that must come from each sector of society and every level, from
local villages to parliamentary congresses.

Mail your questions to:
mailto:leadership@aidsthai2004.org

Each question will be read and considered for use in the open-
house forum sessions, ?Meet the Leaders? on Monday, July 12th,
and Wednesday, July 14th at the International AIDS Conference in
Bangkok, Thailand.