United Nations Development Programme
http://www.undp.org
UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. Working with 166 countries on their own solutions to global and national development challenges, UNDP is committed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to help countries build and share solutions to the challenges of democratic governance, poverty reduction, crisis prevention and recovery, and HIV/AIDS.
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
http://www.unaids.org
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is an innovative joint venture of the United Nations family, bringing together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations, namely UNHCR, UNICEF, WEP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, and the World Bank, in the AIDS response to help the world prevent new HIV infections, care for people living with HIV, and mitigate the impact of the epidemic, engaging the efforts of many sectors and partners from government and civil society.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
http://www.ohchr.org
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights represents the world's commitment to universal ideals of human dignity. The High Commissioner for Human Rights is the principal human rights official of the United Nations. The High Commissioner heads OHCHR and spearheads the United Nations' human rights efforts to offer leadership, work objectively, educate and take action to empower individuals and assist States in upholding human rights. The Office's priorities include greater country engagement, working closely with civil society and United Nations agencies at the country and local levels, in order to ensure that international human rights standards are implemented on the ground.
UNIFEM
http://www.unifem.org
UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality. Placing the advancement of women's human rights at the centre of all of its efforts, UNIFEM focuses its activities to reduce feminized poverty, to end violence against women, to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls, and to achieve gender equality in democratic governance in times of peace as well as war.
Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS
http://www.apnplus.org
APN+ is the network of PLHIV living in Asia Pacific region. It was established in 1994 at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur by 42 PLHIV from eight countries. It was established in response to the need for a collective voice for PLHIV in the region.
