LEADERSHIP, PARTNERSHIP, SOLIDARITY NEEDED IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS, SAYS SECRETARY-

GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON HIV/AIDS

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered today in New York to the General Assembly special session on HIV/AIDS:

HIV/AIDS A CRISIS THAT TOUCHES ALL AND THAT NEEDS ACTION BY EVERYONE, SAYS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT AT OPENING OF AIDS SPECIAL SESSION

Following is the text of the statement by Harri Holkeri, President of the General Assembly, to the special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT

‘A PATCHWORK OF GLOBAL SOLIDARITY’

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the unfolding of the AIDS Memorial Quilt:

Background Release

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON HIV/AIDS, 25-27 JUNE

In order to address the problem of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and secure a global commitment to combat the epidemic, the General Assembly will meet in special session from 25 to 27 June.

UN SPECIAL SESSION ON HIV/AIDS SEEKS TO SPUR MASSIVE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO CRISIS

Secretary-General’s Call to Action

Urges Alliance to Turn Tide in Fight against AIDS

The United Nations is set to mobilize a greatly intensified global response to the AIDS epidemic when it holds a special session on HIV/AIDS from 25 to 27 June in New York.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GATES FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL AIDS FUND

The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

LIGHTING THE WAY IN BATTLE AGAINST HIV/AIDS

Secretariat Building to Project Red AIDS Ribbon in Advance of Special Session

COUNTRIES MOST AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS ARE LEAST ABLE TO PAY

FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

GLOBAL AIDS, HEALTH FUND OPERATIONAL BY YEAR END

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 4 June (World Health Organization) -— Over 200 representatives from more than 50 countries, multilateral and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private foundations and other stakeholders met in an international consultation on the proposed global AIDS and Health Fund.  They recommended that steps be taken for the Fund to become operational by the end of 2001.

TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST CLINICAL EVIDENCE OF AIDS MAY BE

'YEAR WE TURNED THE TIDE', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the twentieth anniversary of the first clinical evidence of AIDS, 5 June: