Jun 27, 2015
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United Nations, June 26 2015. Ambassador Samantha Power U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Thank you so much. It’s a great honor to speak to you here on behalf of the host country, the United States – we’re incredibly proud of this role that we get to play, thanks to the founders. Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson, Vice President of the General Assembly Gunnarsson, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. Greetings to you on this auspicious day as we look to the past and the future of our United Nations. I also want to greet Secretary-General Ban and all of those gathered in San Francisco, [Read More]
United Nations, New York, USA, December 01 2014 – Simon Bland, Director of the New York Office of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), briefs journalists on the occasion of World AIDS Day (1 December). Marking the Day, UNAIDS released a report on HIV in cities, outlining the important role that urban areas will play in ending the epidemic. On the Photo: Simon Bland Credit: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire Speaking in a press conference in New York, the UNAIDS Director of the New York office Simon Bland stressed “We set a stage for us to end AIDS by 2030. When we [Read More]
