HIV/AIDS

ASIA-PACIFIC’S IMPRESSIVE ANTI-POVERTY GAINS COULD BE REVERSED BY HIV/AIDS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BANGKOK MINISTERIAL MEETING

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the opening ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting on HIV/AIDS in Bangkok, 11 July:

I am glad to meet with you at this critical juncture in the fight against AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region.

STRONGER LEADERSHIP NEEDED AT EVERY LEVEL IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO BANGKOK CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, 11 July:

DRUG OFFICE CHIEF UNDERSCORES NEED TO CHECK SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS

THROUGH SHARING OF NEEDLES AMONG DRUG USERS

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‘GLOBAL EMERGENCY’ OF HIV/AIDS REQUIRES RESOLUTE, SWIFT, COMPREHENSIVE RESP0NSE,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO NEW YORK MEETING

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks at a High-Level Global Consultation on linking HIV/AIDS with Sexual and Reproductive Health, in New York, 7 June:

ROUND TABLE ON ‘HIV/AIDS AND PRISONS’ HELD DURING COMMISSION

ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS UNAIDS GLOBAL STAFF MEETING THAT PANDEMIC,

WHILE UNPRECEDENTED, IS NOT INSURMOUNTABLE

The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the global staff meeting of UNAIDS at Martigny, 2-5 May:

I am so glad that you have all come together to take stock at this critical time in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

‘Aids is a common enemy that both india and pakistan have to fight together’,

Secretary-General says in message to cricket teams

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the cricket teams of India and Pakistan, in Rawalpindi, today:

UNODC TARGETS HIV/AIDS, DRUG ABUSE IN NEW RADIO SPOTS IN SPANISH

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VIENNA, 22 March (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today released new radio spots in Spanish to encourage authority figures to talk to youth about the dangerous links between HIV/AIDS and drugs.

‘TOGETHER, WE CAN TURN THE GLOBAL TIDE AGAINST HIV/AIDS -– AND WE MUST’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DUBLIN CONFERENCE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message for the conference “Breaking the Barriers:  Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia”, in Dublin, 23-24 February:

NEW GUIDELINES FOR INCLUDING HIV COUNSELLING, TESTING IN SEXUAL

AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMMES PUBLISHED

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