The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has reported that refugees fleeing militia violence in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and arriving in Zambia have crossed the 12,000 mark, with 80 per cent of them women and children, driven out by extreme brutality of rampaging militias.
HIV/AIDS
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed's remarks to the General Assembly annual meeting on HIV/AIDS, in New York today:
Despite global gains in the fight against the HIV and AIDS epidemic, some 1,800 young people a day were being newly infected with the virus and prevention rates among adults around the world had stalled, the General Assembly’s President said today.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the World AIDS Day event, in New York today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the UN Cares Awards, in New York, today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on receiving the Founders Award from the Elton John AIDS Foundation, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the fifth Global Fund Replenishment Conference, in Montreal today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks to the General Assembly high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World AIDS Day, to be observed on 1 December: