Reconceptualising the HIV Epidemic.
Overview of the Sixth International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific.
By the Rapporteur-in-Chief Elizabeth Reid, delivered at the Closing Session, 10 October 2001.

"The challenge, then, is to strengthen communities and support their desire lines, working with diversity, across languages, across cultures, in our difficult, rewarding and essential work,"

What is it that we can do?
Summary of a keynote address by Shabana Azmi, India,
delivered at the Opening Ceremony, 5 October 2001.

"The horror stories are endless. The ignorance, the lack of awareness coupled with the stigma attached to the disease lead to unbelievable human rights violations. There have been instances of the victims tied up in chains and thrown into dungeons like they used to do with lepers in the past."

Breaking Down Barriers.
Summary of keynote address by Suzana Murni, Indonesia,
deliverd at the Opening Ceremony, 5 October 2001.

"People with HIV are part of the solution. We have a role in both support and prevention aspects of dealing with AIDS....We can enrich your insight from the perspective of people living with the virus."

The Two Paths.
Summary of a keynote address by Peter Piot, INAIDS Executive Director,
delivered at the Opening Ceremony, 5 October 2001.

"We Know what works. We know what to do. And with uncompromising determination, we must ensure that no country, no community fails in its response to AIDS because of lack of financial and human resources."