Global launches on November 21 (all times local)

New Delhi, India

3:00 pm

Global launch hosted by Government of India

• Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS
• Anbumani Ramadoss, Minister of Family Welfare
• Special guests to be announced
• Salim Habayeb, WHO Representative in India

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Kiev, Ukraine

12:30 pm

Press conference at Radisson SAS Hotel

• Lars O. Kallings Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe
• Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister TBC
• Flavio Mirella, UNODC Representative, Moscow
• Vladimir Zhovtyak, All-Ukraine Network PLWA, on behalf of the CIS Union of Organizations of People Living with HIV

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Moscow, Russian Federation

03:00 pm

Press conference at RIA Novosti News Agency

• Mikhail Grishankov, Deputy Head of the RF State Duma Security Committee
• Evgenia Alexeeva, Director, Focus-Media Foundation
• Bertil Lindblad, UNAIDS/Russia Country Representative
• Vadim Pokrovskiy, Head of the Federal AIDS Center

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Johannesburg, South Africa

Time TBC

Press conference at Rosebank Hotel

• Mark Stirling, Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, UNAIDS
• Luis Sambo, Regional Director, WHO, TBC

Berlin, Germany

10:30 am

Press conference at Bundespressekonferenz

• Ben Plumley, Director of Executive Office, UNAIDS
• Ulrich Heide, German AIDS Foundation
• Jurgen Hammelehle, Action against AIDS Germany
• Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German Development Minister

Brussels, Belgium

11.00 am

Press conference at European Commission

• Catherine Hankins, Chief Scientific Adviser, UNAIDS
• Lieve Fransen, Head of Human and Social Development Unit at Directorate-General for Development, European Commission

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Copenhagen, Denmark

10:00 am

Press conference at Danish Parliament

• Henning Mikkelsen, Director of Regional Support Team for Europe, UNAIDS
• Pia Larsen, Member of Parliament and Chairperson for the Health Committee of the Parliament
• Thea Christensen, Department for UN Development Assistance, Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Chris Evers, Director, AIDS-Fondet

Geneva, Switzerland

10:30 am

Press conference at UN Palais des Nations

• Deborah Landey, Deputy Executive Director, UNAIDS
• Teguest Guerma, Associate Director, HIV/AIDS Department, WHO
• Karen Stanecki, Senior Adviser, Demographic and Related Data, UNAIDS

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The Hague, Netherlands

10:00 am

Press conference at Nieuwspoort International Press Centre

• Peter Ghys, Epidemic Monitoring and Prevention, UNAIDS
• Paul Bekkers, HIV/AIDS Ambassador for the Netherlands
• Peter van Rooijen, Executive Director, STI AIDS the Netherland/ STOP AIDS NOW!/ Aids Fonds
• Frank de Wolf, MD, PhD, Director, HIV Monitoring Foundation, Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam

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Madrid, Spain

11:00 am

Press conference hosted by Ministry of Health, Spain

• Luiz Loures, Associate Director of Global Initiatives Division, UNAIDS
• Elena Salgado Mendez, Minister of Health, Spain

Paris, France

10:30 am

Press conference at UNESCO

• Michel Sidibe, Director of Country and Regional Support Department, UNAIDS
• Alexandra Draxler, Education and AIDS consultant, UNESCO
• Badara Samb, Director, Partnerships, External Relations & Communications, HIV/AIDS department, WHO

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Rome, Italy

11:00 am

Press conference at Foreign Press Club

• Paul De Lay, Director of Evaluation, UNAIDS
• Sheila Sisulu, Deputy Executive Director, WFP
• Italian government representative, TBC

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London, UK

11:00 am

Press conference at Foreign Press Association

• Purnima Mane, Director of Policy, Evidence and Partnerships, UNAIDS
• Asger Ryhl, Chief of Nordic Office, UNFPA
• Andrew Ball, Senior Strategy and Operations Adviser, HIV/AIDS Department, WHO

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Dakar, Senegal

09:30 am

Press conference at Meridien Hotel

• Abdou Fall, Ministre Sénégalais de la Santé
• Albéric Kacou, Coordonnateur Résident du PNUD
• Meskerem Grunitzky-Bekele, Directeur, ONUSIDA, Equipe Régionale d’Appui pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre
• P.M. Yankalbe, Représentant Résident de l’OMS
• Ibra Ndoye, Secrétaire Exécutif du Conseil National de Lutte contre le SIDA
• Eric Mercier, Conseiller Régional VIH/SIDA pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre, UNICEF WCARO
• Cheikh Tidiane Tall, Directeur Exécutif, AFRICASO

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New York, USA

12:00 am

UN HQ Noon briefing

• Desmond Johns, Director, UNAIDS Office in New York
• Jim Yong Kim, Director, HIV/AIDS Department, WHO
• Moderator: Stéphane Dujarric, UN Spokesperson

Buenos Aires, Argentina

11:00 am

Press conference at Intercontinental Hotel

• Silvia Rucks, Chair of the UN HIV/AIDS Theme Group in Argentina
• Laurent Zessler, UNAIDS Coordinator for Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay
• Silvia Kurlat, National NGOs Forum on HIV/AIDS representative
• Lorena Di Giano, National Network of People living with HIV/AIDS representative

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Brasilia, Brazil

10:00 am

Press conference at UNICEF

• Nils Kastberg, Regional Director, UNICEF
• Pedro Chequer, National AIDS Programme
• Marie-Pierre Poirier, UNICEF rep Brazil and UN HIV/AIDS Theme Group Chair

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Toronto, Canada

11:00 am

Press conference at Toronto 2006 Local Host Secretariat

• Achmat Dangor, Director of Advocacy, Communication and Leadership, UNAIDS
• Helene Gayle, Director of HIV, TB and Reproductive Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and co-chair of Toronto 2006
• The Honourable Aileen Carroll, Canada’s Minister of International Cooperation
• Claire Mulanga, Senior Technical Specialist, ILO AIDS

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Panama City, Panama

10:00 am

Press conference at the UNAIDS Regional Support Team office

• Nancy Andrade, Latin America Regional Director a.i UNAIDS
  Representative from the Panama National AIDS Committee
• Guadalupe Verdejo, Chair of the UN HIV/AIDS theme group
• First Lady of Panama, Vivian Fernandez
• Representative from NGO REDLA+
• Youth ambassadors

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