Press Release

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS joined the UN75 Regional Discussions

19 May 2020

  • On May 19, as part of the open regional discussions entitled, “The Future We Want: Our Ideas and Actions” dedicated to the UN 75th Anniversary, an online meeting involving educational establishments of Gomel and Gomel region took place. 

The discussion that gathered together over 140 students and educators of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Shamyakin Mozyr State Pedagogical University, Gomel Regional Institute for Educational Development, teachers training colleges, gymnasiums and high schools of the region was dedicated to XXI Century Social Epidemics.

ЮНЭЙДС принимает участие в региональных дискуссиях "ООН75""
Caption: UNAIDS takes part in UN75 regional discussions
Photo: © UN in Belarus

UN Resident Coordinator Joanna Kazana-Wisniowiecki, Beltele radio company host, and UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador in Belarus Svetlana Borovskaya, head of BSPU Coordination Centre of Education for Sustainable Development Inessa Zubrilina and representatives of People Plus republican association spoke to the participants of the event.

The results of the discussion will bring about youth projects, which participating students will develop during the summer and will present to the wider public in September.

The event was organized by the UN Resident Coordinator Office in Belarus, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in Belarus, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, and the Coordination Centre of Education for Sustainable Development of Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University.

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Sergey Krutchinin

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