[Federal Register: May 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 97)]
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 
Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby 
given of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid 
(ACVFA).

    Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2006 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
    Location: Cloyd Heck Marvin Center, Dorothy Betts Marvin 
Theater, George Washington University, 800 21st Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20052.
    Please note that this is the anticipated agenda and is subject 
to change.
    Foreign Assistance Reforms: Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, 
Director of Foreign Assistance and USAID's Administrator, has been 
invited to give the keynote address on the role of U.S. foreign 
assistance in advancing the goals of the Secretary's 
``Transformational Diplomacy'' strategy.
    Trade and Africa: Lloyd Pierson, USAID's Assistant Administrator 
for Africa, has been invited to brief the Committee on the 
concurrent AGOA Forum with particular attention to USAID's role as 
implementing partner and the impact of the trade hubs on African 
economic growth.
    HIV/AIDS: Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the first 
diagnosed case of HIV/AIDS, the Committee will receive an update on 
the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the New Partners 
Initiative. In addition, testing and prevention as well as lessons 
learned from USAID partners will be discussed. Invited speakers 
include Dr. Mark Dybul, Acting U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, and Dr. 
Timothy Flanigan, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, 
Department of Medicine, Brown University.
    The meeting is free and open to the public. Persons wishing to 
attend the meeting can register online at http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/acvfa
 or contact Kristin Holland at kristin@websterconsulting.com or 202-237-0090 extension 10 or 

Jocelyn Rowe at jrowe@usaid.gov or 202-712-4002.

    Dated: May 15, 2006.
Jocelyn M. Rowe,
Executive Director, Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid 
(ACVFA), U.S. Agency for International Development.
[FR Doc. E6-7656 Filed 5-18-06; 8:45 am]

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