20 YEARS AFTER: WHAT FUTURE FOR AIDS FIGHT?
FOCUS OF THE 21ST CENTURY TALKS IN BARCELONA

Paris, July 1 - The 22nd session of the 21st Century Talks will be held on July 7 in Barcelona at the World Trade Centre Auditorium* on the subject of "20 Years Later: What Future for AIDS Fight? "

The meeting, organized by UNESCO's Division of Foresight, Philosophy and Human Sciences and the UNESCO Centre in Catalunya, will bring together three speakers:

- Professor Luc Montagnier, the French scientist who co-discovered the AIDS virus, who is president of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention.
-Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Senegal's Minister of Preventive Action and Health and a former director of policy, strategy and research with the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
- Peter Piot, Executive Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

The session, which will take place a few hours before the official start of the July 7-12 World Conference Against AIDS, also in Barcelona, will be opened by Antonio Campos Muños, the director of the Spanish health and consumer ministry's Carlos III Institute of Health. Also attending will be Jérôme Bindé, head of UNESCO's Division of Foresight, Philosophy and Human Sciences.

* 11.30 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. Address: Moll de Barcelona / este no.2 / Barcelona 18

Contact: Anne-Sophie de Goy, tel: (33) (0) 1 45 68 15 01