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- UN General Assembly reviews progress in achieving the targets of the 2011 Political Declaration on AIDS
- The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has presented his report on HIV to the 67th United Nations General Assembly which is taking place in New York from 10-11 June 2013.
- UN Plus meets with UN Secretary-General to discuss issues affecting staff members living with HIV
- UN Plus—the United Nations advocacy group of employees living with HIV—met with the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss issues affecting staff members living with HIV including access to HIV treatment and travel restrictions.
- UNAIDS plans to further expand its focus on youth and HIV
- The United Nation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé to discuss UNAIDS’ plans to further expand its focus on youth and HIV. The meeting was held on the side-lines of the 67th United Nations General Assembly taking place in New York from 10-11 June 2013.
- The United Nations lays out “historic” post 2015 development agenda
- The United Nations is on the cusp of entering a bold new phase in ending poverty and ensuring meaningful and sustainable development for all. The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched on 30 May 2013 a momentous and eagerly awaited report that puts forward a single United Nations development agenda beyond 2015.
- High-level panel reviews how the United Nations is measuring results
- As part of the evaluation week organized by the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) taking place from 15 - 19 April 2013 at the UN Headquarters in New York, a high-level panel event, entitled “UN Results – Are we achieving them? How do we know?” discussed whether or not the United Nations is achieving its objectives.
- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with his Special Envoys on AIDS
- The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon brought together his team of United Nations Special Envoys for AIDS to discuss their strategic directions for the year ahead. UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé also participated in the meeting that took place on 07 January at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
- HIV-positive Kami and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon promote women and children’s health
- Kami, a muppet from Takalani Sesame (South Africa's Sesame Street), who is openly living with HIV, joined the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in promoting children’s health. During a public service announcement Kami and Mr Ban talk about what they do to stay healthy including washing their hands before they eat, drinking plenty of clean water and exercising.
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon launches “Education First” to send every child to school
- The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon launched a new initiative “Education First” to ensure that every child goes to school, receives quality education and imbibes values of global citizenship.
- UN Secretary-General takes stock of the progress made in the implementation of the Every Woman Every Child initiative
- The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon brought together on 25 September in New York, leaders from government, civil society, the private sector and international organizations during a reception to draw attention to the progress made on the Every Woman Every Child initiative.
- UNAIDS Executive Director rings the New York Stock Exchange Opening Bell with former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown in support of Education
- Joining the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown, Sarah Brown and school students from New York, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé visited the New York Stock Exchange to ring the Opening Bell to highlight the need for access to education.
- UN Secretary-General presents progress report on AIDS response
- At the 66th session of the General Assembly held on 11 June in New York, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon introduced the 2012 report on the progress made in the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declarations on HIV/AIDS.
- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon leads a high-level mission to India in support of the Every Woman Every Child initiative
- On 28 April, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon led a high-level mission to Mumbai, India in support of the Every Woman Every Child initiative. During the visit, the Secretary-General commended Indian officials for the progress made in the AIDS response. Mr Ban also encouraged the Government of India to continue efforts to eliminate new paediatric HIV infections by 2015—one of the objectives of the Secretary-General’s five-year action plan.
- UN Secretary-General issues recommendations to bolster AIDS response in order to meet 2015 targets
- The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has issued his first report on HIV to the UN General Assembly since the 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS. In the report, he highlights the urgent need to achieve immediate, tangible results and for the AIDS response to be smarter, more strategic, more efficient, and grounded in human rights.
- UN Secretary-General speaks against discrimination based on sexual orientation
- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the need to anchor Africa’s development to the respect for human rights. “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a promise to all people in all places at all times,” said Mr Ban at the 18th annual meeting of the African Union.
- Improving women and children’s health a priority in Davos
- Under the theme The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models, the World Economic Forum brings together a unique multi-stakeholder audience of global decision-makers, thought leaders and representatives of the world's biggest companies to shape the future of the world economy.
- United States stresses its commitment to the AIDS response at the United Nations
- The President of the United States, Barack Obama, has stressed his country’s commitment to continue supporting the AIDS response, tuberculosis and malaria. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly he also underscored the US’ commitment to the health of women and children.
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launches annual progress report on the Millennium Development Goals
- On 7 July, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the annual progress report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), the MDG Report 2011, shining a spotlight on where progress is being made and where stronger efforts are urgently needed.
- UN Plus members discuss stigma and health insurance with UN Secretary-General during 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS
- UN Plus, the United Nations group of HIV positive employees, met with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 8 June to discuss stigma and discrimination as well as the various health insurances existing in the different UN agencies that are hampering staff members living with HIV and their families to have access to continued, comprehensive care.
- 2011 General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS opens
- The opening plenary of the 2011 General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS began today. More than 30 Heads of State, Government and Vice Presidents will attend the three day meeting which will include official plenary and five panel sessions along with 40 individual side events.
- UN Secretary-General outlines new recommendations to reach 2015 goals for AIDS response
- Thirty years into the AIDS epidemic, investments in the AIDS response are yielding results, according to a new report released today by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Titled Uniting for universal access: towards zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths, the report highlights that the global rate of new HIV infections is declining, treatment access is expanding and the world has made significant strides in reducing HIV transmission from mother to child.