The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) is the main advocate for accelerated,comprehensive and coordinated global action on the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul is a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 1965.
Märta Elisabeth Rehn is a Finnish former politician and diplomat. She served as the Minister of Defence of Finland during 1990 to 1995 and as an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations during 1998 to 1999. She was also a member of the Finnish Parliament and parliamentary leader of the Swedish People's Party of Finland,and a member of the European Parliament.
Pascal Lamy is a French political consultant and businessman. He was the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) from 1 September 2005 to 1 September 2013 for 8 years. In April 2009,WTO members reappointed Lamy for a second 4-year term,beginning on 1 September 2009. He was then succeeded by Roberto Azevêdo. Pascal Lamy was also European Commissioner for Trade for 5 years,from 13 September 1999 to 22 November 2004 and is an advisor for the transatlantic think-tank European Horizons,as well as currently serving as the Honorary President of the Paris-based think tank,Notre Europe.
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is a South African politician and former United Nations official,who served as the Executive Director of UN Women with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Bience Philomina Gawanas is a Namibian lawyer who served as Special Adviser on Africa for the United Nations from 2018 to 2020.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian-American economist,who has been serving as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. Notably,she is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization as Director-General. She sits on boards of:Danone,Standard Chartered Bank,MINDS:Mandela Institute for Development Studies,Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,Georgetown Institute for Women,Peace and Security,One Campaign,GAVI:Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization,Rockefeller Foundation,R4D:Results for Development,ARC:African Risk Capacity and Earthshot Prize plus others.She also previously sat on the Twitter Board of Directors,and stepped down in February,2021 in connection with her appointment as Director General of the World Trade Organization.
Speciosa Naigaga Wandira Kazibwe,is a Ugandan politician and first female vice president in Africa. She was the sixth vice president of Uganda from 1994 to 2003,making her the first woman in Africa to hold the position of vice-president of a sovereign nation. Dr. Speciosa Kazibwe is also a Ugandan surgeon. She is also referred to as "Nnalongo",because of her twins. In August 2013,she was appointed by the United Nations's Secretary General,Ban Ki-Moon as United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Hans Gunnar Axén is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and a member of the Swedish Riksdag for Östergötland from 1998 to 2014.
Donald P. Kaberuka is a Rwandan economist and was the president of the African Development Bank from September 2005 until September 2015.
Achim Steiner is a Brazilian-born environmentalist who currently serves as the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and vice-chair of United Nations Sustainable Development Group.
Awa Marie Coll-Seck is as Senegalese infectious diseases specialist and politician who served as Minister of Health of Senegal from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2012 to 2017. She also served as former Executive Director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and is on the board of directors of several notable global health organizations. She is an agenda contributor of the World Economic Forum.
Karin Elisabeth Svantesson is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for Finance in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has served as first deputy leader of the party since 2019.
Jan Margaret Beagle is a diplomat from New Zealand who has been serving as the Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) since 2020. From 2017 until 2019,she was the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Management,appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 1 June 2017. She then served as Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Systemwide Implementation of Chief Executive Board decisions.
Geeta Rao Gupta is a leader on gender,women's issues,and HIV/AIDS who is serving as United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues since May 2023. She previously served as executive director of the 3D Program for Girls and Women and senior fellow at the United Nations Foundation since 2017. She is frequently consulted on issues related to AIDS prevention and women's vulnerability to HIV and is an advocate for women's economic and social empowerment to fight disease,poverty and hunger.
Winifred Byanyima,is a Ugandan aeronautical engineer,politician,human rights activist,feminist and diplomat. She is the executive director of UNAIDS,effective November 2019.
Elhadj As Sy is a Senegalese humanitarian aid expert who served as the Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) from 2014 until 2019.
Monica Geingos is a Namibian entrepreneur,lawyer and First Lady of Namibia since 2015. She has been a board member and director within many of the country's large companies. She had also chaired the Presidential Economic Advisory Council.
Natalia Kanem is a medical doctor who currently serves as the Executive Director of UNFPA,the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. In this capacity,she is among the highest-ranking women at the United Nations and the first Latin American to head UNFPA.
Lotta Johnsson Fornarve is a Swedish politician for the Left Party. She was elected to the Riksdag after the 2014 general election,taking up the number 2 seat for Södermanland County constituency. On September 24,2018,after the election of the Speaker of the Riksdag Andreas Norlén,she was elected as Second Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag. She is a former member of the municipal council in Linköping Municipality and Oxelösund Municipality.
