G8 AIDS

Keep the Promise Now!

Tell G8 leaders to keep their promise!
In 2005 the G8 committed to providing access to HIV treatment, prevention, care and support for all those who need it by 2010. Today, 9.5 million people still require life saving anti-retroviral drugs and although, of these, the estimated number receiving treatment has risen to 4 million, it still means that more than half are going without. The ongoing global economic crisis makes the gains ever more fragile.

Add your signature to the petition below to demand that world leaders deliver on this promise urgently. Collected signatures will be added to this letter and delivered to G8 leaders when they meet in Canada this summer.

Summary of the 2008 HLM
The President of the General Assembly's summary of the 2008 High Level Meeting on the review of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, which was held in New York from 10 to 12 June 2008. is now available. Click below to download the report.

Campaigners to G8: Keep Your Promises
Nearly 250 organisations and unions from more than 60 countries that signed on their support to demand G8 countries to keep their promises on universal access. The following letter was sent to all G7 leaders on 4 July 2008. A related press statement was issued, which you can view here. Please continue to check back for updates.

Civil Society Declaration on the UN High Level Meeting on AIDS
As civil society participants to the 2008 High Level Meeting on AIDS, we came here to review progress in implementing the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. We were disappointed that few heads of state chose to attend this meeting and many governments, from both resource-rich and resource-poor countries, failed to report the reality on the ground.