Staffan Hildebrand returns to Australia, where he started his project of documenting the AIDS epidemic in 1988, and to Cambodia where he first arrived in 1998. He interviews some of the scientists and activists who he met back then and displays some footage from the archive.

XIX International AIDS Conference. Red Ribbon award with UNAIDS Director Michel Sidibé, Crown Princess of Norway Mette-Marit, Myanmar stateswoman Aung San Suu Kyi, US politician Jim McDermott, French minister Marisol Touraine and award winners.

XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. Hillary Clinton holds a speech about the political tasks of ending AIDS. Phil Wilson, founder of the Black AIDS Institute, speaks about the challenges of the communities to put an end to the epidemic.

XIX International AIDS Conference opening ceremony. Speeches by the Elizabeth Taylor award winners of 2012, political and religious leaders, leaders of international agencies such as UNAIDS, IAS, The Global Fund, The World Bank and UN, and many other delegates.

Opening press conference on the ending of AIDS at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. with congress woman Barbara Lee, the Director of IAS Elly Katabira, among others. A demonstration for the rights of sex workers and drug users takes place.

Opening ceremony of the Global Village at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. in 2012. Music performances and speeches by Michel Sidibé from UNAIDS, and others. Global Village is a section with representatives from civil society and HIV organizations.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with Michel Sidibé who became the Director of UNAIDS in 2009. Here he talks about the importance of the international AIDS conferences for bringing in a human rights perspective on the global HIV/AIDS movement.