AGRICULTURAL RESPONSE TO AIDS CRISIS URGENTLY NEEDED

Ministries of Agriculture Must Include HIV/AIDS

In Their Programmes and Activities, Says UNAIDS and FAO

(Reissued as received.)

EMPLOYERS AND UNIONS JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS, IN JOINT STATEMENT

ISSUED AT UN GLOBAL COMPACT DIALOGUE

FEEDING HOPE:  NUTRITION PLAYS KEY ROLE IN HIV/AIDS CARE

FAO/WHO Publish New Manual for People Living with HIV/AIDS

(Reissued as received.)

Geneva/Rome, 25 February (FAO) -- A good diet is one of the simplest means of helping people living with HIV/AIDS and may even help delay the progression of the deadly virus, two UN agencies said today.

Biographical Note                                            SG/A/829*

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT BUSH ON PLEDGE OF STRONGER

UNITED STATES LEADERSHIP IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

            AFR/545

            AIDS/49

            IHA/750

            21 January 2003

HEADS OF MAJOR HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES CALL FOR ACTION TO ADDRESS

SOUTHERN AFRICA’S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

FEAR OF STIGMA AS BAD AS DISEASE ITSELF, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN WORLD AIDS DAY REMARKS

Following are the remarks made by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at an event to mark World AIDS Day today, 26 November 2002:

I am delighted to see so many prominent people join us for this event to mark World AIDS Day.

                                                                  AIDS/48

World Aids Day

PM Meeting

STIGMA AFFECTING HIV/AIDS VICTIMS CAN BE AS DETRIMENTAL AS VIRUS ITSELF,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WORLD AIDS DAY MEETING

At Headquarters Town-Hall Meeting, General Assembly President,

Media Figures, AIDS-Affected Victims Speak Out against Discrimination

SALUTING WORLD AIDS DAY; SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES

`BURDEN OF HIV-RELATED STIGMA’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Aids Day, 1 December: