At an informal briefing on women and AIDS and girls' education for spouses of heads of state attending the 2005 World Summit, the Executive Director of UNAIDS launched "Educate girls, fight AIDS", a new issues brief produced by the UNAIDS-led Global Coalition on Women and AIDS.

In Brazil from 25-28 July, UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot attended the 3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, held in Rio de Janeiro, where he was invited to deliver the Special Lecture at the conference closing on 27 July. Dr Piot also met with Brazilian government officials, including the newly appointed Minister of Health Saraiva Felipe, and visited community-based projects.

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot briefs the United Nations Security Council, New York, 18 July 2005.

Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS, addresses the opening of the 7th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), where UNAIDS launched a new report: 'A Scaled Up Response to AIDS in Asia and Pacific'.

In Beijing from 12-16 June, UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot met with Premier Web Jiabao and other Chinese leaders. He also addressed students and faculty at the Health Science Center of Beijing University and at China's Central Party School.

Dr Peter Piot, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, travelled with US Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Randall Tobias on a joint three-day mission to the southwestern province of Yunnan in China from 8-10 June. View photos.

Following the Yunnan mission, Dr Piot visited the Chinese capital of Beijing, from 12-16 June, where he met with Premier Web Jiabao and other leaders. He also addressed students and faculty at the Health Science Center of Beijing University and at China's Central Party School. View photos.

UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot addresses the High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS of the 59th Session of the United Nations General Assembly held at UN headquarters in New York on 2 June 2005.

HRH Princess Mathilde of Belgium (second from right), together with (from left) Rector Francis Van loon, UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy, and UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot, following announcement of HRH as children and AIDS special representative.

Leaders from Norway, UK, Sweden, UNAIDS and the World Bank were in Mozambique on 22-23 March, where they met with representatives of the government, civil society, UN and donor agencies to explore ways to improve donor harmonization at all levels, and in particular in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

Members of the delegation included: Hilde Johnson, Norwegian Minister of International Development; Gobind Nankani, Vice-President for Africa, World Bank; Suma Chakrabarti, Permanent Secretary, Department for International Development (DfID); Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations; and Ruth Jacoby, Director General for Development Cooperation at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

While in Swaziland, UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot visited the Mambatfweni community in Nhlambeni. The community comprises a number of integrated AIDS projects including Neighbourhood Care Points, which provide vulnerable children with daily hot meals, the chance to play with other children, as well as education and psychosocial support; indlunkhulu fields, where food is grown on land allocated by the Chief for orphaned and vulnerable children in the chiefdom; and a number of support programmes for People Living with HIV and AIDS.