HIV/AIDS

30 April 2001

SG/SM/7783-AIDS/9

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND LOCAL INVOLVEMENT IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS, AT CONFERENCE OF COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS

30/04/2001

Press Release
SG/SM/7783
AIDS/9

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND LOCAL INVOLVEMENT IN FIGHT

AGAINST HIV/AIDS, AT CONFERENCE OF COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS

Following is the text, as delivered, of the address made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today to the Annual Conference of the Council on Foundations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

27 April 2001

AFR/316-AIDS/8-POP/801

STRONGER PREVENTION EFFORT NEEDED TO HALT HIV/AIDS, UN POPULATION FUND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TELLS AFRICAN SUMMIT

27/04/2001

Press Release
AFR/316
AIDS/8
POP/801

STRONGER PREVENTION EFFORT NEEDED TO HALT HIV/AIDS, UN POPULATION FUND

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TELLS AFRICAN SUMMIT

ABUJA, Nigeria, 27 April (UNFPA) -— A stepped-up effort to prevent the spread of infection is the only way to end the scourge of HIV/AIDS, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said today in a statement to the African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases.

26 April 2001

GA/SM/242-AIDS/6

FIGHT AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASES WILL REQUIRE WILL POWER, RESOURCES AND CAPACITIES, ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS AFRICAN LEADERS SUMMIT

26/04/2001

Press Release
GA/SM/242
AIDS/6

FIGHT AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASES WILL REQUIRE WILL POWER, RESOURCES

AND CAPACITIES, ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS AFRICAN LEADERS SUMMIT

Following is the text of a statement made by General Assembly President Harri Holkeri (Finland) at the African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Infectious Diseases in Abuja, Nigeria:

19 April 2001

SG/SM/7772-AFR/312-AIDS/5

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DELIGHTED’ BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES’ WITHDRAWAL OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT

19/04/2001

Press Release
SG/SM/7772
AFR/312
AIDS/5

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DELIGHTED’ BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES’ WITHDRAWAL

OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

5 April 2001

SG/SM/7764-AIDS/3

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES STEPS BY LEADING DRUG COMPANIES TO IMPROVE AIDS TREATMENT ACCESS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

05/04/2001

Press Release
SG/SM/7764
AIDS/3

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES STEPS BY LEADING DRUG COMPANIES TO IMPROVE

AIDS TREATMENT ACCESS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Following is the text of a statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Amsterdam, after meeting the leaders of six leading research-based pharmaceutical companies:

5 April 2001

SG/2070-AIDS/4

UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO LEAD FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

05/04/2001

Press Release
SG/2070
AIDS/4

UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO LEAD FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS
(Reissued as received.)

26 February 2001

DSG/SM/122-AIDS/2-GA/9856

WITH 22 MILLION DEAD AND 36 MILLION INFECTED, IMPORTANCE OF HIV/AIDS CANNOT BE OVERSTATED, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL AT HEADQUARTERS CONSULTATION

26/02/2001

Press Release
DSG/SM/122
AIDS/2
GA/9856

DSG/SM/122

20 February 2001

SG/2068-AIDS/1

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE UP AIDS CHALLENGE

20/02/2001

Press Release
SG/2068
AIDS/1

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE UP AIDS CHALLENGE

Seeks Global Commitment to Reverse AIDS Spread

Declaring the HIV/AIDS epidemic “the most formidable development challenge of our time”, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a report released today, calls on governments to secure a global commitment for intensified and coordinated action.