UN High Level Meeting: June 2011

The UN High Level Meeting, to be held in New York City on 8-10 June 2011, aims to review the progress achieved in realizing the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, as well as to promote the continued engagement of leaders in a comprehensive global response to AIDS.

2.2: Follow-up to the 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS

21 December 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

Requests UNAIDS to launch as soon as possible a process of inclusive consultations to consider approaches to strategic investment, including the new investment framework for the global HIV response referenced by the Executive Director in his report, while ensuring the potential applicability and adaptability to national contexts, and overall country ownership. Consultations should be transparent, inclusive and effective, involving governments, national AIDS authorities, civil society, and other relevant stakeholders. Also requests UNAIDS to submit to the Programme Coordinating Board at its 31st meeting a report on the said consultations, and an interim (progress) report to the 30th meeting;

2.1: Follow-up to the 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS

21 December 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

Takes note of the report;

Intervention: NGO Delegate for North America – Follow-up to the 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS

19 December 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

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We recognize and welcome UNAIDS and Executive Director’s commitments to work with countries to explore and create an enabling environment for the implementation of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) flexibilities. However, the Programme Coordinating Board NGO Delegation is very concerned that the supply of generic anti-retrovirals (ARVs), especially the newer, more optimal and forgiving treatment regimens, are under threat because of:

Intervention: NGO Delegate for Europe – Follow-up to the 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS

19 December 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

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We welcome the Secretariat’s report on the 2011 United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS and we want to particularly acknowledge the specific inclusion of key populations, including sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs, who were named in the conclusions of the 2011 Political Declaration. However, we want remind the Board that transgender people were notably missing in the Declaration and that no one can be left behind if we are to achieve the zeros in 2015.

Observer Intervention: Social Protection in HIV Responses

19 December 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

Zuzanna Muskat-Gorska, Global Trade Union HIV/AIDS Coordinator at the International Trade Union Confederation, focuses on social protection’s role in HIV responses in her statement to the “Follow up to the 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS”.

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) that affiliates national trade union organizations in 151 countires worldwide appreciates the observations of the Report and the momentum created by the 2011 UN High Level Meeting on AIDS.

Delegation Viewpoint: Outcomes of the 2011 UN High Level Meeting on AIDS

13 July 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

Dr. Amira Herdoiza, UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegate for Latin America & the Caribbean, joined during the 28th UNAIDS Board meeting a panel of speakers on the outcomes of the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting and the 2011 Political Declaration approved in June in New York. Below is her speech. (download in pdf format)

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As a member of the civil society delegation in the PCB and as a member of the LA social AIDS movement I would like to share with you three main ideas about the recent HLM held in NYC:

9.3: Unified Budget, Results and Accountability Framework 2012-2015

23 June 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

Decides that the United Nations General Assembly Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS: Intensifying our Efforts to Eliminate HIV/AIDS adopted by Heads of State and Governments on 10 June 2011 serves as a key reference to implement the Unified Budget, Results and Accountability Framework

3.2: Report of the Executive Director

23 June 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

Requests the Programme Coordinating Board to include in the agenda for its 29th meeting an item on follow-up to the 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS

Latin America and Caribbean Upon the Conclusion of the UNGASS High Level Meeting on HIV

16 June 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

This declaration was prepared by representatives of organizations and networks from Latin America and Caribbean upon the conclusion of the UNGASS High Level Meeting on HIV on 10 June at the main headquarters of the United Nations in New York.

“Intensifying our Efforts to Eliminate HIV and AIDS”
Position of Latin American Civil Society (pdf)

The civil society organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean, represented by 98 delegates taking part in the United Nations High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS, welcome the fact that the document approved establishes realistic goals [1] to be achieved in the prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS and its determination of the support to be provided to people living with AIDS through to the year 2015.

UN High Level Meeting: June 2011

AIDS

HLM-2011-Declaration-A6577.pdf

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Political Declaration from the High-Level Meeting: Intensifying our Efforts to Eliminate HIV/AIDS

14 June 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

2011 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS: Intensifying our Efforts to Eliminate HIV/AIDS

More than 3000 people came together at the United Nations in New York for the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS to take stock of the progress and challenges of the last 30 years and shape the future AIDS response.

UN High Level Meeting: June 2011

NGO Delegate Johnson Speaks on Women’s Words at High-Level Meeting

8 June 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

HIV Priorities for Positive Change: In Women’s Words

UN High Level Meeting: June 2011

Join the Million Message March to the UN on 8 June 2011

7 June 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

The Million Message March is officially endorsed by the UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation

Speak-Up Sessions for the UN High Level Meeting on HIV / Universal Access – 8 June 2011

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UN High Level Meeting: June 2011

AIDS at 30: Nations at the Crossroads

3 June 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

On the eve of 30 years of the HIV epidemic, UNAIDS has released a report entitled ‘AIDS at 30: Nations at the crossroads’.

This report provides evidence of how much we have achieved and weighs that against the vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS‑related deaths. It includes scientific analysis, personal insights and the results of extensive national and regional consultations at the front lines of the AIDS response.

Universal Access: Moving Beyond the Rhetoric – A Community Sector Report

3 June 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

The International Council of AIDS Service Organization (ICASO) released today its report entitled “Universal Access: Moving beyond the rhetoric”. The report summarizes the findings of a 15 country community sector analysis assessing the status of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support in 2010 – the deadline agreed by the world’s governments for universal access. Based on the evidence provided, this report ‘takes stock’ – identifying successes, gaps and challenges.

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