The PCB adopted the decisions, recommendations and conclusions of the meeting.

The PCB decided that the 14th meeting of the PCB will take place on 24-25 June 2003 in Geneva.

Financial resources for HIV/AIDS Programmes

The PCB took note of the report on Financial Resources for HIV/AIDS in low and middle-income and made suggestions on strengthening data content and presentation for future updates to the PCB. The PCB also reinforced its earlier decision that UNAIDS should provide leadership in the development of a multiparty global resource mobilisation strategy.

The PCB took note with appreciation of the field visits organized by the Government of Portugal.

The PCB decided to create an open-ended working group on UNAIDS governance, comprised of members and observers of the PCB, to address the governance related issues of UNAIDS, including the mandate, conclusions and recommendations of the Final Report of the Five Year Evaluation of UNAIDS. Following the recommendation of the PCB Chair, Senegal and Switzerland were appointed as Co-chairs of the working group. The working group will prepare a report for the PCB that will include a set of governance-related recommendations designed to facilitate the achievement of the UNAIDS mandate through more effective and efficient governance. This report will be submitted to the PCB for its consideration at its next regular meeting. The recommendations of this report should address UNAIDS governance-related issues including:

The PCB recognized the human and financial resource implications of implementing the agreed actions and requested that these be reflected in so far as possible in the updated 2002-2003 Unified Budget and Workplan, and much more fully in the 2004-2005 Unified Budget and Workplan, for consideration at its next meeting.

Endorsed the following set of actions to guide the future directions of UNAIDS. These actions are grounded in the guiding principles1 within the Global Strategy Framework on HIV/AIDS, endorsed by the PCB in December 2000 and cited in the Declaration of Commitment adopted by the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS in June 2001.

Strategic Vision

Action 1: The PCB will periodically clarify the specific roles and functions of the Programme and of its constituent parts and will ensure that the y are should be clearly reflected throughout the work of the Programme – in particular, through updates and revisions of the UN System Strategic Plan (UNSSP) and the Unified Budget and Workplan (UBW).

Endorsed five cross-cutting functions applicable at all levels of the Programme which guide its actions at country, regional and global levels, namely:

• leadership and advocacy for effective action on the epidemic;
• strategic information required to guide the efforts of partners;
• tracking, monitoring and evaluation of the epidemic and actions responding to it;
• civil society engagement and partnership development ; and
• financial, technical and political resource mobilization.

Welcomed the Report of the Executive Director, Future Directions for UNAIDS: Responding to the Five-Year Evaluation of UNAIDS (UNAIDS/PCB (13)/02.3) and the proposed actions as the basis for the PCB discussions in response to the Evaluation;

Welcomed the Final Report of the Five-Year Evaluation of UNAIDS which informs the PCB discussions on the Future Directions of UNAIDS;