The PCB encourages UNAIDS to review periodically the allocation of funds and the balance between the various regions and areas of work.

The PCB encourages the Secretariat and Cosponsors to continue to strengthen performance monitoring of the implementation of the UBW.

The PCB encourages UNAIDS to further integrate a results-based management framework into the next UBW and to explicitly link the desired results with the different comparative advantages of the Cosponsors.

The PCB encourages the Cosponsors to include in the UBW report information on their country level spending for HIV/AIDS activities.

The PCB notes with satisfaction the increases in the Cosponsors’ own resources and takes note of the supplemental budgets for HIV/AIDS contained in the UBW which is a tangible expression of their increased capacity, commitment and concrete action to fight HIV/AIDS; and encourages the Cosponsors to continue to expand their action in this area and to report to their Governing Bodies on an annual basis.

The PCB recognizes that the approval of this UBW implies a moral responsibility for all countries to fully fund it, in accordance with the principle of burden-sharing.

The PCB approves the additional interagency core budget of US$20 million, subject to availability of funding beyond the $250.5 million core budget;

The PCB approves the core budget of US$250.5 million and the proposed distribution of those resources as follows: US$85.7 million for Cosponsors; US$91.2 million for the Secretariat; and US$73.6 million for interagency activities;

The PCB endorses the strategies and approaches contained in the 2004-2005 UBW, in particular its strategic thrust to enable countries to scale up their national response to the epidemic;

The PCB commends the Secretariat and Cosponsors for their presentation of the 2004-2005 UBW, which responds fully to the decisions of the PCB following the external evaluation of UNAIDS and is now a more user-friendly and transparent document. The PCB takes note of the use of thematic and regional consultations to sharpen the strategic focus of the 2004-2005 UBW and to promote coordinated action by UNAIDS.