The UNAIDS Executive Director says we must respect everyone’s freedom to express who they are.
The UN Secretary General commends the good progress made in ensuring that 15 million people have access to antiretroviral treatment by 2015 and calls to recommit to breaking the remaining barriers, including punitive laws and social exclusion, so that all people who lack access to HIV treatment and services are reached.
The UNAIDS Executive Director says that for the first time we can see an end to an epidemic that has wrought such staggering devastation around the world.
Marking the 25th anniversary of World AIDS Day on 01 December 2013, the UNDP Administrator Helen Clark says that the hard won gains must be protected as punitive laws, gender-based violence, stigma, and discrimination continue to obstruct progress on addressing HIV, particularly among key at risk populations and women.
In their joint statement, the UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassadors call for global transformation for zero discrimination.