We applaud the President of the UN General Assembly for the opportunity to join Member States, representatives from civil society, communities living with and affected by HIV, the academic and scientific community and many others in these critical and focused dialogues leading into the High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS (HLM). We strongly urge continued active and substantive engagement with civil society and communities living with and affected by HIV throughout the process leading upto June’s HLM and beyond. With our post-2015 global development framework squarely in place, it is now critical that the international community reaffirm its commitment to end HIV as a public health threat by 2030. … Read more
Post-2015 Development Agenda
26 June 2013 This statement is made on behalf of a loose coalition of NGO Observers including the Stop AIDS Alliance, Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundations and the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance: We acknowledge UNAIDS’ role thus far in positioning HIV within the post-2015 framework, including the work of this PCB’s working group, and we echo the call from India this morning that HIV have its own goal in the post-2015 agenda. And we look forward to working alongside the members of the UNAIDS and Lancet Commission to produce strong outcomes that provide new momentum and insights to realizing the dream of an AIDS-free generation. … Read more