PRESS CONFERENCE ON CONGRESS FOR AIDS IN ASIA AND PACIFIC

The upcoming Sixth International Congress for AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) would be a free zone for genuine discussion, cooperation, and interchange among elements of society and government, as well as infected and affected communities, Dennis Altman, one of the gathering's co-Chairs, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN 'HOSPITAL SOLIDARITY' INITIATIVE

PRESS CONFERENCE ON FUTURE OF GLOBAL HIV PREVENTION

HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY HARM REDUCTION GROUPS

Injecting drugs was one of the most efficient ways of spreading HIV/AIDS, Dr. Diane Riley of the International Harm Reduction Association told correspondents this afternoon during a press conference at Headquarters.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY AIDS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

The International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) endorsed the General Assembly special session's Declaration of Commitment, despite its failure explicitly to name homosexuals and sex workers as vulnerable groups, Richard Burzynski, the council's executive director said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN OF AIDS ROUND TABLE 4

A “vast and rapid increased funding” would be needed to support national efforts of developing countries in the fight against HIV/AIDS, President Benjamin Mkapa of the United Republic of Tanzania said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Sue Markham, Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SWEDEN

PRESS CONFERENCE ON 2001 WORLD DISASTERS REPORT

This year's World Disasters Report demonstrates that disasters are shaping development instead of being a blip on the development curve, Peter Walker, the report's founding editor, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).