UNAIDS Calls for UNODC to Embrace Harm Reduction

On the initiative of the UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation, the PCB adopted a decision requesting United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as one of the UNAIDS Cosponsors, to work towards an outcome of the UNGASS 2009 review of the World Drug Problem that accurately reflects the importance of decreasing HIV transmission and co-infection among people who use drugs. This is a good opportunity for global civil society and the harm reduction community in particular to try influence the global dialogue to ensure that UN drug policy takes into account HIV-related issues. The minutes from the PCB are attached below, or you can click on the link to go to Peter Piot's speech at the PCB.