- 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
United Nations Declarations and Goals
Through a series of goals, resolutions and declarations adopted by Member Nations of the United Nations, the world has a set of commitments, actions and goals to stop and reverse the spread of HIV and scale up towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services.
Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS 2011
Thirty years into the AIDS epidemic, and 10 years since the landmark UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS leaders came together at the 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS from 8–10 June 2011 in New York. More
Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS 2006
In 2006 UN Member States met to review progress achieved in realizing the targets set out in the 2001 Declaration and unanimously recognized the “urgent need to scale up significantly towards the goal of universal access to comprehensive prevention programmes, treatment, care and support by 2010.” More
2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
In 2001 Heads of State and Representatives of Governments issued the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS acknowledging that the AIDS epidemic constitutes a “global emergency and one of the most formidable challenges to human life and dignity.” It sets out a series of national targets and global actions to reverse the epidemic. More
Millennium Development Goals
In 2000, the largest gathering of world leaders at United Nations Headquarters in New York adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration. Goal 6 of the Millennium Development Goals sets out by 2015 to have halted and begun to reverse the spread of HIV. More
UN Security Council Resolutions
In 2000 the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1308 to limit the potentially damaging impact of HIV on the health of international peacekeeping personnel. In 2011 the UN Security Council reaffirmed its commitment to address the AIDS epidemic and adopted a new resolution that calls for increased efforts by UN Member States to address HIV in peacekeeping missions. More
2012 UNAIDS World AIDS Day Report
UNAIDS launched on 20 November the 2012 global report on the AIDS epidemic and the 2012 World AIDS Day report which outlines some significant progress made in the AIDS response in recent years.