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PRESS
RELEASES
CARAM
Asia
We thank you and all our Japanese colleagues for your hard work and
commitment to date in trying to organize the 7th ICAAP in Kobe.
However,
we are very disappointed with the decision of the LOC regarding the postponement
of the conference. We also deeply regret the gaps in process and regard for the
opinion of the sponsors and co-sponsors in arriving at the decision to post pone
the 7th ICAAP.
As stated in our earlier mail on the issue, CARAM supports
the idea of going ahead with the ICAAP all though we appreciate your concerns
regarding the potential problems that the re-emergence of SARS in winter might
bring. We support the reasons and issues raised by the sponsors and co-sponsors
of the ICAAP regarding not cancelling the ICAAP. This ICAAP is also important
because the next World AIDS Conference is going to be in Asia and we must make
sure during the 7th ICAAP that there will be a link in process and issues to make
the next World AIDS Conference in BKK effective and fruitful.
We urge
you go ahead with the conference as scheduled.
With Kind Regards,
Sharuna Verghis
CARAM Asia
APNSW is very aware of the
problems you face in terms of a possible threat from SARS.
Along with
other IAC members, APNSW is deeply sympathetic to the problems you face, but I
would remind you that APNSW as co-sponsors of the Congress feel disturbed and
believe that it is not practical to postpone the conference as voiced out by other
IAC members. Therefore APNSW believe that 7th ICAAP should be carried out as planned.
Sincerely,
Khartini Slamah
APNSW
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NEW - (Colombo, 19 January 2007) The AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific (ASAP) and UNAIDS have met today in Colombo, Sri Lanka as members of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) to the 8 th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) which is scheduled to be held in Colombo between 19-23 August 2007. 
