At a press conference, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé urged francophone leaders across the globe to collectively push forward the AIDS response in IOF member states.

A billboard installed for the XIV Francophonie Summit calls for a HIV-free generation.

French Minister for Francophonie Yamina Benguigui and UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé during a press conference at the village center for Francophonie in Kinshasa, DRC on 12 October 2012.

Minister for health of Democratic Republic of the Congo Félix Kabange (standing left), UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé and French Minister for Francophonie Yamina Benguigui, during a press conference at the village center for Francophonie in Kinshasa, DRC.

BRAZZAVILLE, CONGO-  10 October 2012: UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé taking part in a press and media interview during his country visit to the Congo, prior to the XIV summit of La Francophonie.

BRAZZAVILLE, CONGO - 10 October 2012: UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé meets with Antoinette Sassou N'Guesso, First Lady of the Congo, during a country visit to the Congo prior to the XIV summit of La Francophonie.

BRAZZAVILLE, CONGO - 11 October 2012: UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé meets with Mr Denis Sassou N'guesso, President of the Congo, during a country visit to the Congo prior to the XIV summit of La Francophonie.

KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO- 12 OCTOBER 2012: In a meeting on with the Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Matata Ponyo Mapon, UNAIDS Executive Director praised DRC’s leadership for organizing the 14^th Summit of La Francophonie.

KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO- 12 October 2012: UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé with Mr. Abdou Diouf, the international secretary general Francophonie and former President of Senegal during a country visit to Democratic Republic of the Congo, prior to the XIV summit of La Francophonie.

Kinshasa, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - 12 October 2012: UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé meets with Mme M'bilia Bel, the Queen of Congolese rumba at OIF in Kinshasa prior to the XIV summit of La Francophonie.

Kinshasa, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - 12 October 2012: UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé meets with Mme Jaynet D. Kabila. Présidente. Fondation Mzee Laurent Désiré Kabila prior to the XIV summit of La Francophonie.