Good evening. My name is Habbi Belahal.

Then there's HIV AIDS. And then there are deaths from war.

The Caribbean region was the world's second most affected by HIV AIDS.

HIV AIDS kills and affects more people than do earthquakes and hurricanes combined.

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If this were Zambia, 300 of you would be farmers, 100 of you would have AIDS or HIV.

Women, especially girls, were disproportionately affected by HIV AIDS, rendering them unable to care for the ill and orphaned.

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British Columbia has introduced a policy framework to guide the prevention, care and treatment of HIV infection entitled Priorities for Action in Managing the Epidemics HIV AIDS in BC (2003 2007).

Deeply concerned at the HIV AIDS pandemic, and at its disproportionate effect on women and girls,

Welcoming the appointment by the Secretary General of Special Envoys on HIV AIDS for Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe,

Consistent with the rapid spread of the HIV AIDS pandemic, funding for HIV AIDS activities has increased sharply since 1995, from 9 per cent of total population assistance to 47 per cent in 2003, up from 43 per cent in 2002.

That summer, my wife, Ali, and myself went to Ethiopia.

Also welcoming the appointment by the Secretary General of Special Envoys on HIV AIDS for Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe,

Allocation of resources for programmes directed at adolescents for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases including HIV AIDS is more problematic.

AIDS incidence and estimated HIV prevalence in Australia at the end of 2004 were 1.2 and 74 per 100,000 of population, respectively.

The largest and increasing proportion of total population assistance goes to fund HIV AIDS activities.

Deeply concerned that the global HIV AIDS pandemic disproportionately impacts women and girls, and that the majority of new HIV infections occur among young people,

The largest percentage of people who already have heard of AIDS is from the provinces that currently possess the highest prevalence of HIV AIDS in the country Tete (women and men 97 ) Manica (women 94 and men 96 ) and the capital of the country City of Maputo (women 95 , men 97 ).

In 1986, there was the proportion of one case of AIDS registered in woman to 16 cases of AIDS registered in men.

UNIFEM has supported efforts to establish a national network for women living with HIV AIDS in Liberia.

The disproportionate impact of HIV AIDS on women and girls is leading to a feminization of the disease.

In 2004, it was notable that girls' education and HIV AIDS accounted for a significantly higher share of regular resources programme expenditures (25 and 13 per cent, respectively) than of total expenditures.

IDUs who share syringes continue to account for the large percentage of new HIV AIDS cases in China and Viet Nam.

The HIV AIDS prevalence of 8.5 per cent among women was a source of great concern to her Government, which had initiated a pilot project in Libreville to prevent the transmission of HIV AIDS from mother to child.

During the reporting period, UNMIL undertook a number of HIV AIDS related initiatives targeted at the Liberian population.

The degree of knowledge of the existence of the AIDS is quite high 82 of women and 94 of men know or already they had heard about AIDS.

We must also acknowledge the fact that the threat posed by HIV AIDS in 2005 is much greater than it was when we met here four years ago.

In all regions, the percentage of women living with HIV is significantly increasing.

Those members are Mr. Buergenthal, Mr. Elaraby, Mr. Kooijmans, Mr. Rezek and Mr. Vereshchetin.

The National Coalition of Women against HIV AIDS spearheaded by women ministers in Ethiopia was a direct outcome of the LDP.

UNICEF, WHO and USAID convened a consultation in Zambia to review accelerated actions to treat children with HIV AIDS in the Southern African region.

Priority was being given to malaria which was having a devastating impact and was a far more pressing issue in the Gambia than HIV AIDS, and to sensitizing communities to malaria prevention.

In Africa, use of SSC was highest in HIV AIDS programmes and initiatives to foster democratic governance, while the lowest level of use was found in activities focused on poverty reduction and crisis prevention and recovery.

According to the UNDP, In many countries rates of HIV infection are considerably higher among military personnel than among the population generally.

Here's a slide looking at the genetic variation of flu and comparing that to HIV, a much wilder target.

During the past year, my Special Envoys for HIV AIDS continued to assist me in four regions of the world Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe in promoting key issues and to advocate for an expanded response to HIV AIDS in their regions.

His Excellency Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Prime Minister, State of Kuwait

In 2003, four affected people from Aruba attended the Caribbean Regional Network for the first time.

UNAIDS tell us that the HIV rate in Zambia is 20 percent, and mortality estimates suggest it's only about 5 percent.

In particular, HIV AIDS had assumed an increasingly feminine face, with the increasing number of women and girls infected with the disease surpassing their male counterparts in the incidence of new infections.

The National Strategic Plan (2003 2007) on HIV AIDS for Aruba is part of the Subregional Strategic Plan of the Pan Caribbean Partnership.

Among indigenous HIV cases in 2004, a higher proportion of HIV diagnoses were attributed to injecting drug use (20.0 per cent) compared with the non indigenous population (4.2 per cent).

Reaffirming also the Declaration of Commitment on HIV AIDSResolution S 26 2, annex. and the Political Declaration on HIV AIDS adopted at the High level Meeting on HIV AIDS, held from 31 May to 2 June 2006,Resolution 60 262, annex. which, inter alia, acknowledged the feminization of the pandemic,

The secretariat replied that UNICEF spent 13 per cent of its total regular resources expenditures on HIV AIDS in 2004. The percentage of other resources was considerably lower and reduced the overall percentage.