GCWA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL DINNER

Speech by Deborah Landey, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, at the Global Coalition on Women AIDS Leadership Council on 6 June 2006 in Canada.

Confronting Health Threats: Lessons Learned from the Global AIDS Response, Meeting on the Future of Europe, European Academy of the Yust Foundation. Yuste, 19 June 2006

Speech by Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director to the 18th Meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, Geneva.

I am sure that this year will be remembered as one of the most significant in the history of the epidemic. For the first time, the global perspective joins care for those infected to the task of ensuring those not infected remain so. It is a year when resources are coming, and when political leadership is at unprecedented levels. The UN General Assembly Special Session on AIDS will be one of its high points.

Religious organizations have a long history of activism on social justice issues, and you have standing to speak the world about the moral challenges of our time, including AIDS. Your organizations are also among the biggest service providers in the global AIDS response, delivering a substantial share of AIDS related care in many of the most heavily affected countries.

Vice President Li Junru, distinguished guests, dear friends, good evening. I am deeply honoured to address the Central Party School, and warmly thank Vice President Li Junru for inviting me here. It is a moving moment to address current and future leaders of the country.