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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New African resolve to combat AIDS, TB and Malariahttp://cmsnew.unaids.org/terminalfour/SiteManager?ctfn=content&fnno=30&…
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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

On the conclusion of their joint AIDS mission to Tanzania to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges AIDS poses for children and young people and the country’s AIDS response to date, UNAIDS/UNICEF Special Representative for Children and AIDS Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Belgium, the Executive Director of UNICEF, Ms Ann Veneman and the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Dr Peter Piot, today encouraged greater action to support children and young people in Tanzania in the AIDS response.

During the three-day visit to Tanzania, the high-level delegation met with the Tanzanian President and First Lady, government officials, the donor community, children orphaned by AIDS, and people living with HIV. They visited community-based programmes that provide care and support to children and young people living with HIV, as well as prevention services, including HIV testing and counselling.

The visit aimed to assess the situation of children and AIDS in the country as part of the UN-wide campaign on children and AIDS: “Unite for Children – Unite Against AIDS”. HRH Princess Mathilde was appointed as UNAIDS/UNICEF Special Representative for Children and AIDS in 2005 and this is her first country visit in this capacity.

Feature story: UNAIDS and partners launch ‘living positively’ book in Tanzania (http://www.unaids.org/en/Resources/PressCentre/Featurestories/2006/Febr…)

Photograph: UNAIDS/Emmanuel Kwitema

Read more on Mission to Rwanda: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/rwanda_31039.html

Photographs: UNAIDS/Riccardo Gangale

Kigali, 13 February 2006
Photos: UNAIDS/Riccardo Gangale

Feature story
AIDS mission to Rwanda to discuss coordination, next steps in AIDS response
(http://www.unaids.org/en/Resources/PressCentre/Featurestories/2006/Febr…)

Photos: UNAIDS/Riccardo Gangale