Ahern makes plea for victims

BERTIE AHERN yesterday pleaded for the HIV/AIDS epidemic to be kept high on the international agenda in the face of the current “preoccupation” with global terrorism.

The Taoiseach made his plea while opening a worldwide conference on HIV and Aids, being staged in Dublin Castle under Ireland's European Union presidency.

Mr Ahern stressed that threats to health and development demanded collective action throughout the EU.