April 25, 2006

The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) has been granted a voice for the poor at the United Nations' General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS).

CRWRC was accredited as part of a select number of faith-based organizations that will have a chance to share its unique position, experience and suggestions regarding the AIDS pandemic with UNGASS at its 2006 Review Meeting, at UN Headquarters in New York City, May 31-June 2.

UNGASS will use the meeting to perform a five-year assessment of what has been done in the fight against AIDS and what remains for the years to come.

In 2001 the U.N. General Assembly, for the first time in history, called a session to deal with AIDS. Nearly all countries in the world, including the U.S. and Canada, signed a Declaration of Commitment promising to take serious action against the disease that has already claimed more than 25 million lives worldwide.

The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) is a relief, development, and educational ministry of the Christian Reformed Church in North America.

For more information about the UNGASS conference, please visit http://www.ungasshiv.org/.

Christian Reformed Church
By Stephanie Tombari, CRWRC Communications