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Tuesday, 17 November 2009
National Assembly Speaker Receives Head of UK Parliamentary Group on HIV/AIDS
The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Prof. Dr Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic received David Borrow the Head of the United Kingdom All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV/AIDS.
The Speaker of the National Assembly of the
The guests briefed the National Assembly Speaker on the project “Improvement of the legal position of HIV positive people” implemented in Serbia by the Youth of JAZAS from 2008 to 2010, and aimed at, among other things, empowering people who live with HIV and their organisations to stand for their interests, the creation of an expert task group for the improvement of regulations regarding HIV, as well as parliamentary cooperation among European countries on the issue.
Borrow stressed that the group on HIV/AIDS has been active in the British Parliament for 20 years and offered Assembly Speaker Djukic-Dejanovic full cooperation in changing the society’s attitude towards persons infected with HIV.
The National Assembly Speaker expressed hope that such an initiative would help change the personal attitude of both the deputies and the society as a whole towards HIV positive persons. Prof. Dr Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic stressed that, as a National Assembly Speaker and a medical doctor, she would lend full support to the informal Parliamentary Group on HIV/AIDS within the National Assembly of the
At the end of the meeting, the officials agreed in their estimate that changing the society’s attitude towards citizens living with HIV is of the greatest interest, and that the politicians are obliged to influence national dialogue and legislation directly or indirectly related to HIV/AIDS.
Activities
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9.00 - sitting of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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9.20 - press conference of the NEW DSS – POKS (NADA) Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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9.30 - sitting of the European Integration Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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9.30 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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10.00 - press conference of the Ecological Uprising Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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10.30 - sitting of the Foreign Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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12.00 - public hearing of the Culture and Information Committee on the topic: Public interview with the proposed candidates for Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media Council members (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Small Hall)
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15.00 - sitting of the Culture and Information Committee (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Small Hall)
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15.30 - the PFG with Italy, the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta meets with the Italian delegation to the Central European Initiative Parliamentary Dimension (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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16.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Head of the EU Delegation to receive the EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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16.20 - press statements on the delivered EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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17.00 - press conference of the Green-Left Front – Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)own and Movement of Free Citizens (PSG) – Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak (SDA Sandzak) – Party for Democratic Action (PDD) parliamentary groups (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)