World AIDS Day Fact Sheet

none 28 nov 2006 – 14:09 (modified on 28 nov 2006 – 14:10)

by mlepeska

The theme for World AIDS Day 2006 is accountability. Local and national campaigns are encouraged to develop campaigns and activities that are meaningful in their own contexts under the overall theme of accountability and ideally using the slogan, "Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise".

The theme is decided by the World AIDS Campaign through consultation with national and international organisations and networks. Calls for accountability have consistently risen in civil society campaigning in 2006 through the United Nations review of the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, the Political Declaration accepted by the UN General Assembly on 2 June (see www.ungasshiv.org), and commitments fi rst made by the G8 leaders in 2005 to universal access to treatment by 2010.

Accountability is all the more critical as governments should now be in the process of setting national targets as called for in the June Political Declaration and due at the end of 2006. These targets will defi ne the global response to HIV and AIDS over the next several years. However, around the world there is little clarity about how this process is moving forwards. Civil society organisations, who would be enthusiastic and committed partners in setting targets and implementing efforts where appropriate, have so far not been included in national target setting processes.

The World AIDS Campaign and its partners call on all governmental leaders to be accountable for the promises they have made, to set the targets necessary to reach universal access to care, treatment and support, and to make all the necessary resources available in order to overcome the AIDS pandemic.

To read more on the World AIDS Day Fact Sheet, including a brief history on World AIDS Day, current stats on HIV and AIDS and more information about the World AIDS Campaign, click below to download the PDF .

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