HE Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) at the Congressional breakfast briefing at the Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Credit: UNAIDS/Y.Gripas

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé and Sir Elton John at the Congressional breakfast briefing in Washington, DC. The event was held at the Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. In his remarks, Sir Elton John said, “HIV is about humanity and the power of people coming together for an AIDS-free generation.” Credit: UNAIDS/Y.Gripas

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé speaks at the Congressional breakfast briafing. The event was held at the Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Mr Sidibé thanked the Senators and Members of Congress for their bipartisan support of PEPFAR and the global HIV response. Credit: UNAIDS/Y.Gripas

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé and Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church at the Congressional breakfast briefing in Washington, DC. Credit: UNAIDS/Y.Gripas

Sir Elton John speaks at the UNAIDS Congressional breakfast briefing. The event was held at the Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Credit: UNAIDS/Y.Gripas

UNAIDS hosted a Congressional breakfast briefing together with United States Senators and members of Congress to discuss investments and progress in the HIV response. L-R: UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé,  Ryuhei Kawada, a member of parliament in Japan, Florence Ngobeni-Allen, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, HE Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, and HE Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health of South Africa. Credit: UNAIDS/Y.Gripas

UNAIDS hosted a Congressional breakfast briefing together with United States Senators and members of Congress to discuss investments and progress in the HIV response. L-R: UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé , HE Joaquim Chissano, former President of Mozambique, Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-New York), and Professor Miriam Were of Kenya. Credit: UNAIDS/Y.Gripas

Following the Congressional breakfast briefing, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé , Annie Lennox and Sir Elton John met with Senators John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) and Richard G Lugar (R-Indiana) to discuss the on-going involvement of the U.S. in the global HIV response. Senators Kerry and Lugar are members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Credit: UNAIDS/Y.Gripas