HIV/AIDS funds in short supply

Beijing - China called on developed countries to honor commitments and offer necessary financial and technical assistance to developing nations for AIDS intervention.

The comments came after the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria halted $23 million in financial support for China due to alleged doubt about the way the money was being used.

"It is important to strengthen international cooperation and the international community should now translate commitments into concrete actions and make more efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS worldwide," said Li Baodong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, at an open debate of the UN Security Council on HIV/AIDS.