High Level Meeting (HLM)
2011
Dawn Foderingham
Regional Progamme Advisor
UNAIDS Regional Support Team
United Nations General Assembly
Special Session (UNGASS) 2001
 Declaration of Commitment
 Member States/Governments made a series of timebound commitments to expand efforts to address HIV
 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
United Nations General Assembly
Special Session (UNGASS) 2006
 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS
 Governments made historic commitment at the United
Nations to scale up dramatically the AIDS response
 Countries committed to provide Universal Access (UA) to
HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services to
all those in need by 2010
Universal Access (UA) in 2010
 Universal Access remains a fundamental priority
 Call for UA review, building on UNGASS country data to:
Analyse UA achievements to date
What is required to achieve the targets set
‘Know your epidemic and know your response’ analyse data about who becomes infected and how
those populations have changed
Define strategies to accelerate progress
UA Country Reviews
UNAIDS supported UA Reviews in 117 countries
 Notable
progress
achieved
in
transmission and provision of ARVs
mother-to-child
 Insufficient progress in social determinants of HIV
vulnerability – Stigma/Gender/Punitive laws/KAPs
Towards UN General Assembly
8 – 10 June 2011
 United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting
(HLM) on AIDS
 Review the 2001 and 2006 Declarations
 Redouble commitment to the AIDS Response
 UNGASS + 10 years and Universal Access + 5 years
UA Regional Reviews 2011
UNAIDS supports UA Regional Reviews
 Six Regional Consultations
 2 Sub Regional Consultations (WCA/ESA)
 UA Stock-taking report produced by UNAIDS
 UA report contributes to Secretary General’s Progress
Report to UN General Assembly
Steps towards UN General Assembly
June 2011
 Regional Hearings of Global Commission on HIV and the
Law
 Civil Society Hearing 8 April 2011
 Global Youth Summit Bamako, Mali. 27 April 2011 (tbc)
 High Level Meeting June 2011
2011 UA Road Map:
Draft Outline
of SG
Report
Final SG
Report
Global
AIDS
Report
AIDS +30
UNGASS +10
UA +5
AIDS + MDGs
GA Meeting
Final
Stocktaking
Report on
UA
Draft Stocktaking
Report Outreach
w/ Stakeholders
UA
Country
Analysis /
Synthesis
1st CSTF
Meeting /
Interactive
Dialogue UN
2nd Civil
Society Task
Force
Meeting
Outcome Document Negotiations
Dec 2010
Jan 2011
Feb 2011
Mar 2011
May 2011
Apr 2011
Jun 2011
Jun 2011
Nov 2010
UA Latin
America
Regional
Consultation
Prevention
Commission
Declaration
HIV & Law Comm.
1st Regional
Dialogue, Bangkok
UA
UA EECA
Caribbean
Regional
Follow-up
Consultation
Consultation
UA Asia
Pacific
Regional
Consultatioin
UA African
Regional
Consultation
HIV & Law
Commission
Recommendations
Dec 2011
Engagement of Young People in key events 2011
UNAIDS theme:- New Generation Leadership
AU Summit on Youth & Devt., July
Outcome document
(Selected YP from the Africa region who
participated in the below events)
High Level Meeting, June
Civil Society
Task Force
(Ajay Kumar Uprety, GYCA,
Nepal has been selected to
represent youth networks;
to be linked with the UA and
Mali Youth Summit)
(Selected YP who participated in Mali &
commission meeting)
Outcome document
Prevention Commission, May
(Selected YP who participated in Mali)
Global Youth Summit, Mali, April
(100 young people including YP
from the UA consultations)
Call for action
AU African Youth Forum, April
(YP from the Africa regions)
Civil Society hearing, April
(YP from regions and global)
Young People to
contribute and
influence the outcome
document for
the HLM
Regional UA Consultations
(1 to 2 young people from each regions)
Countries
Countries
Countries
UN General Assembly
8 – 10 June 2011
 United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting
(HLM) on AIDS
 Review the 2001 and 2006 Declarations
 Secretary General’s Progress Report
 UNGASS + 10 years and Universal Access + 5 years
Success at HLM
A Declaration that:
 Reaffirms Global commitment to support the AIDS
response and Universal Access
 Identifies opportunities, addresses bottlenecks and
barriers that hinder accountability and progress toward
universal access
 Provides a new framework for sustained and integrated
AIDS responses with revised targets
Success at HLM
A Declaration that:
 Promotes shared accountability through country
ownership, strengthened civil society leadership and
locally driven priority- setting
.
 Outlines mechanisms for monitoring of progress and
global reporting to the UNGA
 Establishes a demonstrable commitment by the
international community to the vision of “Zero new HIV
infections, Zero discrimination, Zero AIDS-related Deaths
Thank you
foderinghamd@unaids.org