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This year, World AIDS Day — which is scheduled to December 1st — will focus on leadership, the theme set by the World AIDS Campaign under the five-year slogan «Stop AIDS, Keep the Promise». World AIDS Day is a day when people from around the world come together within a single effort to raise awareness about HIV and to express global solidarity with people living with HIV. But World AIDS Day is not just about raising awareness. It also provides a global opportunity to urge governments and leaders for all promises on AIDS to be kept as well as an opportunity to demonstrate commitment and action on AIDS. In designating leadership as the World AIDS Day theme for the next two years (2007 – 2008), the World AIDS Campaign highlights both the political leadership needed to fulfill commitments that have been made in the response to AIDS — particularly the promise of universal access to treatment, prevention, care and support — and celebrating the leadership that has been witnessed at all levels of society. In preparation for this year’s World AIDS Day, the World AIDS Campaign has produced a wide range of promotional products to be used by people and organizations that want to set up their own events. These products are available on the World AIDS Campaign Web site which also contains a calendar of events taking place around the world. AIDS is a workplace issue not only because it affects labour and productivity, but also because the workplace has a vital role to play in the wider struggle to limit the spread and effects of the epidemic. The ILO has played a significant role in the global campaign agains HIV/AIDS through its expertise on issues in the world of work. The ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS, adopted in 2001, has become the global standard for dealing with HIV/AIDS in the workplace. It contains key principles for policy development and practical guidelines for programmes at enterprise, community and national levels.
Updated by CD. Approved by GS. Last update: 27.11.2007.
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