From: EMPOWER INDIA <ttn_empower@sancharnet.in>
Date: Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:50 AM
Subject: ITPC Reply letter to Mr.Michel Sidibe ,Executive Director, UNAIDS by The Coalition for Free AIDS NGOs in Asia
To: EMPOWER INDIA <ttn_empower@sancharnet.in>
November 9, 2009
Michel Sidibe
Executive Director, UNAIDS
Under Secretary-General of the United Nations
Avenue Appia 20
1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Dear Mr. Sidibe,
Many thanks for your letter of August 7, which was delivered to us by Mr. Bernhard Schwartlander at the ICAAP conference in August. We appreciated your prompt reply and are pleased to know that you share our concern about human rights.
Unfortunately, threats and attacks have continued against AIDS and harm reduction NGOs and advocates in Asia, and we are concerned by the continuing public silence from UNAIDS on this issue. Your speech to ICAAP, while salutary in its direct discussion of many human rights issues, did not mention the continuing issue of harassment, shutdown and detention of AIDS NGOs and advocates in Asia.
While your letter of August 7 points out that quiet diplomacy may sometimes be the most effective way to advocate with governments on behalf of NGOs, such advocacy must also be transparent and accountable to the NGO community.
Quiet diplomacy is only one tool among many; when one never issues strong public statements, quiet diplomacy risks becoming toothless and ineffective.
Countries must no longer feel free to use rhetoric about promoting civil society to placate the international community, gathering tens of millions from international donors while cracking down on AIDS NGOs. International agencies and donors must speak out, and UNAIDS is uniquely positioned to lead the way.
In the months since we last wrote to you, there have been several other instances of AIDS advocates and NGOs threatened, harassed, and placed under detention in Asia. We would appreciate the chance to discuss these cases and to offer suggestions for a global UNAIDS policy on human rights protection of AIDS activists and harm reduction NGOs. Please let us know when you might be available to speak by telephone.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter.
Sincerely,
The Coalition for Free AIDS NGOs in Asia
Bangladesh NGO Network for Radio and Communication [Bangladesh]
Korsang [Cambodia]
Actwid Congadzem [Cameroon]
Intimate Friends International [Cameroon]
Dongjen Center for Human Rights Education and Action [China]
Atmata Kendram [India]
Community Services Trust [India]
Empower India [India]
HAQ, A Campaign for the Rights of the Homeless [India]
Nocer-India [India]
Sahyadri Gramin Vikas va Bahuuddeshiya Yuvak Kalyan Sanstha [India]
Sarathi Trust [India]
USER Manipur [India]
Vision [India]
Women, Health and Development [India]
Jangkar, Indonesian Harm Reduction Network [Indonesia]
Pink Triangle Foundation [Malaysia]
Rural Education Development and Welfare Organization [Pakistan]
Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group [Thailand]
Asia Catalyst [USA]
freeDimensional [USA]
Treatment Action Group [USA]
cc: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
HIV/AIDS Asia Regional Program (HAARP), Bangkok
UNESCAP, Bangkok
Prasada Rao, UNAIDS
Bernhard Schwartlander, UNAIDS China
Susan Timberlake, UNAIDS Senior Advisor, Human Rights and Law
Kate Thomson, UNAIDS Chief of Civil Society
UNICEF Secretariat
Anand Grover, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
UNODC Secretariat
USAID Regional Development Mission/Asia
WHO Regional Office for Southeast Asia
Helena Nygren-Krug, WHO Health and Human Rights Advisor
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