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Org

aniz

atio

n

UN

I cal

ls o

n go

vern

men

ts to

:

• A

pply

all

the

nece

ssar

y re

sour

ces

to c

omba

t HIV

/AID

S, t

o sh

are

thei

r

best

pra

ctic

es/s

trat

egie

s, a

nd t

o ac

cele

rate

wor

ldw

ide

effo

rts

to c

om-

bat t

he d

isea

se.

• In

clud

e in

the

ir na

tiona

l de

velo

pmen

t po

licie

s an

d pr

ogra

mm

es s

pe-

cial

mea

sure

s to

brin

g to

geth

er m

edic

al p

ract

ition

ers

and

repr

esen

ta-

tives

of

com

plem

enta

ry m

edic

ines

, pr

actit

ione

rs o

f tr

aditi

onal

med

i-

cine

and

pha

rmac

eutic

al c

ompa

nies

to

cond

uct

rese

arch

tog

ethe

r to

find

a cu

re fo

r th

e di

seas

e.

• D

evel

op a

coh

eren

t an

d no

n-di

scrim

inat

ory

soci

al H

IV/A

IDS

str

ateg

y

with

res

pect

to

hum

an a

nd w

orke

rs’

right

s, s

uch

as i

nfrin

gem

ent

of

the

right

s of

AID

S a

nd H

IV p

atie

nts

by e

xclu

sion

fro

m jo

bs,

pers

ecu-

tion

of i

nfec

ted

wor

kers

, co

mpu

lsor

y A

IDS

tes

ting

or r

epor

ting

to

soci

al in

sura

nce,

etc

.

• C

arry

out

cam

paig

ns t

o pr

even

t di

scrim

inat

ion

agai

nst

HIV

inf

ecte

d

peop

le a

nd to

cal

l for

res

pect

and

dig

nity

.

• D

eman

d th

at a

n ad

equa

te in

clus

ion

of w

omen

in s

tudi

es a

nd a

gen

-

der-

diffe

rent

iate

d ev

alua

tion

of th

e re

sults

bec

ome

stan

dard

pra

ctic

e.

• G

uara

ntee

that

thos

e su

fferin

g fr

om th

e di

seas

e ha

ve a

cces

s to

com

-

preh

ensi

ve a

fford

able

trea

tmen

t and

gen

eric

med

icin

es.

• R

einf

orce

the

ir co

-ope

ratio

n at

inte

rnat

iona

l lev

el s

o th

at w

omen

and

girls

in

the

mos

t vu

lner

able

reg

ions

hav

e ac

cess

to

heal

th s

ervi

ces,

to p

reve

ntiv

e m

easu

res,

fre

e-of

-cha

rge

fem

inin

e an

d m

ascu

line

con-

dom

s, a

nd to

med

ical

trea

tmen

t at a

fford

able

pric

es.

UN

I ca

lls o

n th

e In

tern

atio

nal F

inan

cial

Ins

titut

ions

(IF

Is)

to s

top

the

rest

ric-

tions

on

publ

ic h

ealth

spe

ndin

g in

poo

r co

untr

ies.

Thi

s po

licy

does

not

per

-

mit

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

effe

ctiv

e st

rate

gy.

UN

I ca

lls o

n in

dust

rialis

ed c

ount

ries

(G8)

to

incr

ease

the

ir in

fluen

ce o

n th

e

IMF

Exe

cutiv

e B

oard

, by

ins

truc

ting

thei

r F

inan

ce M

inis

ters

or

Tre

asur

y

Dep

artm

ents

to ta

ke im

med

iate

act

ion

on th

e is

sue.

UN

I ca

lls

on

the

inte

rnat

iona

l do

nors

’ co

mm

unity

to

in

tens

ify

an

inte

r-

natio

nally

and

reg

iona

lly c

o-or

dina

ted

prog

ram

me

for

cura

tive

rese

arch

,

prev

entio

n an

d tr

eatm

ent o

f the

dis

ease

.

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e: +

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mai

l: co

ntac

t@un

ion-

netw

ork.

org

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w.u

nion

-net

wor

k.or

g

Ave

nue

Rev

erdi

l 8-1

0 12

60 N

yon

Switz

erla

nd

UN

I, to

geth

er w

ith i

ts a

ffilia

tes,

and

with

the

sup

port

of

part

ners

in

inte

r-

natio

nal

trad

e un

ion

solid

arity

and

dev

elop

men

t co

oper

atio

n, i

s ac

tivel

y

invo

lved

in fi

ghtin

g th

e H

IV/A

IDS

pan

dem

ic a

roun

d th

e gl

obe.

HIV

/AID

S a

war

enes

s ra

isin

g is

a t

opic

pre

sent

ed i

n al

l U

NI

trad

e un

ion

deve

lopm

ent

and

educ

atio

n ac

tiviti

es a

t lo

cal,

natio

nal,

regi

onal

and

int

er-

natio

nal l

evel

.

An

incr

easi

ng n

umbe

r of

com

pani

es a

re c

oncl

udin

g co

llect

ive

agre

emen

ts

with

UN

I af

filia

tes

on w

orkp

lace

pol

icie

s re

gula

ting

cond

ition

s fo

r H

IV p

osi-

tive

wor

kers

and

on

acce

ss t

o tr

eatm

ent

for

AID

S s

ick

wor

kers

(ex

ampl

es:

Sou

th A

fric

a, Z

imba

bwe

and

Bur

kina

Fas

o).

The

se a

gree

men

ts i

nclu

de

rele

vant

cla

uses

aga

inst

dis

crim

inat

ion

of in

fect

ed e

mpl

oyee

s.

Mat

eria

ls f

or t

rain

ing

and

educ

atio

n in

HIV

/AID

S i

ssue

s ar

e av

aila

ble

on

CD

-RO

M a

nd o

n U

NI’s

web

site

(w

ww

.uni

on-n

etw

ork.

org)

. T

hese

mat

eria

ls

exis

t in

var

ious

lan

guag

es a

nd b

eing

wid

ely

diss

emin

ated

to

unio

n re

pre-

sent

ativ

es,

educ

ator

s an

d m

embe

rs,

as w

ell

as t

o in

tere

sted

NG

Os

and

asso

ciat

ions

.

UN

I pa

rtic

ipat

es i

n th

e G

loba

l H

IV/A

IDS

Pro

gram

me,

inv

olvi

ng t

he G

loba

l

Uni

ons

Fed

erat

ions

(G

UF

s),

the

ICF

TU

, T

UA

C/O

EC

D,

the

ILO

, U

NA

IDS

,

the

Wor

ld A

IDS

Cam

paig

n an

d F

undi

ng P

artn

ers,

aim

ed a

t ex

pand

ing

and

stre

ngth

enin

g th

e ne

twor

ks a

t na

tiona

l, re

gion

al a

nd i

nter

natio

nal

leve

ls i

n

the

fight

aga

inst

the

HIV

/AID

S p

ande

mic

. U

NI i

s co

mm

itted

to g

aini

ng a

str

ong

trad

e un

ion

voic

e in

nat

iona

l and

inte

r-

natio

nal f

orum

s w

here

HIV

-AID

S is

sues

are

und

er d

ebat

e, a

s go

vern

men

ts

and

civi

l soc

iety

sho

uld

mak

e co

ncer

ted

effo

rts

in f

ight

ing

the

HIV

epi

dem

ic

at n

atio

nal l

evel

and

in t

akin

g th

e is

sue

of a

fford

able

HIV

dru

gs t

o th

e in

ter-

natio

nal a

rena

.

Fan

ie J

ason

: AID

S o

rpha

n C

awek

azi a

nd h

er c

arer

, Cap

e T

own

Nad

ine

Hut

ton:

Cof

fin m

aker

s

Pho

tos

repr

oduc

ed w

ith p

erm

issi

on fr

om th

e ex

hibi

tion

Insi

de A

IDS

,

Fot

oMus

eum

Opd

rach

t, pr

oduc

ed in

con

junc

tion

with

pro

ject

s ai

med

at H

IV/A

IDS

pre

vent

ion

and

care

of v

ictim

s in

col

labo

ratio

n be

twee

n

SE

TC

a-F

GT

B B

elgi

um a

nd C

G C

OS

AT

U S

outh

Afr

ica.

Fot

oMus

eum

Cur

ator

s: C

arlo

s P

olen

us (

B)

and

Pau

l Wei

nber

g (Z

A).

UN

I/TU

D/0

7-20

05/0

024-

EN

UN

I be

lieve

s th

at p

artic

ular

atte

ntio

n sh

ould

be

paid

to

the

deve

lopm

ent

of

med

icin

es c

apab

le o

f pr

even

ting

the

tran

smis

sion

of

the

viru

s fr

om m

othe

r

to c

hild

dur

ing

preg

nanc

y an

d va

ccin

es to

pre

vent

the

dise

ase.

U

NI

seek

s to

enc

oura

ge t

oler

ance

and

com

bat

the

mar

gina

lisat

ion

of a

nd

disc

rimin

atio

n ag

ains

t peo

ple

who

car

ry th

e A

IDS

viru

s.

For

the

per

iod

2005

-200

6, U

NI

has

laun

ched

an

HIV

/AID

S p

ilot

proj

ect,

in-

clud

ing

fort

y on

e un

ions

in

elev

en c

ount

ries

in S

outh

ern

Afr

ica

(Bot

swan

a,

Leso

tho,

Mal

awi,

Nam

ibia

, S

waz

iland

, Z

ambi

a, Z

imba

bwe)

and

in

Fre

nch

Spe

akin

g W

est A

fric

a (B

urki

na F

aso,

Côt

e d’

Ivoi

re, G

uine

a C

onak

ry, T

ogo)

.

Tra

de u

nion

s ha

ve a

rol

e to

pla

y in

AID

S p

reve

ntio

n. T

hey

shou

ld in

corp

o-

rate

AID

S a

war

enes

s pr

ogra

mm

es i

n th

eir

trad

e un

ion

educ

atio

n an

d or

-

gani

sing

act

iviti

es.

U

NI c

alls

on

its a

ffilia

tes

to:

• S

ensi

tise

the

lead

ersh

ip a

nd d

evel

op t

rade

uni

ons

polic

ies

on H

IV/

AID

S.

• S

ensi

tise

youn

g un

ion

lead

ers

to t

he s

ever

ity o

f th

e H

IV/A

IDS

pro

b-

lem

, to

the

impa

ct o

f the

dis

ease

on

the

econ

omy,

and

to fa

ctor

s dr

iv-

ing

the

pand

emic

.

• C

ontin

ue t

he U

NI

cam

paig

n “S

top

Vio

lenc

e” a

gain

st w

omen

and

girls

, as

fre

edom

fro

m v

iole

nce

and

sexu

al c

oerc

ion

is e

ssen

tial

to

both

phy

sica

l sec

urity

and

red

uced

vul

nera

bilit

y to

HIV

infe

ctio

n.

• In

crea

se t

rain

ing

on H

IV/A

IDS

for

uni

on a

ctiv

ists

, as

mor

e an

d be

tter

expe

rtis

e is

ne

eded

. T

rain

sh

ops

stew

ards

an

d H

IV

com

mitt

ees’

mem

bers

as

or

gani

sers

of

H

IV

awar

enes

s an

d pr

even

tion

cam

-

paig

ns.

• S

ecur

e th

e co

mm

itmen

t of

tra

de u

nion

s to

str

ive

to d

evel

op w

ork-

plac

e pr

ogra

mm

es b

ased

on

the

ILO

Cod

e of

Pra

ctic

e on

HIV

/AID

S

and

the

Wor

ld o

f Wor

k, in

clud

ing

polic

ies

and

guid

elin

es th

at in

corp

o-

rate

ass

essm

ent,

prog

ram

me

deve

lopm

ent,

impl

emen

tatio

n, m

onito

r-

ing

and

eval

uatio

n.

• C

ondu

ct m

ass

prev

entio

n an

d in

form

atio

n ca

mpa

igns

, pl

acin

g th

em

in t

he f

ram

ewor

k of

occ

upat

iona

l hea

lth a

nd s

afet

y an

d en

cour

agin

g

empl

oyer

s, a

ssoc

iatio

ns a

nd s

choo

ls to

join

in.

• N

egot

iate

col

lect

ive

agre

emen

ts o

n H

IV/A

IDS

with

em

ploy

ers

and

gove

rnm

ents

.

• B

uild

and

str

engt

hen

trad

e un

ions

’ sus

tain

able

wel

lnes

s pr

ogra

mm

es

to s

ervi

ce m

embe

rs.

• P

ress

ure

thei

r re

spec

tive

gove

rnm

ents

and

em

ploy

ers

to s

uppo

rt t

he

stre

ngth

enin

g of

occ

upat

iona

l he

alth

and

saf

ety

prog

ram

mes

for

in-

form

ing

and

prot

ectin

g gr

oups

at

wor

k, a

nd e

limin

atin

g th

e st

igm

a

and

disc

rimin

atio

n at

tach

ed to

HIV

/AID

S.

Gid

eon

Men

del:

Mzo

khon

a M

alev

u, E

nsel

eni t

owns

hip

Gid

eon

Men

del:

Naz

aret

h H

ouse

, Cap

e T

own

Nad

ine

Hut

ton:

Orp

han

fam

ily C

hokw

e, L

impo

po P

rovi

nce

Pau

l Wei

nber

g: L

eah

Sha

peng

with

her

gra

ndda

ught

ers

Nta

bale

ng a

nd T

ina,

Blo

emfo

ntei

n

Pau

l Wei

nber

g: H

labi

sa

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