To assist Member States in preparing and submitting Country Progress Reports, UNAIDS has prepared these guidelines for the monitoring of the Declaration of Commitment made at the 2001 General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS. As the former Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, stated in the 2001 Special Session, “Maintaining the momentum and monitoring progress are essential”. To this end, the Secretary-General requested UNAIDS to again report on progress in 2008. As with previous years, this report will be based on national reports prepared by Member States.
