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HIV/AIDS

19 April 2001

SG/SM/7772-AFR/312-AIDS/5

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DELIGHTED’ BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES’ WITHDRAWAL OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT

19/04/2001

Press Release
SG/SM/7772
AFR/312
AIDS/5

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DELIGHTED’ BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES’ WITHDRAWAL

OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT

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

5 April 2001

SG/2070-AIDS/4

UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO LEAD FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

05/04/2001

Press Release
SG/2070
AIDS/4

UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO LEAD FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS
(Reissued as received.)

5 April 2001

SG/SM/7764-AIDS/3

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES STEPS BY LEADING DRUG COMPANIES TO IMPROVE AIDS TREATMENT ACCESS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

05/04/2001

Press Release
SG/SM/7764
AIDS/3

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES STEPS BY LEADING DRUG COMPANIES TO IMPROVE

AIDS TREATMENT ACCESS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Following is the text of a statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Amsterdam, after meeting the leaders of six leading research-based pharmaceutical companies:

26 February 2001

DSG/SM/122-AIDS/2-GA/9856

WITH 22 MILLION DEAD AND 36 MILLION INFECTED, IMPORTANCE OF HIV/AIDS CANNOT BE OVERSTATED, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL AT HEADQUARTERS CONSULTATION

26/02/2001

Press Release
DSG/SM/122
AIDS/2
GA/9856

DSG/SM/122

20 February 2001

SG/2068-AIDS/1

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE UP AIDS CHALLENGE

20/02/2001

Press Release
SG/2068
AIDS/1

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE UP AIDS CHALLENGE

Seeks Global Commitment to Reverse AIDS Spread

Declaring the HIV/AIDS epidemic “the most formidable development challenge of our time”, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a report released today, calls on governments to secure a global commitment for intensified and coordinated action.