As the world heads into the fourth decade of AIDS, it is finally in a position to end the epidemic, Ban Ki-moon said today, leading a chorus of UN officials in calling for the political will, investments and determination to reach this goal.

The Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers issues a statement, demanding that anti-AIDS therapies be extended to all peoples and parts of the population. Some AIDS-related deaths are “no longer justifiable;” the same is true for “the pain of the relatives of the people involved, the ...