UNAIDS Concerned about Mr. Wan Yanhai, AIDS Activist, China

UNAIDS Concerned about Mr. Wan Yanhai, AIDS Activist, China

UNAIDS - September 6, 2002

Geneva, 6 September 2002 - UNAIDS has noted the media reports about the missing AIDS activist Mr. Wan Yanhai in China. We are deeply concerned by these reports. We have conveyed our concern to the Chinese authorities and have written to Premier Zhu Rongji about the issue. UNAIDS will update this statement as and when further information becomes available.

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For more information, please contact Mahesh Mahalingam, UNAIDS, Geneva, (+41 22) 791 4918 or Andrew Shih, UNAIDS, New York (+ 1 212) 584 5024. You may also visit the UNAIDS Website for more information about the programme (http://www.unaids.org).

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