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On a joint mission to India, AIDS

UNAIDS responds to the report

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and its Cosponsors, WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF and the World Bank, note with considerable interest today’s announcement by the US National Institutes of Health that two trials assessing the impact of male circumcision on HIV risk are being stopped on the recommendation of the...

The Joint United Nations Programme

The Joint United Nations Programme

As Christians we pray this day in the

GRAM BHARATI SAMITI (GBS) message on

World AIDS Day statement from HRH

Accountability; Stop AIDS keep the

Message from Mr Koïchiro Matsuura,

Today at the United Nations MTV Networks International (MTVNI) President Bill Roedy is handing over the Chair of the Global Media AIDS Initiative (GMAI) Leadership Committee to Dali Mpofu, CEO of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Mr Roedy has been the Founding Chair of the GMAI’s Leadership Committee, and...

Rabbi Steve Gutow, executive director

UNDP press release on World AIDS

Significant progress is being made

Statement by Mr. Salman Ahmed, UNAIDS

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL,

UNHCR Statement for World AIDS Day 2006

Working Together for HIV and AIDS, by

On World AIDS Day, respected

Today is World AIDS Day. Around

The leading teams and players from

The United Nations will host an exhibit of 300 cartoons on the subject of HIV and AIDS, contributed by 50 graphic artists from around the world, starting from 1 December – World Aids Day -- until 9 January 2007.

In conjunction with the World AIDS Campaign and on the occasion of World AIDS Day 2006, Caritas Internationalis joins leaders of governments, civil society, and faith communities to remind the global human family of our obligation to “Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise”.

Message on the occasion of World

NIGERIAN SUPREME FOR ISLAMIC

With close to 20 million deaths since

Statement by James T. Morris,

Today, the frontline of the AIDS

Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UN Under-

The Joint United Nations Programme

The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to

AIDS has a dimension to it that

In connection with World AIDS Day

The Flemish Government and the

The global AIDS epidemic continues to

The Joint United Nations Programme on

UNAIDS welcomes appointment of

The Joint United Nations Programme on

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) congratulates Bangladeshi economist, Muhammad Yunus on winning this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

One of UNAIDS closest and most active

Her Serene Highness Princess

Serge Dumont, Omnicom Group Inc.

The Joint United Nations Programme

– In many low and middle-income countries, growing levels of HIV are continuing to cause serious economic and development set backs. Companies are loosing a significant part of their workforce, particularly in high prevalence countries.

Effective HIV prevention programmes

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is ‘uniting for HIV prevention’ with civil society, treatment activists, the private sector and governments to call for the global community to mobilize an alliance for HIV prevention.

An Independent Commission set up

Reaffirmation of commitments from

In advance of the G8 summit, the

A new and forward-looking Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS was adopted unanimously by UN Member States on 2 June at the close of the United Nations General Assembly 2006 High Level Meeting on AIDS in New York (31 May – 2 June). Following intense negotiations on the text among Member States...

Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, the famous

In an effort to inspire action, encourage meaningful dialogue, and increase public awareness about the unique challenges facing women and girls in a world with AIDS, the UNAIDS-led Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) has announced the kickoff of its 2006 four- city Empower Women: Fight AIDS U.S. Tour...

Global Coalition On Women And AIDS Leadership Council meets in Toronto to address alarming global increase of HIV virus among women. “In New York last week the High Level Meeting on AIDS produced a Declaration that acknowledged the urgent need to scale up towards the goal of universal access to...

New call for ambitious national targets, human rights protections and women’s equality, as well as commitment to universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, are highlighted

At the UN General Assembly 2006 High Level Meeting on AIDS, UNAIDS Executive Director recognizes Ireland’s increasing contribution to global AIDS efforts

The UNAIDS-led Global Coalition on

UN Secretary-General, internationally

2006 High Level Meeting on AIDS

New report cites positive trends in

Michael Ballack has accepted the

Statement by Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director Geneva, 22 May 2006 – “With the passing away of Dr LEE Jong-wook, the world has lost one of its greatest forces for good health – a scientist, policymaker and leader of exceptional caliber and accomplishments.

Mary Davis Fisher, the artist, author and speaker who travels the world advocating for those who share her HIV-positive status, has accepted the appointment as Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). As UNAIDS Special Representative, Ms. Fisher will continue to raise awareness on HIV prevention...

With 270,000 people newly infected with HIV in 2005 alone, the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region faces the world’s most rapidly expanding AIDS epidemic. An estimated 1.6 million people are living with the disease across the region, and in several countries the epidemic shows signs of crossing from...

Naomi Watts, the renowned British

A special summit of the African Union ended in Abuja with the adoption of far-reaching decisions to stem the tide of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria – three diseases which kill an estimated four million Africans every year.

Maestro Mstislav Rostropovich, the outstanding musician, strong defender of human rights and advocate for children’s health, has accepted the appointment as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

As the world grapples with ways to mitigate the daunting impact of AIDS on Africa’s development, a call emerged loud and clear from African political leaders in major African cities today for 2006 to be a “Year for Accelerating HIV Prevention in the African Region”. Innovative approaches, creative thinking and...

HRH Crown Princess of Norway has accepted her appointment as UNAIDS Special Representative. The Crown Princess is committed to actively supporting the AIDS response. As Special

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Press release

2006—The continental consultation on scaling up towards universal Access to HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support in Africa ended Wednesday in Brazzaville with the adoption of the “Brazzaville Commitment.”

Dar es Salaam, 17 February 2006 – The Executive Directors of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and Her Royal Highness (HRH) Princess Mathilde of Belgium in her capacity as the UNAIDS and UNICEF Special Representative for Children and AIDS, today encouraged...

Press release

Kigali, Rwanda, 14 February 2006 – Leaders from Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, UNICEF and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS today heralded the progress Rwanda is making in the AIDS response and pressed for continued leadership and improved coordination to ensure further success.

Third Global Partners Forum

Beijing, 25 January 2006 – China’s AIDS epidemic shows no signs of abating with an estimated 70,000 new HIV infections occurring in 2005, according to a report released today by the Chinese Ministry of Health, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization.

It is with great sadness that UNAIDS learnt of the death on 6 January 2006 of our longtime colleague Peter Busse.

Global Steering Committee on scaling up towards universal access holds its first meeting in Washington, DC.