‘TELLING TALES’ ANTHOLOGY, AIMED AT RAISING FUNDS FOR ANTI-AIDS EFFORT, ‘INSPIRING

DISPLAY OF COMPASSION’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT NEW YORK LAUNCH

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the event celebrating the publication of “Telling Tales” anthology, edited by Nadine Gordimer, in New York, 30 November:

I hesitate to speak in the presence of so many gifted wordsmiths.  But I will try anyway.

On World AIDS Day, General Assembly President calls for concrete,

 

coordinated action against pandemic

 

Following is the message by General Assembly President Jean Ping, on the occasion of World AIDS Day, 1 December:

Secretary-General’s message to anti-hiv/aids group hails leadership,

integrity, courage of young people in struggle against disease

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to Dance4Life, in Cape Town on 27 November 2004, as delivered by Nafis Sadik, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS WOMEN AS MOST COURAGEOUS, CREATIVE CHAMPIONS

 

IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS, IN WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December:

Resources approved by global AIDS Fund must reach those who need them quickly,

 

new contributions must follow, Secretary-General tells arusha meeting

use your power, reach to bring hiv/aids out of shadows, Secretary-General

urges in message to summit of Eurasia media leaders

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Eurasia Media Leader’s Summit on HIV/AIDS in Moscow, today, 27 October 2004:

NEW UN REPORT CITES DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS

NEW YORK, 16 September (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) -- The HIV/AIDS epidemic will have devastating consequences in the decades to come for virtually every sector of society ranging from households and farms, to growth of whole economies, according to a new report, The Impact of AIDS, issued today by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ Population Division.

AFRICAN MEETING ON TREATMENT, CARE FOR PERSONS LIVING

WITH HIV/AIDS OPENS IN ADDIS ABABA

(Reissued as received.)

COMMISSION ON HIV/AIDS AND GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA to meet in Botswana, 26 – 27 July;

Focus: PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION; ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND CARE

(Reissued as received.)

UN-Supported Global Media AIDS Initiative Announces New Efforts

in Russia, India, China, Indonesia, United States