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Deputy Secretary-General, at Side Event, Calls ‘Countdown to Zero’ Strategy Chance to End New HIV Infections among Children, Keep Mothers Alive

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Deputy Secretary-General, at Side Event, Calls ‘Countdown to Zero’ Strategy Chance to End New HIV Infections among Children, Keep Mothers Alive

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS side event: “The Missing Face of Children and AIDS — Progress on 10 Years of Commitments”, in New York on 9 June:

At Prayer Breakfast, Deputy Secretary-General Urges Religious Leaders to Speak Out against Stigma, Discrimination in HIV/AIDS Epidemic

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At Prayer Breakfast, Deputy Secretary-General Urges Religious Leaders to Speak Out against Stigma, Discrimination in HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Following are of UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to an interfaith prayer breakfast — “A Dialogue on Leadership: Moving from Commitment to Action” — side event of the General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, in New York on 10 June:

Nobel Laureate Leads Strong Calls for Integrating Global Response into Broader Health Agendas, as Panel Discusses Taking AIDS Out of Isolation

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Nobel Laureate Leads Strong Calls for Integrating Global Response into Broader Health Agendas, as Panel Discusses Taking AIDS Out of Isolation

Francoise Barré-Sinoussi, 2008 Nobel Laureate in Medicine for helping to discover the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), led strong calls at the United Nations today for integrating the global response to AIDS into broader health agendas, and for taking advantage of every opportunity to reach those living with HIV or at risk of infection whenever and wherever they interacted with local health-care delivery systems.

Adoption of Political Declaration Promises ‘Bold and Decisive Action’ to Wipe Out What Remains of Global Human Tragedy of HIV/AIDS, as High-Level Meeting Concludes

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Adoption of Political Declaration Promises ‘Bold and Decisive Action’ to Wipe Out What Remains of Global Human Tragedy of HIV/AIDS, as High-Level Meeting Concludes

Deeply concerned that AIDS already had claimed 30 million lives and orphaned 16 million children since it was first discovered in 1981, the United Nations General Assembly today promised to partner with all stakeholders to implement “bold and decisive action” to wipe out what remained of an unprecedented global human tragedy despite significant progress in the past decade to combat the disease.

Security Council Extends Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus until 15 December 2011, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1986 (2011)

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Security Council Extends Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus until 15 December 2011, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1986 (2011)

Welcoming progress made so far in “fully fledged negotiations” between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders, the Security Council this morning called on them to intensify the momentum of the talks as it extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 15 December 2011.

Secretary-General, at Signing of Colombia’s Victims’ Rights and Land Restitution Bill, Says ‘Real Transforming Effect on the Ground’ Must Accompany New Law

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Secretary-General, at Signing of Colombia’s Victims’ Rights and Land Restitution Bill, Says ‘Real Transforming Effect on the Ground’ Must Accompany New Law

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the signing ceremony for the Victims’ Rights and Land Restitution Bill, in Bogota on 10 June:
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