IPU Regional Seminar on HIV and AIDS TAKING EFFECTIVE PARLIAMENTARY ACTION AGAINST HIV AND AIDS Hanoi, Vietnam, 10-12 December 2009
	Organized jointly by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the National Assembly of Vietnam

	The Regional Seminar on HIV and AIDS for the parliaments belonging to the IPU Asia-Pacific Group will be held from 10-12 December 2009 in Hanoi, Vietnam. This important event is being organized jointly by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the National Assembly of Vietnam. The seminar is part of a series of regional training events that the IPU launched in the aftermath of the first Global Parliamentary Meeting on HIV/AIDS. Members of parliament involved in development and oversight of HIV-related legislation are the target audience of these seminars. The seminar will discuss the role of parliaments in dealing with HIV in accordance with ethical norms and human rights standards. Within this broad topic, the participants will focus on immediate and long-term responses that address HIV prevalence among the populations at higher risk from HIV. The discussions will draw on the IPU Handbook for Parliamentarians on HIV and AIDS and the Conclusions of the Global Meeting.

Practical and substantive documents related to the Seminar are available only in English,
which is the only working language for this particular event.

SEMINAR DOCUMENTS
	Recommendations [PDF]
	Invitation letter [PDF]
	Provisional programme [PDF]
	Registration form [PDF]
	Hotel room reservation form [PDF]
RELATED SITES AND DOCUMENTS
	Regional training seminar on HIV/AIDS for the Parliaments of SADC and EAC (Cape Town 2009)
	Parliamentary briefing at the XVII international AIDS Conference (Mexico 2008)
	First global parliamentary meeting on HIV/AIDS (Manila 2007)
	Enhancing the parlimentary response to the HIV/AIDS crisis (Washington 2007)
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