PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING AT THE XVII INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE Mexico City (Mexico), 5 August 2008

	The XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from 3-8 August 2008. This event takes place every two years and is the largest regular conference on any health or development issue. The IPU, in cooperation with the Senate of Mexico, has hold a briefing for the parliamentarians attending the Conference on Tuesday, 5 August 2008, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the El Mesón del Caballo Bayo restaurant. The briefing took the form of a luncheon with Parliamentary Leadership in the Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic as the theme. It served as a forum for an exchange of views on issues that parliamentarians face while performing their legislative, budgetary, oversight and advocacy functions in connection with HIV/AIDS.

DOCUMENTS OF THE BRIEFING
	Summary report of the proceedings [PDF]
	Programme [PDF]
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RELATED SITES
	Official site of the XVII International AIDS Conference
	First Global Parliamentary Meeting on HIV/AIDS
	Panel discussion "Enhancing the parliamentary response to the HIV/AIDS crisis" (Washington D.C., 12 June 2007)
	Rules and practices of the IPU Advisory Group on HIV/AIDS