[afro-nets] UN Assembly Holds Special Meeting on HIV/AIDS

[Claudio Schuftan <claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn>]

UN Assembly Holds Special Meeting to Review Global Action
Against HIV/AIDS
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New York, Jun 2 2005 12:00PM

High-level officials from around the globe convene today at
United Nations Headquarters in New York to review progress made
towards goals in the struggle against HIV/AIDS set four years
ago at an historic world meeting.

Those goals, adopted by the 2001 UN General Assembly special
session on HIV/AIDS, focus on the rapid expansion of HIV preven-
tion, care, treatment and impact alleviation by this year, 2005.

According to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's report on the
subject, the AIDS epidemic is still outpacing the global re-
sponse, despite being contained in a small but growing number of
countries. The report emphasizes the need to step up access to
prevention and treatment worldwide.

For accessing the full report and background documents please
visit :

http://www.unaids.org/en/events/un+special+session+on+hiv_aids/2005+general+assembly+high+level+meeting+on+hiv_aids.asp

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