The future of the world's children and the threats HIV poses to humanity are among issues being discussed in Ouagadougou by legislators from 141 countries at the 106th annual conference of the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU).
"When discussing these two points, HIV/AIDS and children on our agenda, we want to stir a strong parliamentary action so as to work out a global
strategy that will help fight efficiently on these two fronts," IPU chairperson Najma Heptulla said at the launch of the 9-15 September meeting.
"HIV/AIDS is a highly serious problem," she said. "We MPs can serve as a point from where to elaborate a prevention strategy that will guide governments' actions and sensitise civil society." Another major focus of the conference, attended by some 1,300 delegates, is protecting children from enrolment in wars and from other factors that hamper their development.
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