UNAIDS: The First 10 Years

Chapter 4should not be talking about this’. I knew he was a Catholic and told him that I’d eventried to convince the Vatican to change its policy. He said, ‘when it comes to condoms,the Pope and I are one and you are not going to change my mind’. That’s an African Headof State”.97However, increasing numbers of African leaders did not hold such views. For them, theDecember meeting on IPAA was significant in many ways. It confirmed the involvementof the broad coalition of actors UNAIDS had always aimed for, as well as leadership fromthe highest levels of the UN and involvement from countries in the South and North. Thenext two years would see more exciting developments, to some extent based on thework for the Partnership, as well as the beginnings of a major mobilization of resourcesfor tackling AIDS.