UNITED NATIONS, Dec 19 (AFP) - The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, AIDS and poverty should not be forgotten as nations of the world focus on fighting terrorism, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Wednesday.
At a year-end news conference, Annan said for many people in the world 2001 was not so different from 2000 or 1999 - "just another year of living with HIV/AIDS, or in a refugee camp, or under repressive rule, or with crushing poverty, or watching crops dwindle and children go hungry as the global environment comes under ever greater threat.
"Those are the realities we must keep in mind even as we muster our energy and determination for the worldwide struggle against terrorism."
Annan, who with the UN itself received this year's Nobel Peace Prize, said the international organization needed sufficient resources to carry out its tasks.
"I call upon all member states to overcome their differences, and provide the organization with the funds we need to carry out the vital work that the world expects of us," he said.
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