“The Programme Coordinating Board — governing body of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) — concluded its 30th session on 7 June calling for a range of recommendations to strengthen the global HIV response,” a UNAIDS press release reports. “During the three-day deliberations, the Board received progress reports on issues related to the work of UNAIDS and its co-sponsors,” the press release states, adding, “In his report to the Board, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe underscored the progress made towards the targets of the 2011 Political Declaration on AIDS” (6/8).