(Part 2) Interactive Multi-Stakeholder Hearing…

The interactive multi-stakeholder hearing will provide all relevant stakeholders with a platform to surface urgent priorities, identify gaps in the current HIV response, and inform negotiations of the political declaration with concrete, community-informed recommendations.

The hearing aims to support Member States with the preparatory process, including by informing the negotiations of the HLM political declaration through an interactive dialogue with communities, civil society and other key stakeholders. During the panel discussions, civil society representatives and other stakeholders are expected to share their views and experiences from their on-the-ground work.

The hearing aims to demonstrate the strength, diversity and commitment of communities, civil society and other stakeholders in the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to propose transformative actions that will make it possible to upend intersecting inequalities that are preventing progress to achieving zero new HIV infections, zero AIDS-related deaths and zero discrimination and ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

The 2026 United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV/AIDS will take place on June 22-23, 2026, in New York. Under the theme "United to end AIDS," this critical summit will review progress toward 2025 targets and set commitments based on the Global AIDS Strategy 2026-2031, representing a key checkpoint for ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.