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...Kofi Annan is speaking politely, and optimistically, about his global quest to fight AIDS. But in the end, he may be forced to shame the wealthy countries into doing more to fight a disease that has so far killed some 20 million people and has already selected its next 30 million victims. As the first-ever United Nations General Assembly session dedicated to a health issue got underway on Monday, the U.N. Secretary General told the gathering that "AIDS can no longer do its work in the dark, the world has started to wake up." Indeed, world leaders...
...almost $10 billion a year is needed to stop the spread of HIV and to treat those already afflicted. That's small potatoes measured against national budgets in the industrialized nations, but it's prohibitive in the regions worst-hit by the disease. And the bad news is that Annan's drive to create a global war chest for fighting the disease has so far attracted pledges of only $528 million - a little over five percent of its projected target, and that's after donations from the world's richest country (the Bush administration pledged $200 million) and the world...
...control, operation and operating priorities of the fund proposed by Annan remain to be worked out in some fierce bureaucratic infighting at this conference and beyond. The U.N. Secretary General is proposing that the fund be managed outside of U.N. structures but with the U.N. participating alongside representatives of donor nations, afflicted nations and other interested parties - possibly including pharmaceutical corporations...
...current cease-fire is not an end in itself, as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan reminded the players at the weekend. It's a stepping stone to resuming political negotiations. Absent those, the Palestinians have no incentive to keep the peace. But political negotiations are a major problem for Sharon, because he has very little to offer. He believes Oslo is dead, and insists he'll only discuss long-term interim agreements. But for Arafat, the only purpose of talking to the Israelis rather than fighting them is the possibility that this will achieve his cherished Palestinian state...
...issue of AIDS in Africa has also been taken up by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan. Last month, President Bush pledged $200 million for a global trust fund to fight AIDS. Congress budgeted $460 million for global AIDS programs this year...