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Kofi Annan with Vice-Premier Qian Qichen

In China, Annan continues pressing for full mobilization against AIDS

15 October 2002
Concluding his official visit to China today, the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, pressed government officials with his case for the full mobilization of Chinese society to fight the country’s alarming growth in HIV infections, a UN spokesperson said in New York.
Kofi Annan at Zhejiang University

On brink of explosive AIDS epidemic, China must take preventive action, Annan says

14 October 2002
Standing on the brink of an explosive AIDS epidemic, China must take action to prevent a massive further spread of the deadly disease, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today as he kicked off his official visit to the country.
Kofi Annan with FM Tang Jiaxuan

In China, Annan denounces Bali bomb blast, calls for cooperation in anti-terror fight

14 October 2002
In China for an official visit, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today denounced a bomb blast over the weekend in Bali, Indonesia, that killed more than 180 people at a nightclub and called for cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

China: UN agency voices concern about reports of missing AIDS activist

6 September 2002
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today said it was “deeply concerned” by media reports about a missing AIDS activist in China.

UNDP, Shell petroleum company to assess social impact of major China pipeline project

9 April 2002
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Shell petroleum company have agreed to assess the social impact of China's West-East Pipeline project, the UN agency announced today.