Organization of the 2026 High-Level Meeting on Hiv/Aids

A/RES/80/256View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 2026.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2016–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/RES/80/256	Organization of the 2026 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS	1,488	65%Compare
2021	A/RES/75/260	Organization of the 2021 High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS	1,681	51%Compare
2016	A/RES/70/228	Organization of the 2016 High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS	1,440	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Conferences Hiv/Aids Hiv/Aids Prevention

What’s in this document?

22 operative paragraphs

Decides to convene a high-level meeting on 22 and 23 June 2026, which will review progress on the 2025 targets and other commitments made in the 2021 Political Declaration, including successes, best practices, lessons learned, obstacles and gaps, challenges and opportunities, including with regard to partnership and cooperation, and recommendations to guide and monitor the HIV/AIDS response beyond 2025, including new concrete commitments to accelerate action to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as well as to promote the renewed commitment and engagement of leaders, countries, communities and partners to accelerate and implement a comprehensive universal and integrated response to HIV/AIDS;

Also decides that the organizational arrangements for the high-level meeting should be as follows:

The high-level meeting will consist of:

An opening segment with statements by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, a person openly living with HIV and an eminent person actively engaged in the response to HIV/AIDS;

A general debate with statements by Member States and observers of the General Assembly, the list of speakers to be established in accordance with the established practices of the Assembly and the time limit for the statements to be three minutes for individual delegations and five minutes for statements made on behalf of a group of States;

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Up to three thematic panel discussions, to be held consecutively with the general debate;

A closing segment with statements from the Chairs of the panel discussions, presenting summaries of the discussions;

The meetings will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m.;

Further decides that the proceedings of the high-level meeting and the multi-stakeholder hearing will be webcast, and encourages the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General to give the highest visibility to the high-level meeting through all relevant media platforms and information and communications technologies;

Invites Member States and observers of the General Assembly to participate and be represented at the high-level meeting, including the thematic panel discussions, at the highest possible level, preferably at the level of Heads of State and Government;

Encourages Member States to include in their national delegations to the high-level meeting ministers from relevant ministries, as appropriate, as well as representatives of relevant stakeholders, such as parliamentarians, mayors and local government representatives from communities significantly affected by HIV/AIDS, representatives of civil society, including non‑governmental organizations and organizations and networks representing people living with, at risk of and affected by HIV, people in vulnerable situations, community organizations, philanthropic foundations, academic institutions and other relevant stakeholders;

Reaffirms that all participation of non‑governmental stakeholders shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and procedures of the General Assembly;

Invites the United Nations system, including programmes, funds, specialized agencies and regional commissions, as well as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the International Drug Purchase Facility, Unitaid, and other relevant stakeholders, including Goodwill Ambassadors, to participate in and contribute to the high-level meeting, as appropriate, and urges them to consider initiatives in support of the preparatory process and the meeting;

Invites the Inter-Parliamentary Union to contribute to the high-level meeting;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to organize, no later than May 2026, and preside over an interactive multi-stakeholder hearing, which will be held in hybrid mode, with the active participation of people living with, at risk of and affected by HIV, including key populations, representatives of Member States and observers of the General Assembly, parliamentarians, representatives of local governments, invited civil society organizations, including non‑governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, philanthropic foundations, academia, medical associations, the private sector and broader communities, as part of the preparatory process for the high-level meeting, and further requests the President to prepare a summary of the hearing prior to the high-level meeting;

Decides that the arrangements for the hybrid mode outlined in paragraph 9 are in light of the short time frame for the preparations for the multi-stakeholder hearing in 2026 and shall not be considered a precedent for other similar events;

Invites non‑governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and non‑governmental members of the Programme Coordinating Board of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to participate in the high-level meeting, as appropriate;

Decides that representatives of non‑governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, civil society organizations and the private sector – one from each grouping – to be selected during the interactive multi-stakeholder hearing, may also be included in the list of speakers for the plenary meetings of the high-level meeting, in consultation with the President of the General Assembly;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to draw up a list of representatives of other relevant non‑governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector who may participate in the high-level meeting, including its panel discussions, taking into account the principles of transparency and equitable geographical representation, with due regard for gender parity, to submit the proposed list to Member States for their consideration on a non‑objection basis⁹ and to bring the list to the attention of the Assembly for a final decision by the Assembly on participation in the high-level meeting;

⁹The list will include proposed as well as final names. The general basis of any objections, if requested by one or more States Members of the United Nations or States members of the specialized agencies, will be made known to the Office of the President of the General Assembly and the requester.

Also requests the President of the General Assembly, with support from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and in consultation with Member States, to finalize the organizational arrangements for the high-level meeting, and for the interactive multi-stakeholder hearing no later than 1 May 2026, as well as the identification of a person openly living with HIV and an eminent person actively engaged in the response to HIV/AIDS to speak at the opening plenary meeting, and the identification of themes and finalization of the panel discussions no later than 25 May 2026;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive and analytical report, at least six weeks prior to its consideration by the General Assembly, on progress achieved and challenges remaining in realizing the commitments set out in the Declaration of Commitment and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS, as well as recommendations for sustainable ways to overcome these challenges, taking into consideration the outcomes and findings of the aforementioned progress review consultations, as available;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to hold timely, open, transparent and inclusive consultations with all Member States, giving due consideration to the report of the Secretary-General and other inputs to the preparatory process for the high-level meeting, with a view to adopting a concise and action-oriented political declaration as an outcome of the high-level meeting, to be agreed by Member States, which reaffirms and builds on the Declaration of Commitment and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS to guide and monitor the HIV/AIDS response beyond 2025, towards achieving the commitment of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

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