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On July 26, 1994, the United Nations Economic and Social Council adopted resolution 1994/24, establishing a joint program on HIV and AIDS to be sponsored together by several UN agencies. The resolution noted that the epidemic affected every country in the world and that its scale and impact were greatest in developing countries. It set out six objectives: to provide global leadership, build consensus on policy, strengthen the UN's ability to monitor trends, help national governments develop strategies, mobilize societies to prevent and respond to the disease, and win greater political…
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On July 26, 1994, the United Nations Economic and Social Council adopted resolution 1994/24, establishing a joint program on HIV and AIDS to be sponsored together by several UN agencies. The resolution noted that the epidemic affected every country in the world and that its scale and impact were greatest in developing countries. It set out six objectives: to provide global leadership, build consensus on policy, strengthen the UN's ability to monitor trends, help national governments develop strategies, mobilize societies to prevent and respond to the disease, and win greater political commitment and resources.
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UNAIDS
On July 26, 1994, the United Nations Economic and Social Council adopted resolution 1994/24, establishing a joint program on HIV and AIDS to be sponsored together by several UN agencies. The resolution noted that the epidemic affected every country in the world and that its scale and impact were greatest in developing countries. It set out six objectives: to provide global leadership, build consensus on policy, strengthen the UN's ability to monitor trends, help national governments develop strategies, mobilize societies to prevent and respond to the disease, and win greater political commitment and resources.
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, became operational on January 1, 1996, bringing together six cosponsoring UN organizations under a secretariat in Geneva. Peter Piot served as its first executive director, from 1995 to 2008. In July 1995 the Economic and Social Council invited five nongovernmental organizations to join its governing board, so that the Programme Coordinating Board included representatives of 22 governments, the cosponsors and five NGOs,…