The UN Cares program establishes 10 minimum standards to reduce the impact of HIV in the UN workplace by supporting universal access to benefits for all personnel and their families. The standards help save lives, improve well-being, reduce stigma, and sustain the UN's capacity for its core work. They provide (1) information about UN policies on HIV, (2) information to prevent transmission and access services, and (3) training to reduce stigma and discrimination. The standards also provide (4) access to condoms, (5) voluntary counseling and testing, (6) insurance covering HIV expenses, and (7) confidential handling of personal information. Finally, the standards ensure (8) first aid using universal precautions, (9)

1. The UN Cares
10 Minimum
Standards
UN Cares is designed to reduce 1 Information about UN policies and benefits related to HIV. All Join us in our efforts
the impact of HIV in the UN personnel and their families have access to information about
workplace by supporting UN system policy, programmes, personnel rights, benefits, and
to achieve full
“universal access” to a their own responsibilities regarding HIV and AIDS. implementation of the
comprehensive range of UN Cares Minimum
benefits for all personnel and
2 Information about preventing transmission of HIV and
accessing services. All personnel and their families have Standards across the
their families. Known as the
appropriate knowledge about how to protect themselves from
UN Cares 10 Minimum
HIV, and those living with or affected by HIV know where to UN system workplace
Standards, these benefits:
access good quality care, treatment and support. by 2011. Together we
• Help save lives and improve 3 Learning and training activities on stigma and can make a difference
staff well-being, reduce
discrimination. Measures are in place to combat stigma and for the UN, for UN
stigma and discrimination,
discrimination, and to increase gender awareness.
and sustain the UN’s personnel and family
capacity to do its core work; 4 Access to male and female condoms. When high-quality
condoms are not reliably and consistently available from the members.
• Establish a common private sector, access should be simple and discreet at the UN
implementation framework
workplace, either free or at low cost.
to realize the UN Personnel
Policy on HIV/AIDS; and 5 Voluntary counseling and testing. All personnel and their
families are aware of where and how to access voluntary
• Serve as a model of the UN counseling and testing.
reform process by
“Delivering as One” an HIV 6 Insurance covering HIV-related expenses. All staff and
workplace programme that recognized dependents have access to insurance coverage that
builds on existing workplace allows them to access services for HIV prevention, treatment For a complete
efforts of various UN and care. description of the 10
agencies, while eliminating 7 Confidential handling of personal information. All UN
duplication of effort. Minimum Standards
personnel with access to personal information maintain its
confidentiality (such as HIV status or any other medical and their measurable
condition). indicators, go to
8 First aid using universal precautions. All personnel have www.uncares.org
access to first aid using universal precautions including the
use of gloves and sterilized equipment. or contact the
9 Rapid access to PEP starter kits. All personnel and family UN Cares Global
members have access within 72 hours to HIV emergency Coordinator at
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) starter kits and related care
in case of possible exposure to HIV. info@uncares.org.
10 Managerial commitment. All UN managers assume
leadership on the implementation of UN Cares. May 2008
UN Cares: The UN system-wide workplace programme on HIV www.uncares.org