Adopts the report of the 22nd meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board
This section lists decisions made at UNAIDS PCB Meetings with an associated agenda item number, in order of most recent.
These decisions are excerpted from the "Final Decisions, Recommendations & Conclusions" documents (produced at each PCB).
Adopts the report of the 22nd meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board
Recognizing that UNAIDS and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have as their fundamental objective helping national scale-up to the goal of Universal Access to prevention, treatment, care and support. Further recognizing that technical support is an essential component of this mandate as articulated in the Memorandum of Understanding between both organizations and is a means to the outcome of successful implementation of multi-sectoral national AIDS plans.
Requests that UNAIDS update its technical support and capacity development strategy through an inclusive process involving implementing countries and civil society, taking into account:
• points made and conclusions of the thematic segment with particular reference to gender equality;
• the analytical work of the Global Implementation Support Team, progress made by the task force on operationalization of the UNAIDS-Global Fund Memorandum of Understanding and Coordinated AIDS Technical Support database;
Requests that the strategy include an estimate of those costs covered by the existing mandates and budgets of the UNAIDS Secretariat and Cosponsors, along with those aspects, including technical support provided by civil society, which require further resources
Requests that UNAIDS work with the Secretariat of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to emphasize the willingness and capacity of UNAIDS, including Joint UN teams at country level, to advance mutual goals as outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding, including implementation of Global Fund HIV/AIDS grants. Routine information sharing, including Local Fund Agent reports as appropriate, should be a priority
Requests UNAIDS to work with the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to improve the understanding by UN staff in country of the roles and expectations of the two bodies, as outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding and to use its convening power to maximize the impact of the Global Fund portfolio in each country
Requests UNAIDS to compile best practice and lessons learned to support and facilitate Public Private Partnerships with respect to their applicability for strengthening the public sector in developing countries and share the information with relevant stakeholders
Requests UNAIDS to accelerate its work on gender equality (women and girls), and lesbians, gays, bi-sexuals, and transgenders with the meaningful engagement of those communities as well as people living with HIV in order to support needs assessments and proposal development by National AIDS programs and Country Coordinating Mechanisms, and facilitate countries’ proposals to the Global Fund grant implementation
Requests the UNAIDS Secretariat in consultation with the Global Fund Secretariat to provide, for the 24th Programme Coordinating Board meeting, options to strengthen mechanisms to facilitate consultation and networking among African States to meaningfully participate in the Programme Coordinating Board and the Board of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria with a view to its subsequent expansion to other regions
Requests the UNAIDS Secretariat to prepare a report for the 24th Programme Coordinating Board meeting focusing on the objectives of the thematic segment, including its preparation, format, structure and outcomes of thematic segments including the process for the selection of themes that builds upon the relevant decisions of the 21st Programme Coordinating Board
Paid tribute to Dr Peter Piot as Executive Director of UNAIDS and recognized the many accomplishments realized during his tenure, including: placing and maintaining AIDS on the global political agenda; the alliances he established across a wide range of sectors and actors; his ability to mobilize significant resources; his readiness to innovate; his insistence on a human rights based approach; and, the creation of UNAIDS as a joint programme that remains unique within the work of the United Nations. His personal qualities and commitment to the response to AIDS cannot be overestimated and serve as an example of the leadership required to defeat the AIDS epidemic.
Takes note of the quality and scope of the Performance Monitoring Report based on a more, systematic approach to monitoring the 2006-2007 Unified Budget and Workplan and a more comprehensive assessment of UNAIDS achievements compared to the past