UNAIDS Leadership

Leveraging the AIDS response, UNAIDS works to build political action and to promote the rights of all people for better results for global health and development. Globally, it sets policy and is the source of HIV-related data. In countries, UNAIDS brings together the resources of the UNAIDS Secretariat and 10 UN system organizations for coordinated and accountable efforts to unite the world against AIDS.

UNAIDS Executive Director

Michel Sidibé was appointed Executive Director of UNAIDS with the rank of Under Secretary-General of the United Nations on 1 January 2009. More

Executive Cabinet

The UNAIDS Executive Cabinet is the decision-making body of the Secretariat. More

United Nations Secretary-General

On 1 January 2007, Ban Ki-moon of the Republic of Korea became the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations. More

Former Executive Directors

Peter Piot (Belgium) Term of office: 1995-2008. More

Press centre

03 February 2012: WHO to issue guidance on hormonal contraceptives and HIV. More

28 January 2012: UNAIDS: Sourcing African solutions will be critical to ending Africa’s ‘AIDS dependency crisis’. More

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