At the outset, allow me to congratulate the United Nations on convening this High-level Meeting on the extremely important and topical issue of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These have emerged as a leading cause of illness, disability and death and pose a mounting challenge to health-care practi…
At the outset, I would like to compliment the President of the General Assembly on
organizing this High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS. The Secretary-General’s report (A/65/797) has shown that the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to outpace the response to contain and prevent its spread. That situation persi…
