Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’svideo message for the nineteenth International Aids Conference in Washington, D.C., on 22 July:
The Secretary-General has appointed Michel Kazatchkine as his Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, one of only two regions in the world where HIV is continuing to grow.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Asha-Rose Migiro of the United Republic of Tanzania, former United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, as his Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. She will replace Elizabeth Mataka, who the Secretary-General thanked for her outstanding and dedicated service in this role since 2007.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by Nafis Sadik, Special Envoy for HIV/AID in Asia and in the Pacific, at the opening ceremony of the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, in Busan, Republic of Korea, on 26 August: