recorded in its prevention, by the proactive nature of the antiretroviral therapy and by the leadership role at the highest level of Government.112 » 314. At the institutional level, immediately the early cases of AIDS were detected in 1986, the Senegalese authorities established a National AIDS Control Committee, an institution charged with the management and coordination of the response by the Ministry of Health which comprised representatives of the Ministries of Youth, Education, Women‘s Affairs and the Armed Forces. 315. In 2001, in the aftermath of the Declaration by Heads of State at the United Nations Special Session on HIV/AIDS, the coordination of AIDS control was placed under the Prime Minister’s Office and the National AIDS Control Council (CNLS)113 was established. Under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister, the CNLS was mainly tasked with114 :    Ensuring proper implementation of decisions and recommendations emerging from its meetings relating to the National Multi-Sectoral AIDS Control Programme ; Providing advisory opinion and assisting the government in the definition and guidance of AIDS control policy and the search for ways and means of implementing it ; Conducting a study on issues submitted to it on AIDS Control by the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and other institutions. 316. The CNLS oversees the National Executive Secretariat which coordinates AIDS control at the national level through the Ministries, regional and departmental public institutions that are directly concerned with HIV/AIDS, regional115 and departmental116 AIDS Control Committees in close partnership with civil society, the private sector and local governments. 317. The establishment of this institution strengthened the political and managerial leadership and made the ownership of AIDS Control Programme more effective in all Government institutions, among civil society stakeholders, the private sector and religious denominations. 318. Moreover, this process enabled the Government to put in place a legal framework in 2010 concerning prevention, care, promotion and protection of the rights of infected and affected persons, recognized vulnerable groups and the population at large. 112 113 114 115 116 See AIDS Control Strategic Plan 2011-2015 of the Prime Minister’s Office, page 21 See Decree No 2005-550 of 22 June 2005 on the establishment of a National AIDS Control Council. See Article 2 of Decree No 2005-550 of 22 June 2005 on the establishment of a National AIDS Control Council. It is chaired by the Governor, and the Vice Chair position is held by the President of the Regional Council It is chaired by the Prefect, and the Vice-Chair position is held by the Mayor. 71