Noting the more complex environment in which UNAIDS must operate and the need to continue to reinforce its joint and innovative nature, the Programme Coordinating Board:

supports the strengthened capacity of the UNAIDS Secretariat, particularly at country level, through the placement of qualified staff in key areas (i.e., facilitation, monitoring and evaluation, social mobilization, brokering partnerships and resource tracking and mobilization), a clarification on the Secretariat functions and position within the United Nations Resident Coordinator System, and effective inclusion of the UNAIDS Country Coordinator as a member of the United Nations Country Team to implement joint programming; it is vital that the individual cosponsors in each country focus on their value added contribution and comparative advantage;

Endorses a new UNAIDS new mission statement of: “UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is an innovative United Nations partnership that leads and inspires the world in achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.

UNAIDS fulfills its mission by:

Uniting the efforts of United Nations System, civil society, national governments, the private sector, global institutions and people living with and most affected by HIV;

Endorses a new vision statement for UNAIDS of: “Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS-related deaths”