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XVII International AIDS Conference August 3 – 8, 2008 GV Opening Ceremony Concept Paper Draft for Discussion

AIDS 2008 Global Village The Global Village (GV) provides a space to share knowledge and skills, build coalitions, and promote interactive learning among communities living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, policymakers, researchers and other stakeholder groups. The Global Village also allows the general public to access the conference and learn about HIV/AIDS, in particular the community response. The Global Village will strengthen and support the conference theme ‘Universal Action Now’. It will also use the vision of the Community Programme Committee (CPC) to guide the development of activities including the Youth and Cultural Programmes. Opening Ceremony The inauguration event is a space that upholds the principles of human rights, nondiscrimination, access, gender, equity, justice and inclusion. It emphasizes the human, social, economic and cultural aspects of local, national and global responses to HIV/AIDS while building solidarity and encouraging collaboration and partnership between and among stakeholders. The dynamic evolves around statements conducted as a conversation through a "mock or real" talk show. As the main objective of the Global Village is to reflect on and examine the challenges of addressing HIV and AIDS in our communities the priority and focus of this opening ceremony will be to highlight the civil society perspective. This dedication ceremony that will officially open the Global Village will underscore the above principals. In order to focus on the themes of the Conference, this ceremony proposes to incorporate the following topics: 1) Universal access and low cost drugs: implementation of the Doha Declaration (every country should have the right to produce low cost drugs for their people); 2) Full recognition of sexual and reproductive rights (people, specially women, have the right to have a healthy and happy sexual life –in the way they prefer- as well as to decide over their reproductive life); 3) AIDS's feminization: stressing the need of a concrete response to prevent HIV among women and girls; 4) AIDS and violence: stopping violence against all communities affected by HIV/AIDS particularly women and girls, sex workers, drug users, transgenders, gays and lesbians. 5) Stigma, discrimination and fight against homophobia

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XVII International AIDS Conference August 3 – 8, 2008 GV Opening Ceremony Concept Paper Draft for Discussion

Agenda Cultural Performance Transchina Chinese performers group

11:00 – 11:10

Talk Show: Conversations with community representatives Moderators: Anandi Yuvraj (CPC member and GV Co-chair) Nizza Picaso (CPC and local community representative) Mirka Negroni (SPC member and GV Working Group)

11:00 – 11:40

Peter Piot UNAIDS Executive Director Stressing the importance of the GV Caitlin Padgett Youth Pavilion Sub Committee Co-chair for the Mexico YouthForce Stressing the participation of young individuals in the communitarian response to HIV/AIDS Ana Francis Mor Cultural activist Why Culture Matters! Emilio Álvarez Icaza President of the Mexico’s City Human Rights Commission Dr. Mauricio Hernández Sub Secretary of Prevention and Health Promotion Ministry of Health Cultural Performance 11:40 – 11: 50

Kormix Cambodian young drug users/street kids hip hop group

11:50 – 12: 00

Official Opening Declaration Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico City Major Major officially declares the Global Village open

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