New Call for Abstracts and Registration [International Conference on AIDS (8th: 1992: Amsterdam, Netherlands)]

Invitational Messages

Neil Rudenstine, President,
Harvard University
Harvey Fineberg, Dean,
Harvard School of Public Health
Daniel Tosteson, Dean,
Harvard Medical School

W e are very pleased to join our colleagues from the Netherlands in inviting
you to Amsterdam for the VIII International Conference on AIDS/Ill STD
World Congress.
The Conference has been moved from Boston to Amsterdam to ensure the full and
unimpeded exchange of ideas, experience, and information about AIDS among people
of all nationalities.
We now share a collective responsibility to help forge the new global AIDS agenda. To
do this, we must bring to Amsterdam the world's best scientific expertise and experience in preventing HIV infection and caring for the affected. Together, through presentations, discussions, and meetings, we can create the critical energy that will help move
forward-at all levels-the fight against AIDS.
We believe strongly that the 1992 Conference can be a vital part of a creative renewal
of individual, community, national, and global efforts against the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. Coming to Amsterdam reflects a commitment and a willingness to play a
part in the crossing of borders-geographical, disciplinary, and societal-to teach, to
learn, and to share.
The world expects this of us all.
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the VIII International Conference
on AIDS/III STD World Congress. The unique partnership between the Harvard
AIDS Institute and the Dutch Foundation-AIDS Conference 1992 embodies the Conference theme, "A World United Against AIDS."
Since the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, the Dutch have been deeply involved with
the many issues raised by this disease. It has been our particular concern to show great
solidarity with HIV-infected people and with people with AIDS. Within the context of
understanding and commitment, we have worked diligently to develop an integrated
national policy on AIDS control, including prevention and education efforts, provision
of proper care for HIV-infected persons, careful consideration of the legal and ethical
issues surrounding the disease, and a well-balanced program of biomedical and social
science research. In addition to our own national policy, the Netherlands also contributes to AIDS prevention in developing countries and eastern Europe.
Perhaps even more important to the success of the Conference is the fact that the Netherlands and its capital city Amsterdam have a long history of tolerance and of solving
problems through consensus. We believe that this legacy will serve the Conference well
as we search to reach our common goals by fully sharing information, carefully assessing the societal impact and response to the pandemic, and contributing to global understanding and solidarity.

E. Van Thijn, Mayor,
Amsterdam'