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PRNewswire - November 20, 1999
-- Speakers and participants include:
Theo-Ben Gurirab, President of the UN General Assembly Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General Louise Frechette, UN Deputy Secretary-General
Hillary Clinton, U.S. First Lady
H.M. Queen Noor Al Hussein of Jordan
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Harry Belafonte, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Mpule Kwelagobe, Miss Universe 1999
-- Three AIDS orphans, from the USA, Uganda and Thailand, will tell their stories to 15-year-old Children's Express Reporter Alexandra Burke.
-- A major UNAIDS/UNICEF report on children orphaned by AIDS will be launched at a press conference at 9:30 a.m. the same day.
-- Panel I: "Child care, child welfare and clinical issues." Panel II, "Finance and funding issues."
-- Screening of "Epidemic Africa," a short film by Rory Kennedy.
-- Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS, to present an Action Plan to meet the needs of AIDS orphans and their caretakers in the new millennium.
-- Luncheon in the Delegates' Dining Room sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb, Inc., hosted by National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (BLCA) and Magic Johnson Foundation. Keynote speaker: Jesse Jackson
-- Reception at the Waldorf Astoria, sponsored by Magic Johnson Foundation: Miss Universe to accept a donation of toys from the Magic Johnson Foundation on behalf of children in countries represented in the program.
-- Co-sponsors: UN Department of Public Information (DPI), National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc. (BLCA), Magic Johnson Foundation, Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Population Fund (UNFPA), World Bank, White House Office of National AIDS Policy, Global Health Council.
More information: 212-963-6923 or 212-963-7346. Media accredition (required): 212-963-6934. UN television coverage: 212-963-7650. Television background footage is available for the media in advance.
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