This is a picture of bus shelter in New York promoting the UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS in 2001. The UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS in New York was opened by the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. This was the first ever UN meeting devoted to a public health issue. More about the history of HIV and AIDS can be found at http://www.avert.org/historyi.htm

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