HIV

UN regional unit sounds alarm on spread of HIV/AIDS among Asia-Pacific youth

28 June 2006
With 60 per cent of new HIV infections in Thailand and Vietnam among young people, a report released today by the United Nations commission for regional development in the Asia-Pacific region calls on governments in the area to target youth in the fight against the pandemic.
Samuel Dalembert with Shanghai children

US basketball association and UNICEF aim for slam dunk against AIDS in China

22 June 2006
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and its Basketball Without Borders programme in Asia has teamed up with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to distribute HIV/AIDS education materials and sports kits to schools in seven provinces throughout China.
Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Chinese pop singer

Chinese singer Miriam Yeung Chin Wah renews role as UNAIDS Representative

20 June 2006
Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, the famous Chinese pop singer from Hong Kong, has agreed to take on a new two-year term as Special Representative for UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, a role she has held since 2000.

UNAIDS-sponsored group to talk about HIV in four US cities

7 June 2006
The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, a group founded by the United Nations system’s anti-HIV/AIDS programme, will visit four United States cities, starting tomorrow, to raise public awareness about the unique challenges facing women and girls in a world with the disease.

Special UN meeting on fighting AIDS promises to set new national targets

3 June 2006
The special United Nations General Assembly meeting to assess the progress made in combating AIDS since it issued its Declaration of Commitment to a comprehensive battle against the pandemic five years ago ended today with a pledge to set “ambitious national targets” this year, including interim targets for 2008.
Annan Addresses High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS

Annan urges world leaders to take the responsibility for stopping HIV/AIDS

2 June 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, addressing national leaders at a special United Nations meeting to assess progress since 2001 on turning back HIV/AIDS, today called on all heads of State and government to take personal responsibility for stopping the spread of the disease.
Dr. Peter Piot of UNAIDS

AIDS lays bare the injustices women suffer – UN official

1 June 2006
Within the tragedy of the AIDS pandemic lies an opportunity for changing male behaviour, particularly the discrimination against women that has been spotlighted as the disease has spread, especially in Africa, the head of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), said today.

Tackling AIDS pandemic requires guarding rights of women, UN meeting told

1 June 2006
As participants at a major United Nations conference in New York today reviewed the increasing prevalence of HIV/AIDS in women compared to men, the head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said the only way to reverse the feminization of the pandemic is to make sure that women have greater control of their bodies and their lives, as well as of public policies and budgets.
SG meets with people living with HIV

‘Don’t kill us with diplomacy’ person with HIV tells UN AIDS meeting – Annan

1 June 2006
Following a meeting with persons living with HIV who are attending a major United Nations meeting on AIDS in New York, Secretary-General Kofi Annan reported their appeal to diplomats not to negotiate away past gains in a declaration to be adopted by the end of the three-day session, which concludes Friday.