Liberia is catching up after nearly 15 years of hiatus. The country, for example, is trying to undertake a national response to HIV/AIDS. To signify the country's return to the global community of nations' response to the epidemic, Liberia is sending a high level delegation to participate and present the country's first progress report at the UN High Level Meeting on AIDS scheduled for June 9 -11, 2008. Dr. Walter T. Gwenigale, Minister of Health and Social Welfare and Vice Chair of the National AIDS Commission, is leading the delegation to the meeting scheduled for New York.