Speeches
Putting Eastern Europe and Central...
This conference is coming at a transformative moment. It is the first AIDS conference in EECA...
Universal Health Coverage—Leaving...
It is timely and topical that we are here in Bangkok, at the dawn of a new era in development,...
PCB-37 - UNAIDS Executive Director'...
This 37th meeting of the PCB comes at a critical moment in our history—and for our future. It is...
Tackling inequalities, empowering...
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, UNAIDS welcomes the historic adoption of ‘Transforming our...
UNAIDS Executive Director's report...
2015 finds us at a true turning point in development—how it is debated and how it is practiced....
Reviewing progress made in the...
This statement is on behalf of the Secretariat and the cosponsors of the Joint United Nations...
Executive Director's Report - Down...
My friends, we must continue to collectively reflect on how we can become more fit for purpose...
UNAIDS Executive Director's World...
On World AIDS Day 2014, it is time to redouble our efforts, to fast-track our actions and close...
90-90-90: A transformative agenda...
This bold new set of targets, 90-90-90, will do more than reduce new HIV infections and AIDS-...
Speech by Michel Sidibé, Executive...
Today we can tell the world that soon there will be more African children born with AIDS. There...
Leveraging the new realities of...
Mobilizing resources for global health only from the outside is a trap, and it will fail. There...
Fourth Conference on HIV/AIDS in...
I call on conference participants to adopt a bold, visionary conference declaration that answers...
La réponse au VIH/sida : un modèle...
Au-delà de la langue qui nous unit ce soir, je crois que ce que nous véhiculons ensemble ce sont...
Global Ambassadors Sports for...
Sports is the great equalizer of humankind—uniting rich and poor, young and old, majority and...
Turning audacity into action:...
When we talk about the social drivers and the structural dimensions of poverty, I always think...
Executive Director’s report to 33rd...
Ending AIDS will be a global achievement of historic dimensions. Not only will millions of lives...
Summon the Courage to Change the...
We need to be courageous enough confront society’s wrongs. It is unacceptable that women and...
Now more than ever: Targeting zero...
Africa is changing! This change is visible in economics and in the increasing world interest for...
Opening address at the 11th...
Let us stimulate a reenergized movement which, together with the International AIDS Conference...
33ème Congrès des Maires...
Les maires francophones constituent le dernier rempart contre l’exclusion. Plus que n’importe...
Reaching Zero: Translating...
Today, we can say that treatment is possible, people are living better quality lives and we are...
Women’s and girls’ health needs a...
We cannot afford to have a woman coming into a health-care facility for TB screening one day,...
Linking HIV and women’s human rights
Clearly, HIV is much more than a health issue: it is a development issue, a human rights issue,...
The courage to shape a new era of...
This Commission was formed at a historic moment. A moment when people—especially young people—...
Women will transform post-2015...
What we need is a social revolution. First, we must give women and girls the power to protect...
"From AIDS to Sustainable Health:...
This PCB could not be more timely. We have less than 1000 days to report on our progress to...
The end of AIDS begins in the...
This campaign, VCT@Work is not just an initiative that will bring...
Speech by Ms. Jantine Jacobi, Chief...
To help measure progress on gender equality and HIV, a global indicator on “prevalence of recent...
Concluding remarks by the Deputy...
The consultation has provided an opportunity to reflect on the extent to which the UBRAF has...
Speech by UNAIDS Executive Director...
It was people living with HIV, those affected, who turned everything around in this epidemic....
"Promoting empowerment of people in...
UNAIDS would like to call on all stakeholders to further strengthen efforts to eliminate all...
Speech by UNAIDS Executive Director...
Ladies and gentlemen, dear participants: This Pan-African Youth Summit is extremely timely. It...
"Unprecedented progress, but AIDS...
Dear friends, we are seeing sustained progress. We are quickening the pace of action. But we...
UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director's...
The AIDS response can be a catalyst for broader health, human rights and development outcomes,...
UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech...
The PEPFAR Blueprint for an AIDS-free generation is not just another plan. It is a clear,...
UNAIDS Executive Director’s...
Today, the dialogue on AIDS has shifted from applauding incremental scale-up to expressing a...
Opening remarks by UNAIDS Executive...
Mr President, as Chairperson of the African Union, you have made it a priority for Africa to...
UNAIDS Executive Director’s opening...
Our Journey to Zero: A New Era to Leverage Opportunities and Share Responsibility
"Crossing the final frontiers on...
There will be unforeseen obstacles, but it is very clear that we have started on the road to...
UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech...
Aujourd’hui je voudrais vous dire que la Francophonie ne constitue pas seulement un outil...
"Getting to zero demands compassion...
It is so critical that people are not excluded from our response because of their HIV status,...
"Getting to zero is a journey to...
UNAIDS’ vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths is...
Statement to the Fifty-sixth...
This statement is on behalf of the Secretariat and all cosponsors of the Joint United Nations...
UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech...
Almost 30 years after the first cases of AIDS, the law is still being used to criminalize the...
"AIDS Dependency Crisis: Sourcing...
National leaders have made progress on AIDS a defining legacy of their commitment to their own...
Getting to zero: Time to shape our...
Let us all be proud. A year ago, skeptics said that getting to zero was just a slogan. But...
ICASA 2011 Opening Address by...
The AIDS movement in Africa is a powerful story of people breaking the conspiracy of silence...
Speech by Jan Beagle, UNAIDS Deputy...
We work with communities at all levels: country, regional and global. UNAIDS is the only UN...
UN Secretary-General's Message on...
Heading into the fourth decade of AIDS, we are finally in a position to end the epidemic. The...
UNAIDS Executive Director’s World...
Never before in the history of AIDS have we reached a moment where we are able to stand up and...
UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech...
Today, 10 years after DOHA, it is time to take stock of what TRIPS has brought to the global...
UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech...
We have to remember, we have been talking about HIV prevention in Germany for a very long time....
UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech...
This region is experiencing a level of economic growth that no one could have predicted even 12...
American-African partnerships are...
The partnerships being built between Africa and the Diaspora can make a big difference in two...
Building HIV-NCD connections for...
The lessons we have learned from 30 years of responding to AIDS can be readily applied to...
Speech by Michel Sidibé, Executive...
It is time for the AIDS response to bridge the gap with the movement for the fight against women...
Executive Director’s Speech at the...
Let us remember, eight years ago, strategists were predicting a devastating “second wave” of the...
The time has come for universal...
It is morally wrong to make a mother choose between treatment for herself and treatment for her...
UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech...
Through this transition, the five BRICS countries are bringing a new voice, a new perspective...
A Game-Changing Moment – Speech by...
Since we last met in December, together we have: Launched a new investment approach for an...
UNAIDS Executive Director's Speech...
Over the past 30 years, AIDS has forged a new social compact between the global North and South...
UNAIDS Executive Director's Speech...
We are convinced that fresh political commitments around this new resolution will enable the UN...
Address by Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS...
Funding sustainable health care is a moral obligation, a right not a luxury. In this, the faith...
Waking the Lion: Development...
African countries have learned that investing in AIDS is not only the right thing to do, it is...
UNAIDS Executive Director's Speech...
To be a partner for women and girls against violence and injustice, you do not have to be...
Ninth General Assembly of the...
I am honoured to be here today, and I thank you for your warm welcome. I want to begin by...
Partners in Treatment
I deeply appreciate UNIDO’s leadership on the link between industrial development and public...
Tenth annual general meeting of the...
It is a pleasure to be here in St. Maarten, at this timely and important point in PANCAP’s...
Launch of the Agenda for...
Like your diamonds, they are precious. And like diamonds, they are unbelievably strong. They are...
Advance global health: achieve the...
NGOs tackle the work that governments will not do, cannot do, or dont do well. UNAIDS Executive...
UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech...
We meet at a moment in time when the AIDS response is at a crossroads. We have achieved some...
A lighthouse in the Pacific
Papua New Guinea is a rich in culture, diversity, natural beauty and history. But it has the...
HIV in cities of the 21st century:...
At the end of the 18th century, a British economist named Thomas Malthus predicted that...
By Women, For Women
Speech by: Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS. Date: 27 July 2010 Place: Kampala,...
Speech to opening of AIDS 2010 by...
Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS. Opening Session of XVIII International AIDS...
Speech by Jan Beagle ILO Workplace...
The role of the workplace in providing universal access to prevention, treatment, care and...
Delivering Results in...
Speech to the 26th Meeting of the Programme Coordinating Board. Conditions are in flux around...
Speech by UNAIDS Deputy Executive...
Speech by UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director for Management and External Relations on occasion of...
Address by UNAIDS Executive...
For decades it has been clear that globalization demands concerted and collective responses to...
Golden moment: Speech by UNAIDS...
To launch a new national testing campaign UNAIDS Executive Director joined South Africa’s...
UNAIDS Executive Director's speech...
BY: Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS DATE: 28 March 2010 PLACE: Bangkok, Thailand...
Michel Sidibé Speech to Religious...
Good morning, Your Holinesses, Eminences, Excellencies, colleagues and friends. I am so grateful...
Launch of the Report of the...
The Pacific regions response to the AIDS epidemic is as uneven as its economic growth and...
Speech by UNAIDS Executive Director...
In much of the world, the HIV epidemic among drug users is long-standing. But in some places it...
International Women’s Day 2010...
Geneva, 8 March, 2010 – I pay tribute to women all over the world who have tirelessly supported...
Speech by UNAIDS Executive Director...
AIDS at the Tipping Point: Herculean challenges; Olympian benefits. The Olympic spirit we have...
Beautiful Music: Bringing Africa’s...
Speech delivered by the Executive Director at the Special Meeting of an Extended Technical...
Families on the Front Line of AIDS
Good morning. I am truly honored to be with you at this important gathering of minds. This...
Taking Kenya’s AIDS Response to the...
Speech by: Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS DATE: 12 January, 2010 PLACE: KICC...