The

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

Special Envoy for

HIV The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of ''Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immune ...

/ AIDS in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

(abbreviated as UNAIDS) is a diplomatic position that deals with the deadly disease on the continent where the issue is most pressing. It conducts the world's most extensive data collection on HIV epidemiology and is the only cosponsored Joint Program in the United Nations system.

Special envoys

* 2001-2006: Stephen Lewis * 2007 on: Elizabeth Mataka * 2012: John Edward Greene was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as the Special Envoy for AIDS in the Caribbean * 2012: Michel Kazatchkine was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as the Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

External links

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ELIZABETH MATAKA OF BOTSWANA AS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AIDS IN AFRICA, RENEWS APPOINTMENTS OF THREE OTHERS
United Nations, 21 May 2007 HIV/AIDS activists HIV/AIDS in Africa United Nations posts {{Africa-stub