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27 April 2009 Media Statement
Chauvel appointed to Board of Pacific Friends of the Global Fund
Labour MP Charles Chauvel has been appointed to the Board of the Pacific Friends of The Global Fund.
The launch of the Pacific Friends of The Global Fund was held in Sydney recently. The Pacific Friends were founded to create and sustain visibility and awareness for the Global Fund across the Pacific region.
The Global Fund is a unique global public/private partnership dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
"New Zealand has an important role in the Pacific region and as a Member of Parliament of Tahitian descent, I am delighted to have been appointed", Charles said at the launch.
"As a Board member I am proud to play a role in helping to contain HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and to increase awareness of the Global Fund in the Pacific region," Charles Chauvel said.
The other New Zealand Member of the Board is former Prime Minister Rt Hon Helen Clark, who takes up her new role as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme in New York later this month. It is anticipated that Charles Chauvel will represent Helen Clark at meetings of the Board of the Pacific Friends over the next four years while she is based in the USA.
Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund has become the main source of finance for programs to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, with more than 550 programs in 136 countries. It provides a quarter of all international financing for AIDS globally, two-thirds for tuberculosis and three quarters for malaria.
Information on the work of the Global Fund is available at www.theglobalfund.org
Contact: Charles Chauvel, 021 557 964
Vikki Carter
Press secretary
Office of Hon Phil Goff
Leader of the Opposition
04 817 9915
021 241 8466
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