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Subject: Re: AIDS Consensus Plan - Part 3
B. Plan of Action
1. At the National Level
1.1 Each country should hold a representative national workshop by
mid-February 2001, to determine how the Consensus and Plan of Action of the
ADF can be turned into action at the country level.
1.2 All governments should prepare reports for the Special Summit of the OAU
on HIV/AIDS by mid-March. These should include concrete action on national
initiatives at the highest level and resource allocation.
1.3 Civil society organisations, especially PLWAs and Youth, should
strengthen their cooperation, evaluate their experience, and prepare for
their contribution to the OAU Special Summit.
1.4 By the end of 2001, each country should ensure that it has in place a
National AIDS Commission (or equivalent) and a strategic plan, backed up by
appropriate legislation, modalities for the involvement of PLWAs and other
stakeholders, and mechanisms for regular monitoring of progress.
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2. At the Regional and Global Levels
2.1 Africa’s Regional Organisations, spearheaded by the ECA, will ensure
that
the ADF Consensus and Plan of Action are kept high on the agendas for
meetings of African leaders including Heads of State, at regional,
subregional and supraregional levels (e.g. Organisation of the Islamic
Conference). In view of a history of resolutions that were not implemented,
it is essential that the commitments that are made henceforth are binding
and
are fully implemented in accordance with agreed action plans and timescales.
2.2 During 2001, subregional summits are urged to address the HIV/AIDS
challenge as a matter of high priority. To this end, the official
subregional
organisations should similarly place HIV/AIDS as a top priority in their
work.
2.3 At the ECA Conference of Planning and Finance Ministers (Algiers, 23-25
April 2001), the interweaving of Poverty Reduction, Debt Relief and HIV/AIDS
strategies should be considered, and common positions on international
resourcing for combating HIV/AIDS agreed upon.
2.4 The Special Summit of the OAU on HIV/AIDS and other communicable
diseases, in Abuja, 25-27 April 2001, should be a pivotal event for the
continental campaign to overcome HIV/AIDS. This Consensus statement and Plan
of Action should be presented to the Heads of State and Government Summit
for
their adoption and commitment to implementation. Civil society
organisations,
PLWA, youth and other stakeholders must be represented as participants.
2.5 The OAU Annual Summit in Lusaka in July 2001 should devote a special
session to HIV/AIDS and request that the issue remain on the agenda for
future summits, in which the Secretary General of the OAU will present a
report on progress made in combating HIV/AIDS and challenges which require
most urgent attention.
2.6 At the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, in June 2001,
African participants should present a common position based on this
Consensus, and a common coordinated demand for international assistance,
debt
relief, and provision of affordable drugs.
2.7 At the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children in September
2001,
it should be clearly stated that HIV/AIDS is the number one threat to
Africa’s children. In addition, it must be stated that there is a collective
responsibility to ensure that the next generation of Africans does not have
to face the scourge of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
2.8 The UN Secretary General, in partnership with others, and with the close
involvement of UNAIDS and ECA, should embark on a major fundraising
campaign.
Major private sector corporations, foundations and individual
philanthropists
should be invited to contribute to the initiative, which should be aimed at
filling the funding gaps identified by UNAIDS. The campaign should be
carried
out in partnership with key African stakeholders, especially PLWAs, to
encourage a global public response to Africa’s HIV/AIDS pandemic.
2.9 The IPAA should take a lead, in partnership with African regional
organisations, governments and civil society, in speedily implementing
agreed
commitments to bringing anti-retroviral and other AIDS treatments within
reach of African people living with HIV/AIDS. The IPAA is invited to devise
a
mechanism of accountability for commitments made in this Consensus and
follow-on meetings of African leaders and their partners.
2.10 NGOs and other advocacy forces in Africa and internationally are
encouraged to organise a campaign, comparable to Jubilee 2000, aimed at
pressuring pharmaceutical companies and financial institutions to make
anti-retroviral drugs available at reasonable costs to treat all PLWAs in
Africa.
2.11 The Youth Against AIDS Network should be encouraged to continue
expanding its regional network of young Africans, building on existing
structures and organisations. It is the view of the Forum that the YAAN must
have appropriate financing to become a vibrant continent-wide network.
2.12 In addition to the above, mechanisms should be created so that
recurrent
reviews, sharing of best practices and peer review takes place at all
required levels.
3. Communications from this Forum
3.1 The major presentations by notables attending the forum should be made
widely available to African radio and TV services.
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3-7 December 2000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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