Panafrican News Agency - September 25, 2001
Rawlings, who is on a three-day visit as UN's Eminent Person on Volunteerism, has been advocating a key role for volunteers in the HIV/AIDS fight.
According to the radio, quoting the Foreign Ministry, Meles told Rawlings that Ethiopia was approaching the issue aggressively under the National HIV/AIDS prevention and control led by the Presidency.
Rawlings, who also met with Ethiopian religious leaders on the issue, emphasised the need for active public participation in the fight against the alarming spread of the disease.
"We shouldn't let HIV/AIDS devastate the whole of the productive sector of Africa and wipe out all the skills. It is time to show that Africans can contain the pandemic by informing and educating the public as well as by sharing experiences," he said.
The Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Abune Paulos pledged the Church's readiness to co-operate with local and intentional organisations to fight the disease.
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