Expressing themselves through written messages on a billboard, UNAIDS staff underlined the critical need to scale up the response to AIDS in the drive to reach the Millennium Development Goals.

As part of the messages, UNAIDS Executive Director, Dr Peter Piot called for everyone to "Act everyday against poverty".

In her message, Deputy-Executive Director Deborah Landey urged the world to "Fight AIDS, end poverty".

UNAIDS staff added their messages to the STAND UP and SPEAK OUT billboard

The STAND UP and SPEAK OUT initiative aims at making governments honor their commitments on more and better aid, debt cancellation, trade justice, gender equality and public accountability by showing them that more and more people are taking a stand.