The inaugural meeting of Pacific Parliamentarians on the ‘Role of Pacific Parliamentarians in the fight against HIV/AIDS’ is the first of its kind in this region. The 3-day meeting, in October 2004, provided a forum for informing parliamentarians about basic facts on HIV/AIDS – what it is, how it is spread, its effect on the infected person, and its wider psycho-social, cultural, and economic impact on individuals, families and nations. This presentation reports on the conference and also contains the official Suva Declaration on HIV/AIDS put together by the participating parliamentarians.

http://data.unaids.org/Publications/external-documents-restored/suva_declaration_13oct04_en.pdf