NEW UN REPORT CITES DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS

NEW YORK, 16 September (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) -- The HIV/AIDS epidemic will have devastating consequences in the decades to come for virtually every sector of society ranging from households and farms, to growth of whole economies, according to a new report, The Impact of AIDS, issued today by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ Population Division.

UN will continue to work with Guatemala to build just, peaceful society,

Secretary-General says at exhibit opening

 

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the exhibit “Guatemala:  Images of Peace” at Headquarters on 14 September:

It is a great pleasure to join you for the opening of this exhibit.

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS AGENDA FOR fifty-ninth GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Decides Once Again Not to Recommend Inclusion of Item on ‘Representation of Republic of China (Taiwan)’

Women key to resolving armed conflicts, Deputy Secretary-General

says at opening of Gender justice Conference

 

Following are the opening remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at “Peace Needs Women, and Women Need Justice”, a conference on gender justice in post-conflict situations, delivered today in New York:

Ten Years on, UNFPA Reports Uneven Progress in Implementing

Landmark Population and Development Consensus

 

Funding Gap Imperils Efforts to Reduce Maternal

Deaths, Prevent HIV/AIDS and Ensure Reproductive Rights

‘BLUE FLAG’ FLYING IN IRAQ, BUT LIGHT FOOTPRINT UNAVOIDABLE

IN CURRENT SECURITY SITUATION, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Secretary-General’s Special Representative Briefs Council,

Says UN Mission Committed to Assisting Fair, Credible Electoral Process

CUBA:  A MODEL IN HURRICANE RISK MANAGEMENT

NEW DATA SHOW SIZEABLE DROP IN NUMBERS OF WASTED FISH

Are Better Fishing Practices Responsible

For Decrease, or Are There Just Fewer Fish to Waste?

(Reissued as received.)

WORLD WAS INCREASINGLY LOOKING TO UN TO HELP RESPOND TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES,

NEW GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS AT OPENING OF FIFTY-NINTH SESSION

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT HOLYFAMILYCHURCH, SAYS SERVICE OFFERS

SOLACE, SOURCE OF STRENGTH AS UN PREPARES FOR TRIALS AHEAD

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the HolyFamilyChurch in New York, 13 September:

Let me thank the Parish of the HolyFamilyChurch for organizing this service, as it does every year.