联合国秘书长潘基文说，世界最终将消除艾滋病。但他说，在未来抗议这一疾病的过程中，资金将成为至关重要的问题。
潘基文在星期四世界艾滋病日发表的声明中敦促国际捐助者完成据估计每年240亿美元的需求，全面资助全球抗击艾滋病的倡议。
在华盛顿，美国总统奥巴马宣布再拨出5000万美元支持美国国内抗击艾滋病的项目。他还说，美国设立了新的目标，在未来两年内帮助150万感染艾滋病毒的怀孕妇女和600多万人。
仍然有许多观察家担忧，随着欧美试图填补其巨额预算赤字，全球抗击艾滋病的努力将内面临资金被严重削减的问题。
医疗慈善组织医生无国界的尚迪雅曼尼说，该组织担忧潜在的资金短缺问题。
联合国星期三发表的报告说，研究艾滋病毒的国家和国际资金从2009年的159亿美元减少到2010年的150亿美元，低于全球性全面应对这一问题所需的指标。
这份报告发现，新感染艾滋病毒的人数在过去10年中下降了15%。但报告也发现，在过去10年中，东欧和中亚的新感染人数上升了250%。
联合国估计，目前全球有3400万艾滋病毒感染者。
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the world is finally in a position to eradicate AIDS, but says funding will be critical to future progress in fighting the epidemic.
In a statement to commemorate World AIDS Day on Thursday, Mr. Ban urged international donors to meet the estimated $24 billion needed annually to fully fund global AIDS initiatives.
In Washington, U.S. President Barack Obama announced an additional $50 million to support domestic anti-AIDS programs. He also said the United States has set new targets of helping 1.5 million HIV-positive pregnant women and more than six million people in total over the next two years.
Still, many observers worry that global AIDS efforts may face serious cut backs as governments in Europe and the U.S. try to make up for large budget deficits.
Kumar Chandiramani of the medical charity group Doctors Without Borders says his organization is worried about a potential lack of funding.
A U.N. report released Wednesday said domestic and international funding for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, decreased from $15.9 billion in 2009 to $15 billion in 2010, well below the threshold it says is needed for a comprehensive, global response.
The report found the number of new HIV infections has dropped by 15 percent in the past decade. But it also found that new infections increased by 250 percent in the past decade in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
The U.N. estimates that 34 million people around the world are living with HIV.
