RESOLUTION ON HIV/AIDS
The Fourth World Congress of Education International, meeting in Porto Alegre (Brazil)
from 22 to 26 July 2004:
- Notes with concern:
- the new data presented by the UNAIDS report at the July 2004 World AIDS Conference in
Bangkok, showing an increasingly rapid spreading of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, also to areas
which untill recently had not been affected;
- the introductory remarks by the UN General Secretary, Mr. Kofi Annan, highlighting that the
efforts of the international community lag behind the existing needs;
- the recent shift by some important partners in the international donor community away
from the crucial intervention areas such as prevention activities, including school health
programmes;
- that in the light of this recent shift of priority, the HIV/AIDS prevention projects implemented
by our unions are under serious threat.
- Expresses on behalf of its members its appreciation to EI and partners for the fact that through
their HIV/AIDS prevention programme about 2,000 trainers of trainers have been reached; over
50,000 teachers received training on HIV/AIDS prevention in 17 countries; this was achieved in
close cooperation with the ministries of health and of education.
- Recalls the recommendations and resolutions on school health and HIV/AIDS prevention
adopted by previous EI congresses in 1995 (Harare) and 1998 (Washington) and by EI's Executive
Board in 2000 (Brussels).
- Calls upon EI:
- to give programmatic and budgetary priority at global and regional level to combating
the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the education sector through a wide variety of activities such as
teacher training, and the like;
- to take the lead and coordinate activities which will ensure the continuation and the
expansion of the HIV/AIDS prevention projects not only for our unions and countries but also
in others countries where the needs are increasing; we emphasise the need to expand the
programme beyond prevention activities.
- Calls upon all EI affiliates, in particular those in the industrialised countries, to support the
HIV/AIDS prevention programme and make all efforts to seek support at governmental and nongovernmental
level for this programme.
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