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- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
- Reducing sexual transmission
- Preventing HIV among drug users
- Eliminating new HIV infections among children
- 15 million accessing treatment
- Avoiding TB deaths
- Closing the resource gap
- Eliminating gender inequalities
- Eliminating stigma and discrimination
- Eliminating travel restrictions
- Strengthening HIV integration
- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
UNAIDS Executive Director speeches
- Getting to zero: Time to shape our destiny: Speech by UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé on the occasion of the 29th Meeting of the Programme Coordinating Board, 13 December 2011
- Let us all be proud. A year ago, skeptics said that getting to zero was just a slogan. But countries, partners and people around the world have embraced the vision and are now working to translate it into reality. Our vision of zero has truly come to life and grown legs.
- ICASA 2011 Opening Address by Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS: Africa’s AIDS Response at the Crossroads: A Make or Break Moment
- The AIDS movement in Africa is a powerful story of people breaking the conspiracy of silence surrounding this epidemic and demanding equity and dignity. We have seen unprecedented progress that must be sustained and enhanced. But we are at a "make or break" point. If we accept the status quo, we will forsake the 9 million people in low- and middle-income countries still waiting for HIV treatment. Our collective failure to meet this challenge will mean more deaths, more orphans and more new infections.
- UNAIDS Executive Director’s World AIDS Day 2011 message
- Never before in the history of AIDS have we reached a moment where we are able to stand up and say with conviction the end of AIDS is in sight. It has been a year of achievements, of collective action, of resilience and of courage. In spite of the economic downturn that has stretched the AIDS response to its limits, millions of lives have been saved, as HIV treatment and prevention efforts continue to show results.
- UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech: Taking stock: AIDS, TRIPS and global health after Doha.
- Today, 10 years after DOHA, it is time to take stock of what TRIPS has brought to the global public health debate, and how it has helped us to transform, or not. This is also a key opportunity to think about what should come next. AIDS is a good entry point for this discussion. It shows us the possibilities of TRIPS, but also the limitations.
- UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech: Shaping the destiny of the AIDS epidemic
- We have to remember, we have been talking about HIV prevention in Germany for a very long time. You have been at the forefront, and have helped to change completely the nature of the response. I want to thank you for helping us to shape our strategies against this epidemic. So it is fitting that we are in Germany today to launch this 2011 UNAIDS World AIDS Day Report—30 years after the first days of AIDS.
- UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech at the Opening of the MDG 6 Forum in Moscow
- This region is experiencing a level of economic growth that no one could have predicted even 12 to 15 years ago. This change is calling for a new kind of global governance, which must be undertaken with a spirit that will help us to share responsibility; to build on our shared values. This means protecting people—making sure that the rights of those who need services will not be marginalized or neglected.
- American-African partnerships are rewriting the future of HIV: African Renaissance conference, New York
- The partnerships being built between Africa and the Diaspora can make a big difference in two key dimensions: forging closer ties between America and Africa, and promoting sustainable human development. The AIDS movement is looking to American leaders forging partnerships with Africa to help us build momentum. As university presidents, elected officials and leaders in the arts, culture and civil society, we need you to play key roles in helping us reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, and ultimately, UNAIDS’ vision of the "three zeroes."
- Building HIV-NCD connections for healthy women and girls: First Ladies’ side event at the UN High Level meeting on Non-communicable disease
- The lessons we have learned from 30 years of responding to AIDS can be readily applied to pushing the NCD agenda forward. If the women leaders assembled here today can mobilize the same energy, commitment and perseverance that you have demonstrated in the AIDS response, then we will deliver life-changing results for women, girls and the future of NCDs.
- Speech by Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, on the occasion of the Bush Institute Summit to Save Lives, Washington, D.C., 13 September 2011
- It is time for the AIDS response to bridge the gap with the movement for the fight against women's cancer. The alliance between HIV and women’s heath has unlimited potential and will resonate across the world. This Pink Ribbon-Red Ribbon coalition will prevent much suffering and many deaths.
- Executive Director’s Speech at the 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
- Let us remember, eight years ago, strategists were predicting a devastating “second wave” of the HIV pandemic would sweep across Asia. By 2010, they said, India would have the highest number of infections in the world. Fifteen million would be infected in China. HIV would spread rapidly through the general population and millions would die. But there was no wave.
- The time has come for universal access to science
- It is morally wrong to make a mother choose between treatment for herself and treatment for her newborn. It is morally wrong that people should be dying of AIDS when treatment is available. It is morally wrong that babies are still being born with HIV when we know how to prevent it. It is morally wrong that children are still growing up as AIDS orphans.
- UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech at the first Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Health
- Through this transition, the five BRICS countries are bringing a new voice, a new perspective and new solutions to today’s global challenges. It is a voice with incredible economic, technological and innovative strength behind it, and at the same time, a voice intimately connected to the needs and interests of the developing world.
- A Game-Changing Moment – Speech by UNAIDS Executive Director to the 28th Programme Coordinating Board
- Since we last met in December, together we have: Launched a new investment approach for an effective response to HIV; Renewed the global commitment to universal access; Mobilized the contributions of key partners for their engagement in the High Level Meeting and beyond; Supported a highly successful 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS and a groundbreaking new Political Declaration; Continued progress on implementing internal reforms at UNAIDS; Finalized a visionary budget that will enable UNAIDS to deliver bold results.
- UNAIDS Executive Director's Speech on the occasion of the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS
- Over the past 30 years, AIDS has forged a new social compact between the global North and South. We have mobilized unprecedented resources with your leadership, and we managed to produce life-saving results for people.
- UNAIDS Executive Director's Speech at the United Nations Security Council: Impact of the AIDS Epidemic on International Peace and Security
- We are convinced that fresh political commitments around this new resolution will enable the UN to effectively contribute to the efforts of Member States to address the impact of AIDS on peace and security. In so doing, Member States will also be encouraged strengthen their response AIDS in National Strategic Plans, and put into place appropriate strategies, policies, capacities and resources.