The secretary general addressed to the African development forum: African development forum
The Secretary-General address to the African Development Forum. The Secretary-General on his remarks highlighted that; more people than ever before are aware of the impact of AIDS. Teachers, doctors, community and corporate leaders are more and more engaged in protecting people against infection, and in caring for those who are already infected. Public education campaigns in one country were so relentless that they came to be known the "big noise". AIDS leaves poor societies poorer still and thus even more vulnerable to infection. It is unravelling fragile and hard-won success stories throughout the developing world. Africa must now build up reliable procedures for spending these billions where they are most needed, and can do the most good. The question of leadership compels me to say a special word about the role of men. Women's empowerment is a key strategy for decreasing vulnerability to HIV. The United Nations system, for its part, must make the struggle for AIDS a true priority in our work throughout Africa, on an equal footing with our work for peace and security.
| Format: | Speech biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2000-12
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/31572 |
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