United to end AIDS
The 2026 United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (HLM) will take place in New York from 22-23 June under the theme United to end AIDS. It will include plenary sessions, a general debate, thematic panels and side events. The opening session will feature interventions by the United Nations Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly, the UNAIDS Executive Director, a person living with HIV and other relevant voices.
A key part of the process supporting the HLM is the Multistakeholder Hearing (MSH), organized by the President of the General Assembly with support from a Multistakeholder Task Force (MSTF) facilitated by UNAIDS. The MSTF, comprising civil society, private sector, and community representatives, including people living with HIV—helps shape the priorities of, and ensures inclusive participation in, the development of the Political Declaration.
The HLM culminates in the adoption of a new Political Declaration that includes updated global targets and a framework for sustaining the response for years to come.
Each HLM is a critical moment for countries to renew their political commitment to ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, to ensure the HIV response remains visible and well-resourced and to reinforce the UN’s unique and essential leadership role in the global response to AIDS.
The 2026 HLM is particularly significant given the shifts in the global political context - including intensified pressures on multilateralism, an evolving donor landscape and game-changing, new opportunities in HIV prevention and treatment.
Ending AIDS is achievable. The world has the science, medicines and resources. What determines ultimate success is the continued ability to ensure global accountability, shared targets, trusted data and collective review of progress against HIV.
Today, UNAIDS is the UN platform that delivers that accountability.
The 2026 High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS represents a decisive political moment. Important gains have been made, but progress is uneven and increasingly under threat.
Failure to sustain momentum risks reversing progress, which would cost millions of lives and significantly increase future costs for the HIV response.
At a time of growing global uncertainty, the 2026 HLM is essential for reaffirming the world’s collective commitment to ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.