Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I, and on behalf of Senator Payne, move:

That the Senate—

(a)

recognises that 1 December is World AIDS Day, and the theme for 2006 is ‘HIV/AIDS: Let’s talk about it: many faces, different stories’;

(b)

notes:

(i)

the efforts of those who work to raise consciousness in the community about HIV/AIDS issues and the need for ongoing development of education and prevention initiatives, and

(ii)

that according to UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, there are 39.3 million people globally living with HIV, including 4.3 million new infections in 2006, 960 000 of which are in east, south and south-east Asia, and 7 100 in the Oceania region;

(c)

recognises that the Australian Government spends approximately $48 million directly each year on HIV/AIDS initiatives and supports steps to combat the effects of HIV/AIDS through the Asia-Pacific Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, the AusAID-Clinton Foundation Partnership, and the Asia Pacific Leadership Forum on HIV/AIDS and Development; and

(d)

notes the work of private and public institutions and non-Government organisations in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Question agreed to.