UNICEF: XVII International AIDS Conference: Children in the spotlight

MEXICO CITY, Mexico, 4 August 2008 -- Children took the spotlight in the days leading up to the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City this year. This year's conference is marked by over 300 side events. UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman is poised to speak at a satellite session on Monday night entitled, 'Keeping the promise: Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS'.

Among the events focusing on HIV/AIDS and children were a pre-conference youth forum attended by young people from around the world, as well as a symposium on 'Children and AIDS', which brought together a wide range of experts and policy makers.

The head of UNICEF's HIV/AIDS section, Jimmy Kolker, chaired a panel at the symposium on how to face the challenges of government leadership surrounding children and HIV/AIDS. Mr. Kolker explained why panels such as this one have been of vital importance.

"To put AIDS on the agenda, to put children on the agenda, to show decision-makers what can and should be done about AIDS," he said. "Those are very difficult, very time-consuming and sometimes very challenging tasks."

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[bethsheeba3]

A very good talk by Daniel Yung. These young people are the future and they make it a little brighter.