Documents submitted for the Day of General Discussion (5 October 1998) on HIV/AIDS

Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00:00 GMT

From 05/10/1998 to 05/10/1998

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)

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