From 31 May to 2 June 2006, national delegations led by Heads of State/Government or Ministers, representatives from UN organizations, civil society (including young people) and the private sector gathered at United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ) for the 2006 High-Level Meeting on AIDS. The meeting was held to review progress in implementing the ‘Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS’, the blueprint for global action on AIDS that was adopted at the 2001 UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS. The summit consists of plenary meetings, a civil society hearing, panel discussions and round tables, as well as substantive side events. The summit ended with the adoption of a political declaration re-affirming member States’ commitment to the full implementation of the Declaration.

2006 High Level Meeting on AIDS official website
(http://www.un.org/ga/aidsmeeting2006/)

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UNAIDS/J. Rae
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UN Photo/Ryan Brown
UN Photo/Mark Garten

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UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

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© UNICEF/HQ06-0599/Susan Markisz
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1st Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference, Moscow, Russian Federation, 15-17 May 2006 (EECAAC)

Photographs: UNAIDS/Ilya Devin

Abuja Nigeria, 4 May 2006

Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS joined African leaders and Heads of State in Abuja, Nigeria at the Special Summit of African Union on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to address the challenges posed by the three main causes of morbidity and mortality in Africa.

Feature story
New African resolve to combat AIDS, TB and Malaria
(www.unaids.org/en/Resources/PressCentre/Featurestories/2006/May/2006050…)
8 May 2006

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Sunday Aghaeze
UNAIDS/Mudi Yahaya

Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director joined African leaders and Heads of State in Abuja, Nigeria at the Special Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to address the challenges posed by the three main causes of morbidity and mortality in Africa. The Summit was organized by the African Union in collaboration with UN Agencies and other development partners, and at the invitation of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.

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8 May 2006

Photographs: UNAIDS/Mudi Yahaya

Newly appointed UNAIDS Special Representative, Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, today visited UNAIDS to learn more about the programme’s work and meet with its Executive Director, Dr Peter Piot. During her visit, she also met with UNAIDS officials and representatives from the UN+ (UN System HIV-Positive Staff Group), a recently formed group of people living with HIV working in the United Nations system.

26 April 2006
Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway and Debbie Landey, Deputy Executive Director UNAIDS, met with representatives from YWCA and students from the International School Geneva.

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Crown Princess Mette–Marit meets UNAIDS staff and UN positive group
(http://www.unaids.org/en/Resources/PressCentre/Featurestories/2006/Apri…)

Photographs: UNAIDS/O. O'Hanlon

On the 7 March, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Majority Leader William H. Frist, M.D. hosted a reception on Capitol Hill to recognize the work of UNAIDS as it marks its 10th anniversary. Leaders in the AIDS response joined the senators, including: Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, US Global AIDS Coordinator, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Terje Anderson, former Executive Director, National Association of People Living with AIDS (NAPWA), Mary Fisher, The Mary Fisher CARE Fund & Global Coalition on Women and AIDS.

Dr Peter Piot stresses importance of continued commitment for a sustainable AIDS response