- About UNAIDS
- Our work
- Targets and commitments
- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
- Reducing sexual transmission
- Preventing HIV among drug users
- Eliminating new HIV infections among children
- 15 million accessing treatment
- Avoiding TB deaths
- Closing the resource gap
- Eliminating gender inequalities
- Eliminating stigma and discrimination
- Eliminating travel restrictions
- Strengthening HIV integration
- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
UNAIDS Speeches
- Women’s and girls’ health needs a holistic approach
- We cannot afford to have a woman coming into a health-care facility for TB screening one day, then going somewhere else for HIV services on another day, and seeking other types of care at different times and places. We need to consider that a woman is not a collection of health conditions or needs, but a whole human being who requires holistic support to thrive.
- Linking HIV and women’s human rights
- Clearly, HIV is much more than a health issue: it is a development issue, a human rights issue, a gender issue and an inequality issue. Tackling discrimination against women is central to the AIDS response. This is why the UNAIDS family has placed gender equality and human rights at the core of its work, as one of the three pillars of its Strategy for 2011-2015, which is based on the UNAIDS vision of three zeros – zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.
- The courage to shape a new era of inclusion
- This Commission was formed at a historic moment. A moment when people—especially young people—are demanding equity. They are demanding social justice. They are demanding human rights. And they are demanding accountability. This is a great moment, because it motivates us to reflect, and to not to be scared. It is the moment for us to shape the future of development. I am sure, under your leadership, President Banda, you will help us to be courageous and not to fear the future but to mold it.
- Women will transform post-2015 development
- What we need is a social revolution. First, we must give women and girls the power to protect themselves from HIV by giving them access to the life skills and knowledge of sexuality education. Second, this social revolution calls for a shift in the development agenda. Poverty reduction must be accompanied by an expansion of dignity and freedom for women and girls.
- "From AIDS to Sustainable Health: Our moment of courage and ambition" Report of the UNAIDS Executive Director at the 32nd Meeting of the Programme Coordinating Board, Geneva, 25 June 2013
- This PCB could not be more timely. We have less than 1000 days to report on our progress to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Today it is important for us to take the time to reflect and shape our future — to look at what could be the way forward, not just for the global AIDS response, but more generally for global health and development.
- The end of AIDS begins in the workplace
- This campaign, VCT@Work is not just an initiative that will bring VCT to 5 million people by 2015 and make testing tools available so that people know their status. It is about social justice. It is about redistributing opportunity. It is about refusing exclusion. It is about making sure that innovation, science and discovery are able to reach people without a voice.
- Concluding remarks by the Deputy Executive Director, Management and Governance on UBRAF Multi-stakeholder Consultation
- The consultation has provided an opportunity to reflect on the extent to which the UBRAF has enhanced coordination and coherence in planning and implementation and increased accountability.
- Speech by Ms. Jantine Jacobi, Chief, Gender Equality and Diversity Division on the occasion of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 57th session, New York
- To help measure progress on gender equality and HIV, a global indicator on “prevalence of recent intimate partner violence” has been added to the core indicators for country reporting on the progress in the AIDS response, with 52 countries having reported on the indicator. The UNAIDS family would like to reiterate its readiness to work with all partners to eliminate violence against women and girls and work towards the vision of Zero new HIV infections, Zero AIDS-related deaths, and Zero discrimination.
- Speech by UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé on the occasion of the High-Level Segment of the 22nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, 28 February 2013
- It was people living with HIV, those affected, who turned everything around in this epidemic. They made the response to HIV and AIDS a responsibility for us all. They challenged us to recognize them as people with a human right to live in health – not as victims or criminals. Over the years, they have inspired and driven progress in the AIDS response. They have been true human rights defenders - fighting for their lives and for the lives of millions of others.
- "Promoting empowerment of people in achieving poverty eradication, social integration and full employment and decent work for all" - speech by M. Ninan Varughese, Officer-in-Charge, UNAIDS New York Office, delivered in New York on 12 February 2013 on the occasion of the United Nations Commission for Social Development
- UNAIDS would like to call on all stakeholders to further strengthen efforts to eliminate all forms of HIV-related stigma and discrimination, and promote and protect human rights of all people living with, affected by or at risk of HIV. This is critical not only to ensure an effective response to the AIDS epidemic, but also to achieve sustainable development that is human-centered and promotes social integration and inclusion. UNAIDS will continue to work with all partners towards the achievement of these goals.