Festus Mogae acknowledged the international scientific consensus on the HIV/AIDS epidemic at a time when many other African leaders did not, and he invited international assistance into Botswana to address the epidemic. Mogaeās assessment of the gravity of the situation was apparent in his June 2001 speech before the UN General Assembly, where he described the epidemic as a national crisis that threatened the very survival of his people.
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