UNAIDS Executive Director Report Recently Launched

CHISINAU, June 20, 2005 - Recently, the Report by the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, has been
developed. It was prepared in response to Economic and Social Council Resolution 2003/18 and includes the progress made in developing the coordinated response by the United Nations system to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

The report provides an update of the status of the epidemic; summarizes steps taken by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to promote the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted by the special session of the United Nations General Assembly on HIV/AIDS in June 2001; summarizes other key developments in advancing a more effective and coordinated United Nations system response to the epidemic; and takes account of the decisions, recommendations and conclusions of the Programme Coordinating Board taken subsequent to the substantive session of the
Council in 2003.

The report concludes with a series of recommendations. The Economic and Social Council is invited to review the report and its
recommendations.

The full version of the report is also available at www.aids.md (studies and reports).