WORLD MEDIA LEADERS GATHER AT HEADQUARTERS FOR LAUNCH OF AIDS INITIATIVE;

‘IN THE WORLD OF AIDS, SILENCE IS DEATH’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT LAUNCH

OF UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL MEDIA INITIATIVE ON HIV/AIDS

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan's remarks for the launch of the United Nations Global Media Initiative on HIV/AIDS in New York, 15 January:

FAO STUDY EXAMINES IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS IN RURAL AFRICA

ROME, 1 December (FAO) -- The steady advance of HIV/AIDS is devastating rural households in Africa, plunging families into poverty and hunger, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on World Aids Day.

AIDS EPIDEMIC ‘CONTINUES ITS LETHAL MARCH’, AS INTERNATIONAL ACTION STILL FAR

SHORT OF WHAT IS NEEDED, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD AIDS DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of World AIDS Day, observed 1 December:

MOBILIZATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE CRUCIAL TO WAR AGAINST AIDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE TO YOUTHAIDS BENEFIT GALA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual YouthAIDS benefit gala in New York, 27 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON HIV TREATMENT BETWEEN CLINTON FOUNDATION,

DRUG MANUFACTURERS; HOPES MORE COMPANIES WILL FOLLOW

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the agreement on access to HIV treatment between the Clinton Foundation and drug manufacturers in developing countries:

UN REPORT ON HIV/AIDS SITUATION RECORDS WORLDWIDE IMPACT,

WITH DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES FOR ALL SECTORS

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES VITAL ROLE OF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS IN MESSAGE

TO AFRICARE DINNER HONOURING BILL AND MELINDA GATES

Following is the message to be delivered this evening by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 2003 Africare Bishop Walker Dinner in Washington, D.C.:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS ON MEMBER STATES TO REAFFIRM

PLEDGE TO HALT AND REVERSE HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC

Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Julian R. Hunte, at the high-level plenary meeting on HIV/AIDS, delivered today:

HIV/AIDS: ‘GREATEST LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FOLLOWING HIGH-LEVEL INTERACTIVE PANEL

Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s summary of the proceedings of the high-level interactive panel on HIV/AIDS, as delivered to the General Assembly this evening:

In accordance with General Assembly resolution S-26/2 of 2001, a high-level interactive panel on HIV/AIDS was held this afternoon.