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.:

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.

DESPITE PROGRESS ON HIV/AIDS, ACTION ‘STILL FAR SHORT OF WHAT IS NEEDED’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the plenary session of the General Assembly on the follow-up to the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, in New York, 22 September:

Two years ago, the world’s nations agreed that defeating HIV/AIDS would require commitment, resources and action.

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:

COMMISSION ON HIV/AIDS AND GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA

TO BE LAUNCHED IN ADDIS ABABA

(Reissued as received)

‘FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS REQUIRES CONSTANT VIGILANCE AND RENEWAL’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the fifty-ninth session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok, 1-4 September:

You meet at a decisive moment in the history of your region, and you have chosen to focus on a vital topic.

TO MOUNT EFFECTIVE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS, TOTAL SPENDING MUST RISE

TO $10 BILLION A YEAR BY 2005, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference in Support of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in Paris, on 16 July: