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HIV / AIDS PEACE AND SECURITY WRAP
STORY: HIV / AIDS PEACE AND SECURITY WRAP
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DATELINE: 7 JUNE 2011, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN building
7 JUNE 2011, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, delegates
4. Pan left, vote
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic:
“Today we are here to take stock of the challenges to be met in the future as the HIV pandemic continues to be an obstacle to the development of our countries and a risk to collective security. This new factor continues to influence the dynamics of crises and conflicts and the peace-building processes. This is particularly true in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
6. Med shot, Bongo Ondimba and the Secretary-General
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“The Council has made major strides in addressing sexual violence in conflict. But rape is still a weapon of choice. This is an atrocious human rights violation, it is a war crime, and it is a public health threat. Women and girls are extremely vulnerable as victims, and more than that, they are agents of progress and change. I urge all Member States to link efforts to combat HIV and AIDS with our campaigns against sexual violence and for the rights of women.”
8. Med shot, German Ambassador
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS:
“This new resolution is key to realising exactly what the Secretary-General mentioned right now. Zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS related deaths.”
10. Med shot, delegates
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria:
“Thirty years since the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, the time is ripe for a final solution. I reiterate Nigeria’s unequivocal support for a global response to this cause. As the Secretary-General recognises in his report, the prevention imperative is upon us. The human and economic costs of inaction are too great to contemplate.”
12. Med shot, delegates
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Alain Jupe, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France:
“In spite of all our efforts, the HIV/ AIDS pandemic human cost continues to grow, especially for the poorest countries. Today more than ever, AIDS therefore is a threat to international peace and security. Let us spare no efforts, as the Secretary-General said. France shares the view of a world without new infections, without intolerance and without deaths due to AIDS. This is an enormous challenge, but it will be in the service of peace and a challenge for all of us to tackle.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
The Security Council today (7 June) underlined the continuing need for urgent and coordinated global action to curb the impact of HIV and AIDS in conflict and post-conflict situations, while recognizing the important role United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations can play in responding to the epidemic.
Meeting on the eve of the three-day high-level event on AIDS set to begin at UN Headquarters tomorrow, the Council unanimously approved a resolution recognizing that HIV poses one of the most formidable challenges to the development, progress and stability of societies and requires an exceptional and comprehensive global response.
President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, which holds the Council’s presidency for the month of June, said that today’s meeting takes stock of “the challenges to be met in the future as the HIV pandemic continues to be an obstacle to the development of our countries and a risk to collective security.”
In the 30 years since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, more than 60 million people have been infected, at least 25 million people have died and more than 16 million children have been orphaned by AIDS.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the meeting that although the Council has made “major strides” in addressing sexual violence in conflict, rape remains “a weapon of choice”. He remarked that “this is an atrocious human rights violation, it is a war crime, and it is a public health threat.”
He urged all Member States to link efforts to combat HIV and AIDS with “campaigns against sexual violence and for the rights of women.”
Today’s meeting marks the second time that the 15-member body has discussed HIV and AIDS in the Council. In January 2000, the Council adopted resolution 1308 in which it recognized the potential of the epidemic, if unchecked, to pose a risk to stability and security. It also focused on the potential of HIV and AIDS to affect the health of UN peacekeeping personnel.
The resolution recognizes that UN peacekeeping operations can be important contributors to an integrated response to HIV and AIDS.
Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS told the Council that the new resolution is “key” to realising exactly what the Secretary-General’s vision of “zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS related deaths.”
President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria noted that thirty years since the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, “the time is ripe for a final solution”. He reiterated Nigeria’s “unequivocal support for a global response to this cause” as “the human and economic costs of inaction are too great to contemplate.”
France’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alain Jupe, pointed out to the Council that in spite of the international community’s efforts, “the HIV/ AIDS pandemic human cost continues to grow, especially for the poorest countries.”
He stressed that “today more than ever,” AIDS remains a threat to international peace and security and said that “this is an enormous challenge, but it will be in the service of peace and a challenge for all of us to tackle.”
This week’s high-level meeting of the General Assembly provides an opportunity for Member States – 30 years into the epidemic and 10 years since the General Assembly’s Special Session on HIV/AIDS in 2001 – to review progress and to chart the future course of the global AIDS response.
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