In her first World AIDS Day statement as UNESCO’s Director-General, Ms. Irina Bokova said it will not be possible to achieve Universal Access without fully respecting the universality of human rights, regardless of a person’s age, sex, ethnicity, occupation, religious beliefs, and sexual orientation, with a particular concern for those most at-risk and vulnerable to HIV infection
(See the Director-General’s message in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish).
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