Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Executive Director Michel Sidibe (L) talks to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during a news conference in Kenya's capital Nairobi, March 31, 2011, after outlining new recommendations to reach the 2015 goals for the AIDS epidemic response. Discrimination, stigma and gender inequality are threatening to undermine progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS, 30 years after the deadly virus took its first toll, the U.N. chief said on Thursday. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

A transgender prostitute waits for clients on a street in Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011. According to leaders of LGBT organizations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders), 34 people have been murdered in the last 18 months. The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW) 

A transgender prostitute waits for clients on a street in Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011. According to leaders of LGBT organizations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders), 34 people have been murdered in the last 18 months. The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW) 

Transgender prostitute, Bessy, 31, gets ready to work on the streets of Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011.The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW) 

Transgender prostitute, Bessy, 31, gets ready to work on the streets of Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011.The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW) 

Transgender prostitute, Bessy, 31, gets ready to work on the streets of Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011.The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW) 

Transgender prostitute, Bessy, 31, gets ready to work on the streets of Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011.The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW) 

Transgenders walk while waiting for sex customers on a street in Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011. According to leaders of LGBT organizations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders), 34 people have been murdered in the last 18 months. The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW) 

Transgenders wait for sex customers on a street corner in Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011. According to leaders of LGBT organizations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders), 34 people have been murdered in the last 18 months. The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW) 

A picture of transgender Bessy, 31, is seen on a framed portrait of the Virgin Mary in Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011. According to leaders of LGBT organizations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders), 34 people have been murdered in the last 18 months. The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Transgenders Patricia (L), 24, and Bessy, 31, sit inside a car in Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011. According to leaders of LGBT organizations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders), 34 people have been murdered in the last 18 months. The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A transgender looks at herself in the window of a car while waiting for sex customers on a street in Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011. According to leaders of LGBT organizations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders), 34 people have been murdered in the last 18 months. The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Transgenders Patricia (R), 24, and her other friends talk while waiting for sex customers on a street in Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011. According to leaders of LGBT organizations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders), 34 people have been murdered in the last 18 months. The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Transgender Bessy, 31, gets ready in Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011. According to leaders of LGBT organizations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders), 34 people have been murdered in the last 18 months. The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Transgender Bessy, 31, displays a flower tattoo and crucifix on her chest in Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011. According to leaders of LGBT organizations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders), 34 people have been murdered in the last 18 months. The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURASSOCIETY CRIME LAW) 

Transgenders Patricia (L), 24, and Tiffany, 19, put up make-up in Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011. According to leaders of LGBT organizations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders), 34 people have been murdered in the last 18 months. The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), have requested the government investigate the murders and safeguard the human rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Transvestite Tiffany, 19, shows a scar of a knife attack in Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011. According to leaders of LGBT organizations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders), 34 people have been murdered in the last 18 months. The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW) 

Transgender Bessy, 31, puts on make up in Tegucigalpa March 10, 2011. According to leaders of LGBT organizations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders), 34 people have been murdered in the last 18 months. The U.S. embassy and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have requested the government to investigate the murders and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW) 

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) receives the Award of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS for his leadership, from the UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe, during a ceremony in Brasilia December 1, 2010. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS) 

Alba, 38, an AIDS carrier since 2003 and mother of four sons who are non AIDS-carriers, poses for a photograph with two of her sons inside the Integral Attention Center of Escuela hospital in Tegucigalpa November 30, 2010. In Central and South America, new HIV infections were an estimated 92,000 in 2009, bringing to 1.4 million the number of people there who have HIV. An estimated 68,000 people died of AIDS-related illnesses there in 2009, according to a report by the Joint U.N. Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). World AIDS day is on December 1. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) 

Sex workers participate in an AIDS awareness programme to mark World AIDS Day in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata December 1, 2008. HIV/AIDS infections will spread like "bushfire" in parts of India if the country fails to check a spike in the number of intravenous drug users, the United Nations AIDS agency said last month. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA) 

A sex worker blows a condom inside a tram car during an AIDS awareness programme to mark World AIDS Day in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata December 1, 2008. HIV/AIDS infections will spread like "bushfire" in parts of India if the country fails to check a spike in the number of intravenous drug users, the United Nations AIDS agency said last month. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA) 

A sex worker blows a condom inside a tram car during an AIDS awareness programme to mark World AIDS Day in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata December 1, 2008. HIV/AIDS infections will spread like "bushfire" in parts of India if the country fails to check a spike in the number of intravenous drug users, the United Nations AIDS agency said last month. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA) 

A child of a sex worker sits inside a tram car during an AIDS awareness programme to mark World AIDS Day in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata December 1, 2008. HIV/AIDS infections will spread like "bushfire" in parts of India if the country fails to check a spike in the number of intravenous drug users, the United Nations AIDS agency said last month. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA) 

Indian policemen patrol near the Red Ribbon express train at Jammu Railway station November 10, 2008. The train aims to spread awareness on HIV-AIDS to promote safe sexual practices and fighting stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV-AIDS. The train will cover more than 27,000 km (17,000 miles) making 180 stops, covering 166 districts across the country in a year, according to the country's National AIDS Control Organisation website. REUTERS/Amit Gupta (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

Members of Bharat Scouts and Guides take part in an AIDS awareness campaign in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh November 7, 2008. According to an official website, Bharat Scouts and Guides is the largest youth organisation in the country functioning as a purely voluntary and non-political organisation since November 7, 1950. REUTERS/Ajay Verma (INDIA) 

A health worker fills a syringe with vaccine 'Pneumovax' as a boy suffering from HIV/AIDS watches during a vaccination programme organised by non-government organisation 'Sngobadho' (Together) at their office on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri August 5, 2008. India is failing to provide basic healthcare to its poorest children despite robust economic growth, underlining a widening gap between rich and poor across the Asia-Pacific region, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Experts say many of the two-thirds of Indians living in rural areas do not have access to basic medical facilities, despite the country achieving 9 percent economic growth. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A woman suffering from HIV/AIDS waits to receive vaccine 'Pneumovax' during a vaccination programme organised by non-government organisation 'Sngobadho' (Together) at their office on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri August 5, 2008. India is failing to provide basic healthcare to its poorest children despite robust economic growth, underlining a widening gap between rich and poor across the Asia-Pacific region, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Experts say many of the two-thirds of Indians living in rural areas do not have access to basic medical facilities, despite the country achieving 9 percent economic growth. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A health worker displays bottles of vaccine 'Pneumovax' during a vaccination programme organised by non-government organisation 'Sngobadho' (Together) at their office on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri August 5, 2008. India is failing to provide basic healthcare to its poorest children despite robust economic growth, underlining a widening gap between rich and poor across the Asia-Pacific region, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Experts say many of the two-thirds of Indians living in rural areas do not have access to basic medical facilities, despite the country achieving 9 percent economic growth. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A boy suffering from HIV/AIDS smiles as he waits to receive a vaccine 'Pneumovax' during a vaccination programme organised by non-government organisation 'Sngobadho' (Together) at their office on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri August 5, 2008. India is failing to provide basic healthcare to its poorest children despite robust economic growth, underlining a widening gap between rich and poor across the Asia-Pacific region, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Experts say many of the two-thirds of Indians living in rural areas do not have access to basic medical facilities, despite the country achieving 9 percent economic growth. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A boy suffering from HIV/AIDS receives a vaccine 'Pneumovax' during a vaccination programme organised by non-government organisation 'Sngobadho' (Together) at their office on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri August 5, 2008. India is failing to provide basic healthcare to its poorest children despite robust economic growth, underlining a widening gap between rich and poor across the Asia-Pacific region, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Experts say many of the two-thirds of Indians living in rural areas do not have access to basic medical facilities, despite the country achieving 9 percent economic growth. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A boy suffering from HIV/AIDS receives a vaccine 'Pneumovax' during a vaccination programme organised by non-government organisation 'Sngobadho' (Together) at their office on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri August 5, 2008. India is failing to provide basic healthcare to its poorest children despite robust economic growth, underlining a widening gap between rich and poor across the Asia-Pacific region, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Experts say many of the two-thirds of Indians living in rural areas do not have access to basic medical facilities, despite the country achieving 9 percent economic growth. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A volunteer suffering from HIV/AIDS makes AIDS symbols with red ribbons during a vaccination programme organised by a non-government organisation 'Sngobadho' (Together) at their office on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri August 5, 2008. India is failing to provide basic healthcare to its poorest children despite robust economic growth, underlining a widening gap between rich and poor across the Asia-Pacific region, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Experts say many of the two-thirds of Indians living in rural areas do not have access to basic medical facilities, despite the country achieving 9 percent economic growth. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

Princess Stephanie of Monaco, President of Fight Aids Monaco Association and UNAIDS (joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS) special representative, delivers a speech during the "HIV + Monaco Conference" in Monte-Carlo, January 24, 2008. REUTERS/Pascal Deschamps (MONACO) 

Princess Stephanie of Monaco, President of Fight Aids Monaco Association and UNAIDS (joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS) special representative, delivers a speech during the "HIV + Monaco Conference" in Monte-Carlo, January 24, 2008. REUTERS/Pascal Deschamps (MONACO) 

Princess Stephanie of Monaco (C), President of Fight Aids Monaco Association and UNAIDS (joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS) special representative, Argentina's Jose Maria Di Bello (L) and Burundi's Jeanne Gapiya Niyonzima (R) pose during the "HIV + Monaco Conference" in Monte-Carlo, January 24, 2008. REUTERS/Pascal Deschamps (MONACO) 

Princess Stephanie of Monaco (C), President of Fight Aids Monaco Association and UNAIDS (joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS) special representative, Argentina's Jose Maria Di Bello (L) and Burundi's Jeanne Gapiya Niyonzima (R) pose during the "HIV + Monaco Conference" in Monte-Carlo, January 24, 2008. REUTERS/Pascal Deschamps (MONACO) 

Nurses watch an AIDS awareness programme on World AIDS Day in Beijing December 1, 2007. An estimated 700, 000 people are living with HIV/AIDS in China, with the rates of infections slowing this year. But China's efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS-related discrimination have failed to stamp out "widespread" stigmatisation of sufferers, United Nations officials said this week. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA) 

Princess Stephanie of Monaco smiles at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva October 6, 2006. Princess Stephanie was be appointed UNAIDS (joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS) special representative. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND) 

Princess Stephanie of Monaco smiles at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva October 6, 2006. Princess Stephanie was appointed UNAIDS (joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS) special representative. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND) 

Princess Stephanie of Monaco speaks to journalists at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva October 6, 2006. Princess Stephanie was appointed UNAIDS (joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS) special representative. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND) 

Princess Stephanie of Monaco poses at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva October 6, 2006. Princess Stephanie was appointed UNAIDS (joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS) special representative. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND) 

Princess Stephanie of Monaco smiles at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva October 6, 2006. Princess Stephanie was be appointed UNAIDS (joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS) special representative. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND) 

Princess Stephanie of Monaco smiles at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva October 6, 2006. Princess Stephanie was be appointed UNAIDS (joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS) special representative. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND) 

Princess Stephanie of Monaco smiles during a visit to the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva October 6, 2006. Princess Stephanie was be appointed UNAIDS (joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS) special representative. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND) 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, smiles to the photographers at her arrival at UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 25, 2006. The crown princess, who has been recently appointed as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), announced plans to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, smiles to the photographers at her arrival at UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 25, 2006. The crown princess, who has been recently appointed as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), announced plans to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS looks on at the headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 25, 2006. Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway was recently appointed as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and announced plans to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, smiles to the photographers at her arrival at UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 25, 2006. The crown princess, who has been recently appointed as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), announced plans to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, smiles to the photographers at her arrival at UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, March 25, 2006. [The crown princess, who has been recently appointed as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), announced plans to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV.] 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, smiles to the photographers at her arrival at UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, March 25, 2006. [The crown princess, who has been recently appointed as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), announced plans to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV.] 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, smiles to the photographers at her arrival at UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, March 25, 2006. [The crown princess, who has been recently appointed as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), announced plans to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV.] 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway smiles after a news conference at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 25, 2006. [The crown princess, who has been recently appointed as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), announced plans to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV.] 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway smiles after a news conference at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 25, 2006. [Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who has been recently appointed as Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), announced plans to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV.] 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway smiles after a news conference at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 25, 2006. The crown princess, who has been recently appointed as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), announced plans to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway addresses a news conference at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 25, 2006. The crown princess, who has been recently appointed as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), announced plans to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway addresses a news conference at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 25, 2006. Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who has been recently appointed as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), announced plans to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway smiles after a news conference at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 25, 2006. Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who has been recently appointed as Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), announced plans to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Princess Mathilde of Belgium (2nd-L) is entertained on arrival at Mwanza airport in northern Tanzania where she visited Welasonga village in Magu District February 16, 2006. Princess Mathilde of Belgium, United Nation Children?s Education Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Ann M. Veneman and Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS), Dr Peter Piot, are visiting Tanzania on a mission that seeks to find ways of assisting Tanzanian orphans whose parents died of HIV/Aids. REUTERS/ Emmanuel Kwitema