{"id":2972,"date":"2018-12-19T17:24:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T17:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madhousereport.com\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2018-12-19T17:24:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T17:24:44","slug":"ahf-calls-un-secretary-general-dismiss-unaids-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=2972","title":{"rendered":"AHF Calls On UN Secretary-General To Dismiss UNAIDS Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/span><\/a>\/AETOSWire<\/span><\/a>)– AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) urges UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres to immediately dismiss Michel Sidib\u00e9 from his position as Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS). The Program Coordinating Board\u2019s inaction to remove Sidib\u00e9 during this week\u2019s meeting in Geneva is deplorable and an insult to staff who have been subjected to sexual harassment and bullying during his tenure at UNAIDS.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sidib\u00e9 told the PCB he will step down in June 2019 giving him an opportunity to dictate the terms of his departure. This is unacceptable given the Independent Expert Panel (IEP) report concluded that he led a secretariat that \u201cfails to accept responsibility for a culture of impunity becoming prevalent in the organisation, a culture that does not ensure a safe and dignified workplace for its staff, and one that fails to respect human rights in line with law and United Nations values.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The world has watched as Sidib\u00e9 has made excuses and implemented last-ditch strategies to save face, such as the \u201c5+ Point Plan\u201d that lacks \u201can understanding of the gravity of the situation at UNAIDS\u201d and \u201cis suited to a workplace where the culture of respect is to be maintained rather than one where dignity, due process and equality have been compromised,\u201d according to the IEP.<\/span><\/p>\n

The time for acquiescence and compromise should come to an end. AHF applauds the resolve of the Swedish Government to take a principled position to suspend funding to UNAIDS until Sidib\u00e9 is removed. His mismanagement and failures to legitimately address multiple complaints and allegations of sexual harassment and abuse cannot be overlooked. Other UNAIDS donors should follow Sweden\u2019s example.<\/span><\/p>\n

AHF recognizes the work that UNAIDS contributes to the global AIDS response, but that has unfortunately been overshadowed by Sidib\u00e9\u2019s insistence to remain in his position to the detriment of the Joint Programme and its staff. AHF urges Secretary-General Guterres to immediately replace Sidib\u00e9 with a leader who can begin to transform the culture at UNAIDS and refocus it back on the mission of defeating HIV\/AIDS around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secretary-General Guterres, people living with HIV\/AIDS do not have the luxury of waiting another six months until Sidib\u00e9 chooses to vacate at his convenience. We urge you to act now \u2013 lives are at stake!<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information, please contact Ged Kenslea at\u00a0gedk@aidshealth.org<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or (323) 791-5526<\/span><\/p>\n

About AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

AIDS Healthcare Foundation<\/b>\u00a0(AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, currently provides medical care and\/or services to over 1 million people in 42 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America\/Caribbean, the Asia\/Pacific Region and Eastern Europe. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website:\u00a0www.aidshealth.org<\/span><\/a>, find us on Facebook:\u00a0www.facebook.com\/aidshealth<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and follow us on Twitter:\u00a0@aidshealthcare<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and Instagram:\u00a0@aidshealthcare<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

View source version on businesswire.com:\u00a0https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20181217005185\/en\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

*Source:<\/b> AETOSWire<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE\/AETOSWire)– AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) urges UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres to immediately dismiss Michel Sidib\u00e9 from his position as Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS). The Program Coordinating Board\u2019s inaction to remove Sidib\u00e9 during this week\u2019s meeting in Geneva is deplorable and an insult to staff who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2093,2105,2106],"class_list":["post-2972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","tag-ahf","tag-un-secretary-general","tag-unaids-chief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2973,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions\/2973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}