On behalf of the UN family, I am deeply honoured to launch the 2005 update on the global AIDS epidemic, a joint report of UNAIDS and WHO, from this great institution of democracy, India’s Parliament.

Distinguished guests, colleagues and friends, good morning. I thank the local organizing committee of the 8th ICAAP for this opportunity to stand before you once again and to look at how we are progressing after the Kobe ICAAP.Meeting two years after the Kobe Conference presents a good opportunity to take stock of the situation and to look ahead at the enormous challenges we are facing in the region in combating the AIDS epidemic.

I am grateful for this opportunity to help launch this comprehensive report. As Secretary-General and as an Asian, I am particularly moved to have this chance to contribute to a full and honest discussion about the epidemic in Asia -- a discussion which has not always been forthright or open enough in the past.

En 2007, los avances en la metodología de estimación

The report documents considerable progress in many countries in addressing their national epidemics. A six fold increase in financing for HIV programmes in low- and middle-income countries 2001–2007 is beginning to bear fruit, as gains in lowering the number of AIDS deaths and preventing new infections are apparent in many countries. Progress remainsuneven, however, and the epidemic’s future is still uncertain, underscoring the need for intensified action to move towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.

Perspectivas del sida/09 es un nuevo informe del ONUSIDA que brinda un panorama de algunos de los problemas más apremiantes que deberán hacer frente los responsables de

La Situación de la epidemia de sida informa anualmente de la evolución de la epidemia. La edición correspondiente a 2008, acompañada de mapas y resúmenes regionales, proporciona las estimaciones más recientes del alcance de la epidemia y de la mortalidad que causa y examina las nuevas tendencias en su evolución.

En 2007, los avances en la metodología de estimación

The report documents considerable progress in many countries in addressing their national epidemics. A six fold increase in financing for HIV programmes in low- and middle-income countries 2001–2007 is beginning to bear fruit, as gains in lowering the number of AIDS deaths and preventing new infections are apparent in many countries. Progress remainsuneven, however, and the epidemic’s future is still uncertain, underscoring the need for intensified action to move towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.

Perspectivas del sida/09 es un nuevo informe del ONUSIDA que brinda un panorama de algunos de los problemas más apremiantes que deberán hacer frente los responsables de