UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé and UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassadors, Annie Lennox, James Chau and Amr Waked, posing for a photo prior to a welcome brief on the 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS in New York.

Keynote speech by UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Amr Waked at the New York launch of the poster exhibit “Graphic Intervention: 25 years of International AIDS Awareness Posters 1985-2010.”

UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Amr Waked and US fashion designer Kenneth Cole pose for a photo during the launch of the poster exhibit at the Art Directors Club in New York.

Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, speaking at the Opening Plenary of the General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassadors, HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, Amr Waked, Annie Lennox and James Chau, posing for a photo at the Opening plenary of the General Assembly.

UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Annie Lennox speaking on behalf of women and girls at the session on “HIV Priorities for Positive Change: in Women’s Words.”

Annie Lennox, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, US singer Alicia Keys and Leigh Blake from UN Women are seen before addressing the session on HIV Priorities for Positive Change – launch of the publication of “Women Voicing Vision” at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Toumani Diabaté, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, playing the Kora at the Heads of State reception at the UN High-Level Meeting on AIDS in New York.

HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, addressing the audience in the session on “Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health”, hosted by Norway and the International Peace Institute.

James Chau, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, in action as a moderator for the session on “Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health” at the International Peace Institute.

Annie Lennox, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, as a moderator at the launch of the Global Plan for the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children and Keeping Mothers Alive.

Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director, President Bill Clinton and Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, listening to UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Annie Lennox at the launch of the Global Plan for the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children and Keeping Mothers Alive at the UN Headquarters.

Naomi Watts, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, delivering her keynote speech at the Global Plan for the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children and Keeping Mothers Alive.

Naomi Watts, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, in the audience at the Global Plan for the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children and Keeping Mothers Alive.

UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassadors, HRH Crown princess Mette-Marit of Norway and James Chau and UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, talking to Janice Pratt from Liberia who with her friends got almost 20’000 signatures for the Mali Call to Action.

The Closing Plenary at the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters in New York where Member States adopted a new political declaration on HIV and AIDS reaffirming their commitments and bold actions to intensify the global response on HIV/AIDS.