Press Release
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IN WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES CONTINUING DEATH TOLL, URGES STEPPED-UP EFFORTS TOWARDS PREVENTION AND CURE
19991126Worldwide 11 Million Children Said to be Orphaned by Epidemic; Need for Focus on Youth, Education in Healthy Sexuality is Stressed
This is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the observance of World AIDS Day on 1 December: