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High level Belizean delegation at AIDS conference

BELMOPAN, Belize: Minister of Health, Pablo Marin and Director of the HIV/AIDS Programme, Ministry of Health, Dr Marvin Manzanero attended a High-Level Meeting on AIDS last week as a part of a Belize delegation, where they expressed Belize’s continued commitment to working with UNAIDS and other partners to reach universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010.

The meeting which took place at the UN headquarters in New York attracted high-level participation from UN Member States, alongside representatives from civil society and UN agencies.

During the meeting, countries highlighted the significant progress made in the areas of resource mobilization, increased political commitment and participation of civil society

in the response and the exceptional scale-up of antiretroviral therapy. The need for greater accountability, particularly in relation to funds spent; the lack of effective programming directed to populations which are especially vulnerable to the disease, and the continued criminalization of related behaviors were some of the challenges highlighted by countries and civil society. Participants also called for the removal of travel restrictions for people living with HIV.

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented a report on progress in implementing the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS.

The role of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) was recognized by countries as a critical element. Several emphasized the need for the UN system to help coordinate national efforts for progress towards the universal access goals by 2010 to move forward.

Countries called upon UNAIDS to strengthen HIV prevention programs to better reflect local realities and provide support for scaling-up treatment programs. Countries also recognized AIDS as a public health as well as a development issue needing a multi-sectoral response and recognized the contribution that scaling-up the AIDS response has made to strengthening health systems. Human rights and gender issues were singled out as imperative to an effective response and leadership and political accountability were underlined as the most important part of the solution.

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