ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses implications of the international and the national policy response and the responsibility to respond to HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS is an international security threat and paid particular attention to the impact of the epidemic on peace-keeping missions. HIV/AIDS first emerged on the international political scene as a security issue. As a consequence, rather similarly to the Global Fund, Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is dependent upon its internal donors, as well as external donors to the UN at large, for its financing. In order to lure the lost capital back into the country and to establish its solvency in international capital markets, the governments of Presidents Mandela and Mbeki proceeded to pursue programs of strict fiscal discipline. Employment is an issue of welfare, which also falls under the rubric of domestic sovereignty by virtue of the stipulation that state has the duty to enable and protect the welfare of its citizens.
