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- Reducing sexual transmission
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- 15 million accessing treatment
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- Eliminating gender inequalities
- Eliminating stigma and discrimination
- Eliminating travel restrictions
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- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
UNAIDS Executive Director speeches
- Speech by Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, UNAIDS to Opening of the Global Symposium: Engaging Men and Boys in Achieving Gender Equality
- Pot-banging for gender equality and universal access: scaling up our engagement with men and boys
- "The next five years together: HIV and TB" - Speech by UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé
- UNAIDS Executive Director addresses closing of Stop TB Partners Forum
- "AIDS and gender equality: a time for new paradigms" - Speech by Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director - Opening of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 53rd Session, 2 March 2009
- It troubles me greatly to say that caring societies are in recession. We are bombarded with news and reports of increasingly terrible acts perpetuated on women. In South Africa according the Medical Research Council of Cape Town University, one in four women report being abused by an intimate partner – and every six hours a woman is killed. In the UK according to the British Crime Survey, a reported 80,000 women suffer rape every year2. Research from a number of countries confirms what seems common sense: there is a strong relationship between intimate partner violence and HIV status.
- "Why we need harm reduction to reach universal access goals" - Speech by Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, 28 January 2009.
- I am deeply honored and privileged to join you for this important meeting for three reasons: First, we are witnessing a revolution in practice—a revolution which brings altogether users and ex-users, human rights advocates, public health practitioners and of course those who have the financial resources to make a difference—to address a pressing problem for which there are straight-forward evidence-informed solutions.
- Speech by, Mr Michel Sidibé who was appointed the new UNAIDS executive director taking effect January 1, 2009. Geneva, 16 December 2008
- 23rd meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board
- Speech by UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot to PCB, 16 December 2008.
- As everybody knows this is my last PCB meeting. It’s therefore with mixed feelings that I am addressing you. Rather than give you my usual report on the work of UNAIDS since the last since the last PCB meeting, I’d like to share some reflections on the past and future of UNAIDS and the aids response. I’m afraid I will be a bit longer than usual.
- Speech by Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director, Opening of 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa, Dakar, 3 December 2008
- I arrived here yesterday from South Africa, where I saw very positive signs of strong new leadership on AIDS. The National AIDS Council has a clear agenda, and it is good to see government and civil society really rallying together to achieve this.
- Speech by Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director, World AIDS Day event, Durban, 1 December 2008
- My friends - it is an honour and a pleasure to be with you here in Durban on World AIDS Day. We are here because we have reasons to celebrate and causes for concern. Last time I spoke in this stadium was in 2000, at the 13th International AIDS Conference. I will never forget seeing small, frail Nkosi Johnson standing on this stage, nor the bold words he spoke.
- Remarks by UN Secretary-General at Doha, World AIDS Day 2008
- I welcome this opportunity to mark World AIDS Day here in Doha at this important conference.
- “Challenges in combating the HIV epidemic, combination prevention and the need for new prevention tools” Speech by Michel Sidibe, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, UK Department for International Development: London, 4 November 2008
- Thank you ladies and gentlemen, for the opportunity to join you today during this vital discussion. First, let me congratulate Gareth Thomas and DFID for assembling such a formidable range of actors to address new prevention technologies. I note that we see today both the leading technical experts as well as politicians: every innovator knows that the best brains in the world are not enough – we need the resources, communication and politics to put new ideas into practice.
- Speech by Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director, Tsinghua University, Omnicom building, Beijing, 17 September 2008
- Thank you for inviting me to join you here today. It is an honour and a privilege to have this opportunity to speak at Tsinghua University. Every time I come to China I hear more and more about this prestigious university’s pioneering approach to tackling AIDS. The Comprehensive AIDS Research Centre of Tsinghua University is a real leader in the vital field of examining societal drivers behind the epidemic, and developing innovative strategies to counter them. The world needs more centres like this one! The partnership with Omnicom brings together one of China’s most famous universities with one of the world’s top media companies – a partnership that highlights the increasingly critical role that communications plays in the modern world.
- “The globalization of risks: the case of AIDS”: Lecture by Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director to Central Party School, Beijing, 17 September 2008
- I am deeply honored to address the Central Party School and thank Vice President Li Junru for inviting me to join you this afternoon to talk about AIDS. I want to start by commending the School for its AIDS programme. Your achievements in integrating AIDS education into your curriculum and using distance learning methodologies to disseminate them are remarkable.
- Presentation by Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director, Tsinghua University, Omnicom building, Beijing, 17 September 2008
- Presentation by Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director, Tsinghua University, Omnicom building, Beijing, 17 September 2008
- Speech by Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director at the opening of the XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico. Mexico City, 3 August 2008
- This conference takes place as we enter a new phase in confronting aids. A new phase because we now have results on a large scale. For the first time, fewer people are dying of aids and fewer people are becoming infected with HIV. For the first time we have empirical evidence that our brilliant coalition can move mountains. A unique and diverse coalition present here in this auditorium. This is cause for encouragement. But not cause for complacency, nor for declaring victory.
- Speech at the 5th meeting of the Regional Coalition of First Ladies and Women Leaders of Latin America on Women and AIDS, Mexico City, 2 August 2008
- Over the years, we have seen how vital leadership is in the fight against AIDS. So I’m particularly pleased that this Coalition brings together two kinds of leaders: women leaders in the AIDS response (including women living with HIV) and women leaders in the political arena. Your Coalition has become a rallying point for women across the region to make their voices heard. In the course of the coming week, we must make sure that women remain at the centre of the proceedings of this International AIDS Conference.