Summary:

At its 19th session (Geneva, 21 September – 9 October 1998) the Committee on the Rights of the Child devoted a Day of General Discussion (5 October 1998) on "Children living in a World with HIV/AIDS". Here are the submitted documents for the Day of General Discussion on " Children living in a World with HIV/AIDS”

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At its 19th session (Geneva, 21 September – 9 October 1998) the Committee on the Rights of the Child devoted a Day of General Discussion (5 October 1998) on "Children living in a World with HIV/AIDS". As for previous thematic discussions, the Committee invited representatives of United Nations organs, competent bodies and specialized agencies, including non-governmental organizations, research and academic organizations and individual experts, to contribute to the discussion. Here you will find a list of these contributions.

This report is adapted from Annex VI, List of background papers, documents and contributions submitted for the general discussion on “the rights of children living in a world with HIV/AIDS”, held on 5 October 1998, in "Report on the nineteenth session" CRC/C/80. The report and general recommendations, as well as introduction, agenda, suggested guide, can be read in full on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

1. By members of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

1.1 Introductory statement by Mrs. Nafsiah Mboi, Rapporteur, Committee on the Rights of the Child

1.2.General discussion on “Children living in a world with AIDS” ­ Outline of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

2. By the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

2.1. Statement of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

2.2. HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: International Guidelines ­ OHCHR and UNAIDS, Geneva, 23­25 September 1996

3. By the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

3.1. Statement by Mr. Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS, October 1998

3.2. Children confronting HIV/AIDS: charting the confluence of rights and health ­UNAIDS,1998

3.3. Non­discrimination as a human rights and public health strategy ­ UNAIDS, 1998

3.4. Prevention as a public health and human rights strategy ­ UNAIDS, 1998

4. Rapport sur l'epidémie mondiale de VIH/SIDA, WHO, UNAIDS, June 1998

4.1. Integrating HIV/STD prevention in the school setting: a position paper ­UNAIDS, August 1997

4.2. HIV and infant feeding: a policy statement ­ UNAIDS, WHO and UNICEF, May 1997

4.3. Learning and teaching about AIDS at school ­ UNAIDS, October 19974

4.4. Mother­to­child transmission of HIV ­ UNAIDS, November 1997

5. By the World Health Organization

5.1. HIV and infant feeding: guidelines for decision­makers ­ WHO, UNAIDS andUNICEF, June 1998

6. By the United Nations Children's Fund

6.1. Working paper: Care and protection of children and young people affected by HIV/AIDS ­ UNICEF, New York

6.2. New challenges, new choices ­ CD­ROM on HIV/AIDS by UNICEF, New York

7. By the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

7.1. Rural children living in farm systems affected by HIV/AIDS ­ Jacques du Guerny, FAO, Rome

8. By the International Labour Office

8.1. The sex sector: the economic and social bases of prostitution in South­East Asia ­ Lin Lean Lim, ILO, Geneva 1998

8.2. Fighting against prostitution of children and other forms of child labour: from community action to the provisional plan in the north of Thailand ­ IPEC, September 1998

8.3. Questionnaire on projects/activities on trafficking in women and children in the ESCAP Region ­ IPEC, February 1998

9. By the United Nations Development Programme

9.1. The impact of HIV/AIDS on children, families and communities: risks and realities of childhood during the HIV epidemic (Issues paper 30) ­ UNDP, New- York, 1998

10. By the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

10.1. Preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS among children and adolescents ­International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva

11. By non­governmental organizations, research institutions and individual experts

11.1. Children confronting HIV/AIDS: charting the confluence of rights and health ­DanielTarantola and Sofia Gruskin, in Health and Human Rights, vol. 1, No. 1, 1998, François­Xavier Bagnoud Centre for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health

11.2. Children living in a world with AIDS: submission based on Uganda's experience ­ Musisi Geoffrey, Association François­ Xavier Bagnoud, Luweero, Uganda

11.3. Summary report on the Consultation Workshop on Child Labour and HIV/AIDS ­Dr.Dusit Duangsa, Chiangmai University, 28 January 1998

11.4. NGO programmes and projects on child sexual abuse and exploitation and HIV/AIDS ­ Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation of Children, Geneva

11.5. Issues of concern ­ William Duncan, Hague Conference on Private International Law, The Hague, 1 September 1998

11.6. Working with children affected by AIDS: World Vision Uganda experience ­Jane Mijumbi, World Vision Uganda, 1998

11.7. HIV/AIDS and the nutrition rights of infants ­ George Kent, University of Hawai'i, 7 September 1998

11.8. Forum for culture and human development submission, Bangladesh

11.9. Health and Adolescent Refugees Project (HARP): Information Sheet No. 1 ­World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

11.10. Report of the work of Casa Alianza's Luna project ­ Ann­ Louise Birch, Casa Alianza

11.11. HIV prevention, children's rights and homosexual youth ­ Defence for Children International­Israel

11.12. HIV/AIDS prevention, care and discrimination: the barriers to putting children and young people on the agenda ­ Lyn Elliot, Save the Children International Alliance, September 1998

11.13. Community mobilization to address the impacts of AIDS: a review of the COPE II programme in Malawi ­ Jill Donahue and John Williamson, 17­30 January 1998

11.14. Coping with crisis: mobilizing community response to the impacts of AIDS in Malawi ­ Save the Children (USA)

11.15. NGO summary of the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights ­International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO)

Previous CRC - Basic Reference Document items

• 21/09/1998: Recommendation adopted by the Committee of the Rights of the Child on children in Armed Conflict (1998)
• 20/08/1998: Report of the Secretary general on status of the convention on the Rights of the Child
• 27/07/1998: Report on the eighteenth session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
• 26/11/1997: Report on the sixteenth session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
• 06/10/1997: Documents submitted for the Day of General Discussion (6 October 1997) on Children with Disabilities

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