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Harder work urged as AIDS goals lose ground

    JOHANNESBURG

    With 10 new HIV/AIDS infections occurring every minute, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned that current action still fell far short of what was needed to tackle the global pandemic.

    In a recent statement marking World AIDS Day, Annan said: "Clearly, we must work even harder to match our commitment with the necessary resources and action."

    He pointed out that at the current rate of progress, none of the goals set during the General Assembly’s 2001 session to halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS would be reached by the target date of 2005.

    "We cannot claim that competing challenges are more important, or more urgent," Annan stressed. "We must keep HIV/AIDS at the top of our political and practical agenda."

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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