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The President of Mexico, Felipe de Jesus Calderón Hinojosa, officially inaugurated the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 3 August.

Ban Ki Moon United Nations Secretary-General gives a speech during the inauguration of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 3 August.

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot addresses the audience of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 3 August.

Dr. José Àngel Córdoba, Secretary of Health of Mexico during the inauguration of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 4 August.

Many people from around the world assited to the opening ceremony of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 3 August.

A performance of the International Ballet of Amalia Hernandez showcased part of Mexican culture during the inauguration of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 4 August.

Dr. Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director during a press interview to international media at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 4 August.

(L to R) Mrs. Mony Pen, from the Cambodian Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS and Craig McClure Executive Director of IAS, during a press conference with international media at the Information Centre of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 4 August.

UN Secertary General Ban Ki-moon and UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot during their meeting with the Community Dialogue Space of the Global Village in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 4 August.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with participants from the Community Dialogue space during the official opening of the Global Village at AIDS 2008.

Stands at the Global Village of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.

Different activities are carried out at the Global Village of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.

The PSI Organization offered a cocktail on 4 August  in honor of  UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot, in recognition of his work during his leadership of UNAIDS. Diverse dignatories attended the evening including the Secretary of Public Health of Mexico Dr. Jose Angel Cordova; the Ambassador of Sweden in Mexico, Dr. Luis Soto, Co-President of the AIDS 2008 conference.

(From second left) UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot, Alan Berstein, Seth Berkley and Omu Anzala at the press conference of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 5 August.

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot, during the session on the Lancet Prevention Series that took place at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 5 August.

Audience of the Lancet Prevention Series session during the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 5 August.

The Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation, Bert Koenders and UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot, met during the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 5 August.

The Minister of Health of Canada Tony Clement and UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot held a meeting during the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 5 August.

UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Michel Sidibe in the panel of the Global Financial Architechtures at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 5 August.

Elly Katabira, UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot, Helene Gayle, Kate Thomson, Mark Wainberg, Lars Kallings, Craig McClure, Julio Montaner and Pedro Cahn at the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the International AIDS Society (IAS) as part of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 5 August.

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot addresses the audience at the IAS 20th anniversary celebration as part of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 5 August.

Craig McClure Executive Director of IAS addresses the public at the celebration of the 20th anniversary of IAS as part of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 5 August.

Dr. Helene Gayle, President and Chief Executive Officer, CARE International, addresses the audience of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 5 August.

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot held a meeting with Bill Roedy and the Staying Alive Foundation on 6 August at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.

(L to R) UNAIDS Ambassadors Luis Charles Viossat, Sigrun Mogedal, Nafis Sadik, Lars Kallings among others met with UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 6 August.

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot, during the session of Looking to the Future-The Epidemic in 2031 and New Directions in AIDS Research that took place at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 6 August.

Dr. Anthony Fauci Director, National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health at the session of Looking to the Future-The Epidemic in 2031 and New Directions in AIDS Research in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 6 August.

Richard Horton, M.B., B.S., B.Sc., F.R.C.P. Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet at the session of Looking to the Future-The Epidemic in 2031 and New Directions in AIDS Research in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 6 August.

Frika Chia Iskandar Advisor Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (APN+) Indonesia at the session of Looking to the Future-The Epidemic in 2031 and New Directions in AIDS Research in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 6 August.

Vuyiseka Dubula General Secretary Treatment Action Campaign in South Africa at the session of Looking to the Future-The Epidemic in 2031 and New Directions in AIDS Research in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 6 August.

Mark Harrington Executive Director Treatment Action Group United States at the session of Looking to the Future-The Epidemic in 2031 and New Directions in AIDS Research in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 6 August.

UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Michel Sidibe addresses the audience at the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS. At the panel from left to right, Jim Yong Kim, Nathan Nshakira, Jerker Edstron, Lorraine Sherr, Anges Binagwaho and Peter Bell in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 6 August.

UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Michel Sidibe addresses the audience at the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 6 August.

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot in the Human rights and HIV Forum at the Global Village in which participated as well Mary Robinson, Emilio Alvarez Icaza, Craig McClure, and activists of diverse defending countries in human rights at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 7 August.

Mary Robinson talking to the audience of the Human rights and HIV Forum at the Global Village in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 7 August.

Craig McClure's intervention in the Human rights and HIV Forum at the Global Village in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 7 August.

(L to R)  Lucy Chesire, Vuyiseka Dubule, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Michel Sidibe and Dr. Jim Kimin at the TB and HIV press conference that was held on 7 August in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.

UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Michel Sidibe's intervention at the TB and HIV press conference that was held on 7 August in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. .

UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Michel Sidibe participated in an encounter with women at the Globlal Village in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 7 August.

UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Michel Sidibe addresses the audience in an encounter with women at the Globlal Village of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 7 August.

The session of the Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA)took place on 7 August, in which the Ford Foundation, the Gates Foundation and the Kaiser Foundation participated in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot addresses the audience of the FCAA session on 7 August in the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.

The XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City has come to an end on 8 August.

Official closing ceremony of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on 8 August; the representative symbol was given to the Austrian embassy, country where the next meeting will take place.