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The World Health Organization/Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS has concluded that the research evidence that male circumcision is efficacious in reducing sexual transmission of HIV from women to men is compelling, and that it has been proven beyond reasonable doubt. (http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2007/mc_recommendations_en.pdf) Their report and additional information is available on male circumcision for HIV prevention at www.malecircumcision.org. This Web site/clearinghouse is a service of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC), and Family Health International (FHI).
You may also be interested to know that NIAID-supported research has found that medical circumcision can help heterosexual men significantly reduce their risk of acquiring two other sexually transmitted infections—herpes infections—[[herpes]] simplex virus type 2 (HSV2), the cause of genital [[herpes]], and human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause penile and cervical cancer and genital warts. (see http://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/whoWeAre/Documents/scienceadvances2009.pdf).
You are correct that in 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) changed from a neutral stance on circumcision to a position that the data then available were insufficient to recommend routine neonatal male circumcision. However, AAP has convened a panel to reconsider its circumcision policy in light of additional data now available. You may wish to review the most recent data that support revision of the AAP policy in the following review article, which is available from your nearest medical library: Tobian, AA et. al. “Male circumcision for the prevention of acquisition and transmission of sexually transmitted infections: the case for neonatal circumcision.” Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Jan;164(1):78-84.