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Chairs of UNGASS panel discussions

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On 18 April the President of the General Assembly (PGA) convened a meeting to draw lots to assign chairmanship of the five UNGASS panel discussions to each of the five regional groups. The drawing of lots by the PGA was witnessed by the two Facilitators for the HLM, the Ambassadors - regional groups' chairs, and UNAIDS.The results of the draw are as follows:

Panel 1: How do we build on results achieved and speed up progress towards universal access by 2010 - moving on to reach the MDGs by 2015? CHAIR: Group of Asian States

Panel 2: The challenges of providing leadership and political support in countries with concentrated epidemics CHAIR: Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC)

Panel 3: Making the Response to AIDS Work for Women and Girls - Gender Equality and AIDS CHAIR: Group of Eastern European States (EEG)

Panel 4: AIDS: A Multigenerational Challenge - Providing a Robust and Long Term Response CHAIR: Group of African States

Panel 5: Resources and Universal Access: Opportunities and Limitations CHAIR: Group of Western European and Other States (WEOG)

Each panel will be chaired by a representative of a government, at the ministerial level or above. To read more about the times each of these panels will be held, please click here.

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