NEW DEMOCRAT MP LIBBY DAVIES SPEAKING AT 2010 WORLD AIDS CONFERENCE

Davies to participate in panel on leadership for HIV/AIDS

OTTAWA – New Democrat MP Libby Davies (Vancouver East) is in Vienna, Austria for the 2010 World AIDS Conference. She is a panelist for the session Providing Leadership on Critical HIV/AIDS Issues, featuring Members of Parliament and government representatives from South Africa, Nepal, Austria and Kenya.

Davies was invited to attend the international convention because of her work around harm reduction and fighting HIV/AIDS, specifically her work with Vancouver’s safe injection site InSite. Her presentation is entitled “Why parliamentary leadership on harm reduction and the rights of people who use drugs is important, what barriers exist and how they can be overcome.”

The panel will be held Wednesday, July 21, 2010 from 11:00 – 12:30 CEST.

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