On Friday 7 September 2007, the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, held an Information Meeting for Permanent Delegates on UNESCO’s efforts to respond to HIV and AIDS and progress that has been made in this area.
Following the Director-General’s opening remarks, Mr Mark Richmond, the UNESCO Global Coordinator for HIV and AIDS and Director of the Division for the Coordination of UN Priorities in Education, provided a programmatic overview of UNESCO’s efforts in HIV and AIDS across all of its Sectors.
Permanent Delegates also heard presentations by Mr Lethola Mafisa, EDUCAIDS Programme Officer and the Coordinator of the HIV and AIDS Unit at the Ministry of Education in Lesotho, and Mr As Sy Elhadj, Director of Communications and External Relations at the UNAIDS Secretariat in Geneva.