UNAIDS publishes a new «Report on the global AIDS epidemic» every two years. The Report draws upon and publishes the best available data from countries and provides an overview and commentary on the epidemic and the international response.

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomes the decision reached by the Group of Eight (G8) leaders at the Summit in Hokkaido, Japan to honour in full their commitments to continue working towards the goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010. In particular, UNAIDS welcomes decision to establish a mechanism to monitor G8 progress on meeting its commitments.