Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09VATICAN108
2009-10-30 17:17:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Vatican
Cable title:
EMBASSY VATICAN AIDS CONFERENCE LINKS FAITH-BASED WITH
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SOCI KHIV KIRF ECON EAID KHDP TSPL UN XA VT
SUBJECT: EMBASSY VATICAN AIDS CONFERENCE LINKS FAITH-BASED WITH
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND USG
UNCLAS VATICAN 000108
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SOCI KHIV KIRF ECON EAID KHDP TSPL UN XA VT
SUBJECT: EMBASSY VATICAN AIDS CONFERENCE LINKS FAITH-BASED WITH
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND USG
1. (U) Embassy Vatican and Caritas Internationalis co-hosted a
very successful international conference on the prevention of
mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS from October 14 to the
16. The conference also aimed at improving access to testing
and treatment for children living with HIV and HIV/TB
co-infection. In addition to presentations from global experts
and leaders in the field, the conference included a two-day
training workshop for caregivers and advocates. Among others,
UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibi, and the Director of
the Global AIDS Program for the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control, Dr. Deborah Birx, addressed an audience of more than
200 participants including Vatican officials, diplomats, members
of the health-care community, care-givers, and members of
faith-based organizations. The conference succeeded in
encouraging greater partnership among inter-governmental
organizations, the USG and faith-based organizations to increase
assistance to children.
2. (U) All the major media outlets covering the Vatican
reported on the conference. Ambassador Diaz conducted on-camera
interviews with Rome Reports and Catholic News Service (both
producers of television news programs broadcast widely in the
U.S. and beyond) in which he emphasized how the U.S., through
PEPFAR, is the world's largest donor of resources in the fight
against HIV/AIDS, while the Catholic Church, through
organizations like Caritas, is the world's largest aid delivery
organization. The Ambassador also did radio interviews in
English, Italian, and French for Vatican Radio (which broadcasts
in more than 40 languages). Articles about the conference
appeared in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's official
newspaper, and in the wire services ZENIT and FIDES. The event
was scheduled to coincide with the meeting in Rome of the
African Synod of bishops. Several African Archbishops and
bishops attended the conference. Further information about the
conference is available at the Embassy Vatican webpage,
http://vatican.usembassy.gov/missionroot/even ts/2009/HIVTBC
onference/
3. (U) Comment: The conference proved that, despite
disagreement between the current Administration and the Catholic
Church on abortion, it is possible and important to collaborate
on some of the many other areas where the USG and the Vatican
share a commitment to assist the most vulnerable. End comment.
DIAZ
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SOCI KHIV KIRF ECON EAID KHDP TSPL UN XA VT
SUBJECT: EMBASSY VATICAN AIDS CONFERENCE LINKS FAITH-BASED WITH
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND USG
1. (U) Embassy Vatican and Caritas Internationalis co-hosted a
very successful international conference on the prevention of
mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS from October 14 to the
16. The conference also aimed at improving access to testing
and treatment for children living with HIV and HIV/TB
co-infection. In addition to presentations from global experts
and leaders in the field, the conference included a two-day
training workshop for caregivers and advocates. Among others,
UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibi, and the Director of
the Global AIDS Program for the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control, Dr. Deborah Birx, addressed an audience of more than
200 participants including Vatican officials, diplomats, members
of the health-care community, care-givers, and members of
faith-based organizations. The conference succeeded in
encouraging greater partnership among inter-governmental
organizations, the USG and faith-based organizations to increase
assistance to children.
2. (U) All the major media outlets covering the Vatican
reported on the conference. Ambassador Diaz conducted on-camera
interviews with Rome Reports and Catholic News Service (both
producers of television news programs broadcast widely in the
U.S. and beyond) in which he emphasized how the U.S., through
PEPFAR, is the world's largest donor of resources in the fight
against HIV/AIDS, while the Catholic Church, through
organizations like Caritas, is the world's largest aid delivery
organization. The Ambassador also did radio interviews in
English, Italian, and French for Vatican Radio (which broadcasts
in more than 40 languages). Articles about the conference
appeared in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's official
newspaper, and in the wire services ZENIT and FIDES. The event
was scheduled to coincide with the meeting in Rome of the
African Synod of bishops. Several African Archbishops and
bishops attended the conference. Further information about the
conference is available at the Embassy Vatican webpage,
http://vatican.usembassy.gov/missionroot/even ts/2009/HIVTBC
onference/
3. (U) Comment: The conference proved that, despite
disagreement between the current Administration and the Catholic
Church on abortion, it is possible and important to collaborate
on some of the many other areas where the USG and the Vatican
share a commitment to assist the most vulnerable. End comment.
DIAZ