High-level Events

• MDGs
• Biodiversity
• Small island developing States (SIDS)
• HIV/AIDS
• Youth

Other Main Issues

• Sustainable Development
• Security Council Reform
• GA Revitalization
• Human Rights Council Review
• Review of the GA Res 61/16
• Peacebuilding Commission Review

Preparations for 66th Session High-level Events

• Non-communicable Diseases
• Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought
• Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

Background

Three decades into the AIDS pandemic, ten years after the adoption of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and five years after the adoption of the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, Member States will come together to review progress and chart the future course of the global AIDS response at the 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS from 8 –10 June 2011 in New York.

General Assembly Resolution A/RES/65/180 requests the President of the General Assembly to organize, as part of the preparatory process, no later than in April 2011, an informal interactive civil society hearing. This will take place on 8 April 2011, further information on civil society participation can be found through the link provided in the resources section of this page.  .

H.E. Gary Quinlan, Permanent Representative of Australia and H.E. Charles Ntwaagae, Permanent Representative of Botswana have been appointed by the President of the General Assembly to act as co-facilitators and will hold timely, open, transparent and inclusive consultations with all Member States, with a view to adopting a concise and action-oriented declaration as an outcome of the High-level review.

Key Documents

• Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS- Report of the Secretary General. (A/65/797)
• Resolution submitted by the President of the General Assembly on the Organization of the 2011 comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (A/RES/65/180)
• HIV/AIDS high-level meeting informal interactive civil society hearing (A/65/835)
• Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS entitled “Global Crisis – Global Action” (A/RES/S-26/2)
• Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (A/RES/60/262)

Resources

• UNAIDS
• 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS

Letters

• Letter dated 31 May to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations Information note on the organizational arrangements for the High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS.
• Letter dated 9 May to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting an advanced unedited summary of the informal interactive civil society hearing.
• Letter dated 21 April to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding Chairs of panel discussions during the High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS.
• Letter dated 14 April to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations Information note on the organizational arrangements for the High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS.
• Letter dated 29 March to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations Information note on the informal interactive hearing for the HLM on HIV/AIDS on 8 April 2011.
• Letter dated 4 March to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding the Civil Society Hearing for the High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS on 8 April 2011.
• Letter dated 21 January 2011 to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding the reappointment of the Co-Facilitators for the HLM on HIV/AIDS.
• Letter dated 20 October to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding the appointment of the Co-Facilitators for the consultations to determine the modalities and organizational arrangements for the comprehensive HIV/AIDS review in 2011.

Contact Information

• Office of the President of the General Assembly: Mr. Moses Rugema <rugema@un.org>, Advisor for Humanitarian & Health Issues