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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (left); Jan Eliasson (centre), President of the sixtieth session on the General Assembly; and Jan Chen, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management, observe a moment of silence in tribute to the memory of Lee Jong-wook, late World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, at the opening plenary session of the General Assembly on the High Level meeting and comprehenisve review of the progress achieved in realizing the targets set out in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS of 2001

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot addresses participants at the opening plenary of the 2006 High Level Meeting on AIDS, General Assembly UNHQ, New York

Khensani Mavasa of Treatment Action Campaign of South Africa addresses participants at the opening plenary of the 2006 High Level Meeting on AIDS, General Assembly UNHQ, New York. It was the first time a person openly living with HIV addressed this international body.

National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner David Stern (left) and UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot addresses participants at the NBA Cares/UNICEF celebration at UNICEF House. Seated beside him are: (front row, left-right) Mrs. Nane Annan; UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman; NBA Commissioner David Stern and AIDS activist Kimberly Canady, 19. NBA Hall-of-Famer Bill Russell, Toronto Raptors community ambassador and former NBA player Jerome Williams and Philadephia 76ers centre Samuel Delambert are seated behind them.

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot and AIDS activist Kimberly Canady at NBA Cares/UNICEF celebration event.

(left to right): WNBA legend and Olympic Gold Medallist Teresa Weatherspoon; Houston Rockets centre Dikembe Mutombo; AIDS activist Kimberly Canady,19; NBA Hall-of-Famer Bill Russell; UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman; Toronto Raptors community ambassador and former NBA player Jerome Williams; NBA Commissioner David Stern; Philadephia 76ers centre Samuel Delambert and UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot take a group photograph at UNICEF House, following the NBA Cares/UNICEF celebration event. Ms. Veneman and Commissioner Stern are each holding a basketball bearing the NBA Cares and Global Campaign against AIDS logos.

Houston Rockets centre Dikembe Mutombo (left) in conversation with UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot at the NBA Cares/UNICEF celebration at UNICEF House.

Dikembe Mutombo and Dr Peter Piot.

Dr Peter Piot (left), UNAIDS Executive Director; with Dr Richard Feachem, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot visits a photography exhibition on the impact of HIV and AIDS on lobby of UNHQ.

During the opening day of the UN High Level Meeting on AIDS, Global Business Coalition President and CEO Ambassador Richard Holbrooke (centre); UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot (right), and Booz Allen Hamilton’s Vice-President Peter Parry (left) launched The State of Business and HIV/AIDS (2006): A Baseline Report.

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot and Ms Carin Jamtin, Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation visit the UNAIDS booth.
 
They hold copies of the Swedish report on the recent international meeting "Sweden: Standing up for HIV prevention" which was hosted by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), in collaboration with UNAIDS and the Swedish Association for Sexual Education (RFSU). Read more in this feature story