HIV/AIDS

Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message for World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December:

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks at the General Assembly review of HIV/AIDs, in New York today:

Having made considerable progress in reducing the rates of new HIV infections and expanding the availability of antiretroviral drugs, the global community must resist the temptation to “rest on its laurels” and instead redouble efforts to completely eradicate the virus, the General Assembly heard today, as delegates outlined national progress towards meeting testing and treatment benchmarks to that end.

United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Gunilla Carlsson of Sweden as Deputy Executive Director of Management and Governance, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

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.

Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message for World AIDS Day, to be observed today:

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 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December: