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.

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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:

STEP UP HIV/AIDS PREVENTION EFFORTS THAT WORK,

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND URGES

New Report Highlights Fund’s Work to Protect Women and Young People

BARCELONA, 9 July (UNFPA) -— Much more must be done to enable young people and women to protect themselves against HIV infection, Suman Mehta, HIV/AIDS Coordinator for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), said at the

XIV International AIDS Conference here.

AIDS AWARENESS HIGH, BUT BEHAVIOUR REMAINS RISKY, ACCORDING TO NEW STUDY

BY UN POPULATION DIVISION

FIGHTING AIDS COMBINES GOOD BUSINESS WITH DOING GOOD, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

GLOBAL BUSINESS COALITION ON HIV/AIDS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the programme for the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS Awards for Business Excellence 2002 in New York on 12 June:

PARTNERSHIP, RESOURCES, ACTION BY YOUNG NEEDED IN AIDS FIGHT,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO UKRAINE AIDS COMMISSION

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the partnership meeting with the Inter-Ministerial AIDS Commission of Ukraine in Kiev on 3 June:

HIV/AIDS TREATMENT, PREVENTION CAN WORK IN ANY CULTURE,

EVEN POOREST, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Pacific Council on International Policy in San Francisco today:

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