New York (AP) — Gay, transgender and other groups blocked from participating in a high-level U.N. meeting on AIDS represent the populations most affected by the disease and should take center-stage at the event, advocates said June 7. Nearly two dozen civil society organizations from five continents that provide services for LGBT communities, intravenous drug users and others have been denied access to the three-day General Assembly meeting starting Wednesday at the request of Russia, Cameroon, Tanzania and 51 Muslim countries. Under U.N. rules, any of the 193 member countries can veto the participation of any non-governmental organization without providing a reason. So those excluded decided to hold their own event outside the U.N., hosted by the Ford Foundation. Frustrated speakers at “The Impact of Civil Society Exclusion on Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030” forum noted it was civil society organizations like theirs that brought awareness to the issue of HIV and AIDS in the first place, paving the way for later meetings like this week’ U.N. session. “It is outrageous that we still have to fight for a place at the table,” said Vitaly Djuma, executive director of the Tallinn, Estonia-based Eurasian Coalition on Male Health, one of… Read full this story
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