The Pledge
Lanka Business Coalition’s Pledge to Counter HIV/AIDS
As business and corporate leaders in Sri Lanka, we acknowledge the unique role we can play in bringing together the government, the business community, and civil society in the national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
We are firmly committed to harnessing the power of the business community through the LBCH and to use our unique skills, expertise, and resources to combat HIV and AIDS which has reached pandemic proportions today.
We support and uphold LBCH’s objectives and mission to:
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Increase the membership and diversity of organisations that will commit to the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Increase business action against HIV/AIDS with an emphasis on each company implementing their own HIV/AIDS workplace policies and programmes in collaboration with workers and their organisations.
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Utilise existing expertise in consultation with the National STD/AIDS Control Programme of the Ministry of Health; the guidelines in the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work, which has been adopted by the Government of Sri Lanka and other advisory organisations in Sri Lanka.
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Enhance and facilitate the use of organisations’ core competencies, products, and services in the response to HIV/AIDS with an emphasis on prevention.
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Use business power to provide advocacy and leadership amongst the key stakeholders with the objective of broadening and enhancing ‘awareness’ across all social strata of Sri Lanka.
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