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Press Conference


25/06/2001
Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING BY UNAIDS


The special session could turn the tide on an epidemic that was changing tens of millions of infected people into a hundred million more in the near future, correspondents were told this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing on the opening day of the special session on HIV/AIDS.  The speaker was Peter Piot, the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

25/06/2001
Press Briefing


ILO DIRECTOR GENERAL INTRODUCES CODE OF PRACTICES ON AIDS


Of the 36 million people infected with HIV/AIDS, 23 million are in the workplace, the Director General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Juan Somavia,told correspondents this morning during a Headquarters press conference where he introduced the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS.

25/06/2001
Press Briefing


PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF CANADA


Canada would commit some $73 million for HIV/AIDS programming in Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and Central and Eastern Europe, Maria Minna, Minister for International Cooperation of Canada, announced today at a Headquarters press conference being held in conjunction with the special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS.

25/06/2001
Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING ON ACCESS OF POOR COUNTRIES TO HIV/AIDS TREATMENTS


The leading international research-based pharmaceutical companies support strengthening the ability of the poorest countries to access health care prevention strategies and treatment, according to a statement distributed by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon related to the General Assembly’s special session on HIV/AIDS.

25/06/2001
Press Briefing


PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA


Nigeria would contribute up to $10 million to the Global AIDS and Health Fund proposed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, President Olusegun Obasanjo of that country said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

22/06/2001
Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON FORESTS


During its first two-week session, the new international body on forests -- the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) -- had had an opportunity to define its scope of work, initiate a framework for a plan of action, design new approaches to international cooperation, and expand coordination through the newly formed collaborative partnerships on forests (CPF), correspondents were told at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

22/06/2001
Press Briefing


HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY INFORMATION MINISTER OF SIERRA LEONE


Under a new philosophical premise, Sierra Leone's Government would treat information as a basic human need, placing it on the same level as food and shelter, Information and Broadcasting Minister Cecil Blake said at a Headquarters press conference this morning.