2010年7月20日星期二

【China AIDS:5578】 万延海今晚1984年论坛谈同性恋

那么就定21日晚10-11点。邀请函建议简短如下:爱知行研究所所长万延海先生将于北京时间2010年7月21日晚10-11点在 1984bbs.com谈中国大陆的同性恋状况。请发信至freetalkgroup@gmail.com获取1984bbs注册邀请码。

【China AIDS:5576】 图片:孟林,嘎嘎等维也纳“呼吁中国政府履行承诺”

China's In the House - News from the International AIDS Conference

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By Meg Davis

 

At 5 pm, the crowd began to assemble on the square in front of the Messe Wien convention center. Some handed out signs reading "Broken promises kill" or "we are watching" over photos of giant eyeballs. Others wrestled in the wind with a black-and-white banner reading "No retreat, fund AIDS."


Two of our colleagues from China stood and stared, astounded. "I've never seen anything like it," said one. The other pulled out his camera and started snapping pictures of everything. A parade of red umbrellas trooped out, with protesters carrying them chanting "sex work is work!" And then, from the crowd, came a small line of Chinese gay rights activists carrying a banner that read in English and Chinese, "P.R. China Government, Keep Your Promises."

 

From above us, standing on a stone ledge, a man called out in excitement, "Hey, China's in the house!" The group of Chinese activists stood smiling side by side behind the banner while the cameras whirred and clicked, and beckoned us over to stand beside them with the Asia Catalyst banner. We were proud to do so. It wasn't the loudest protest on the plaza, but it may have been the most courageous one.

 

China is definitely in the house. Despite the overwhelming cost of travel to Vienna, there is finally a small but active group of activists here from around the country. Some came under their own steam; we're supporting another group of 6 Chinese AIDS activists, plus a translator who is a LGBT rights activist himself and who has been enormously helpful in helping people to get around the city. Our support ranges according to individual needs, from a full scholarship with daily help getting to the conference for one man who has never left China before, to just a local SIM card and map of the city for another who's an old hand.

 

With help from our three old friends at Korekata AIDS Law Center, we spent early Saturday morning cursing at pieces of tape, and now have set up and are staffing a small but neat and colorful Asia Catalyst booth in the Global Village (an area in the conference hall where NGOs, donors and others have exhibits). It's becoming a meeting spot and nice way to connect with dozens of colleagues from around the world. At the booth, we're handing out copies of our human rights mission kit, posters, and info from Chinese and Thai AIDS NGOs.

 

The recent move by Chinese AIDS activist Wan Yanhai from China to the U.S., along with advocacy by many others inside China and out, has created a new level of interest by donors and UN officials in meeting with and learning about Chinese AIDS NGOs. We're taking advantage of that to set up as many meetings as we can for the delegation, and encouraging them to seize every opportunity to meet new people, hand out their materials, and ask questions of speakers. The program kicks into high gear tomorrow, with meetings and talks from 9 am until well after 9 pm. We'll have more updates soon.

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北京益仁平中心 理事

Chang Kun

General Coordinator of China Youth HIV/AIDS Assembly
Board Member and Co-founder of Beijing Yirenping Center

Phone: 133 4910 8944 ; 138 1072 6838
Skype: Chinachangkun
MSN:13349108944@189.cn
Email:changkun2010@gmail.com
Personal Web: http://www.changkun.org
公民健康权利教育,从家乡开始!

首先我们的爸妈兄弟姊妹们支持我们,接着我们的亲戚邻居支持我们,我们的父老乡亲支持我们,最终我们才能见到梦想得公民社会!

--
★For showing our respect and thanks, building archives for UNAIDS CCC https://sites.google.com/site/unaidschinacc
★Boycott Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in China https://sites.google.com/site/boycottgatesfoundation/
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~----~----------~----~----~----~-----
"China AIDS Group中国艾滋病网络"
A:论坛发帖,请发电子邮件到 chinaaidsgroup@googlegroups.com
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C:Contact: Chang Kun 13349108944 changkun2010@gmail.com
 
★中国艾滋病博物馆/China AIDS Museum: http://www.AIDSmuseum.cn
旗下网站:
――艾博维客 AIDS Wiki : http://www.AIDSwiki.org
――艾博聚合(艾滋病博客群
http://www.wanyanhai.org
――China AIDS Email Group with over 2400 members:http://chinaaidsgroup.blogspot.com
――中国艾滋病地图/China AIDS Map:http://www.AIDSmaps.org
――空腹健身运动:http://www.HungerStrikeforAIDS.org
――艾滋人权 AIDS Rights: http://www.AIDSrights.net
――为艾滋病防治努力一生:Http://www.changkun.org
★ 凡是挑�、��、非理性、�於情�性、胡�批�和�意�之言�,或是匿名人士之言�,以及所�表意�出�有不雅、粗鄙之文字等,本�件��不予以�示!

【China AIDS:5577】 2010年8月30日--9月1日: 63rd UN Dept. of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization Conference - 第63届联合国公共信息部与非政府组织会议

2010年8月30日--9月1日: 63rd UN Dept. of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization Conference - 第63届联合国公共信息部与非政府组织会议

日期:2010830日--91

地点:澳大利亚,墨尔本

联络信息:公共信息部非政府组织关系主管Maria-Luisa Chavez,电话:+1 917 367 7022

简介:

公共信息部/非政府组织会议是联合国最重要的非政府组织活动。这将是澳大利亚首次举办这种规模的联合国活动,也仅仅是第三次在联合国总部以外的地方举行这一会议。

该会议每一年都会吸引来自世界各地的非政府组织代表们,共同讨论关乎民权社会及非政府组织与联合国合作方面的话题。今年会议的一个重要目标是吸引来自亚洲的非政府组织。

2010年会议将重点讨论全球健康,因为它与千年发展目标密切相关,对澳大利亚政府和非政府组织都是一个非常重要的问题。健康问题是千年发展目标的核心,也是国际公认的发展路线。千年发展目标所涉及的一些主要问题包括:目标4(降低儿童死亡率),目标5(改善产妇保健)和目标6(防治艾滋病毒/艾滋病、疟疾和其他疾病)。

 

Date: 30 August-1 September 2010

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Contact information:   Maria-Luisa Chavez, Chief of NGO Relations in the Dept. of Public Information,+1 917 367 7022.

Description:

The DPI/NGO Conference is the premier non-governmental organization event at the United Nations.  It will be the first time Australia hosts a UN event of this size, and only the third time that the DPI/NGO Conference has been held outside of UN headquarters.

Each year this conference brings together hundreds of non-governmental organization representatives from around the world to focus on a topic of interest related to the work of civil society and non-governmental organizations in collaboration with the United Nations.  A major aim of this year's Conference is to attract participation from non-governmental organizations from Asia.

The 2010 Conference will focus on global health as it relates to the Millennium Development Goals, an issue of importance to both the Government of Australia and the non-governmental community.  Health issues are central to the Millennium Development Goals, which have been internationally accepted as the roadmap for development.  Some of the key issues addressed by the MDG include: Goal 4 (reducing child mortality), Goal 5 (improving maternal health), and Goal 6 (combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases). 

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★For showing our respect and thanks, building archives for UNAIDS CCC https://sites.google.com/site/unaidschinacc
★Boycott Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in China https://sites.google.com/site/boycottgatesfoundation/
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~----~----------~----~----~----~-----
"China AIDS Group中国艾滋病网络"
A:论坛发帖,请发电子邮件到 chinaaidsgroup@googlegroups.com
B:退订此论坛,请发邮件至 chinaaidsgroup-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
C:Contact: Chang Kun 13349108944 changkun2010@gmail.com
 
★中国艾滋病博物馆/China AIDS Museum: http://www.AIDSmuseum.cn
旗下网站:
――艾博维客 AIDS Wiki : http://www.AIDSwiki.org
――艾博聚合(艾滋病博客群
http://www.wanyanhai.org
――China AIDS Email Group with over 2400 members:http://chinaaidsgroup.blogspot.com
――中国艾滋病地图/China AIDS Map:http://www.AIDSmaps.org
――空腹健身运动:http://www.HungerStrikeforAIDS.org
――艾滋人权 AIDS Rights: http://www.AIDSrights.net
――为艾滋病防治努力一生:Http://www.changkun.org
★ 凡是挑�、��、非理性、�於情�性、胡�批�和�意�之言�,或是匿名人士之言�,以及所�表意�出�有不雅、粗鄙之文字等,本�件��不予以�示!

2010年7月19日星期一

【China AIDS:5574】 Re: 【权利:3360】 是掘墓还是造墓【66】雷诺舟先生来信了

真是可笑之极,是不是在颂扬某人时也还要在前面加上“在某组织的领导下,在某机构的关怀下,在某社团的协助下”?由此可见奴性思维之根深蒂固。

在 2010年7月19日 下午2:19,Kun Chang <changkun2010@gmail.com>写道:

是掘墓还是造墓【66】雷诺舟先生来信了

 

常坤 2010719日星期一

 

       近日网上蹿红一篇文章《草见人命》,是华中师大一附中学生李红豪的语文考试之作。也就是这个被阅卷教师给了一个“自毁前程”的评语的文章激烈地抨击中国的政治体制、教育制度等,各大媒体都被头条报道。他对自己看法说“不是我出头,而是其他人的头都缩回去了,我的头没有动。”

 

       今日看到雷诺舟先生的回信,李红豪的看法也是我的感慨。雷诺舟先生对于中国艾滋病运动所做出的贡献并不是他出头,而仅仅是履行其职责和作为一个有基本人权素养、公平、正义和尊重事实的人。而这也应该是每一个人都所应拥有的。而事实的情况却多让我们所不容,孟德斯鸠在《法的精神》中说“非常奇怪,中国人万事以礼为本,却是世界上最会骗人的民族。

 

       “一樽酹江兮,怜不再侯;引颈高歌兮,慰我烦悠。”说实在的,我现在就是在为众多发生在中国艾滋病社区的欺骗所困扰,不肯沆瀣一气,却也只能曲高和寡;自命清高的后果就是“高处不胜寒”,确实很冷啊,酷暑不消寒。前段时间在北京碰到一个学者,因为她的一个问题,引发我就此问题“大发脾气”,没勇气也没信心去面对现实的。后来她通过快递送了我一本书清华社会学讲义之《社会与政治运动讲义》。

 

这个李红豪最崇拜的人物是竹林七贤里的嵇康。这个古人也是让我缅怀魏晋、探思幽谷不能自拔的人物。对于这么几年在中国艾滋病运动中的际遇,特别是这2010年回国以来,常常让我悠然中陷入嵇康当年的境况,直直想弹奏一曲已绝千年的“广陵散”(狂笑之扯),梦断自己的中国艾滋病运动之路;“古人有言。善莫近名。奉时恭默。咎悔不生。万石周慎。安亲保荣。世务纷纭。祗搅予情。安乐必诫。乃终利贞。煌煌灵芝。一生三秀。予独何为。有志不就。惩难思复。心焉内疚。庶勖将来。无馨无臭。采薇山阿。散发岩岫。永啸长吟。”这又何尝不是我当今当时之情,我知叔夜(嵇康字)当年,叔夜及其慕者知我也。

 

雷诺舟先生的回信让我很兴奋,对于他的态度和观点,让我们也很有力量,我们感谢他,也感谢那些为中国艾滋病防治事业做出贡献的人和组织。

 

顺便说一下,有人批评我们说,只表扬雷诺舟先生,不“颂扬”其他国际组织和国际人士,人家心里会不高兴的,而且有意见。我觉得可笑之极,不可理喻,现在连感谢一个我们感恩的人都要看一下别人的脸色了吗?

 

 

 

附件:

1、就雷诺舟先生在华工作感谢UNAIDS(中英)

2、为UNAIDS CCC建立档案以表达敬意和谢意

3、李红豪的作文《草见人命》原文:



--
常坤

中国青年艾滋病网络 总协调人
北京益仁平中心 理事

Chang Kun

General Coordinator of China Youth HIV/AIDS Assembly
Board Member and Co-founder of Beijing Yirenping Center

Phone: 133 4910 8944 ; 138 1072 6838
Skype: Chinachangkun
MSN:13349108944@189.cn
Email:changkun2010@gmail.com
Personal Web: http://www.changkun.org
公民健康权利教育,从家乡开始!

首先我们的爸妈兄弟姊妹们支持我们,接着我们的亲戚邻居支持我们,我们的父老乡亲支持我们,最终我们才能见到梦想得公民社会!

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★For showing our respect and thanks, building archives for UNAIDS CCC https://sites.google.com/site/unaidschinacc
★Boycott Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in China https://sites.google.com/site/boycottgatesfoundation/
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~----~----------~----~----~----~-----
"China AIDS Group中国艾滋病网络"
A:论坛发帖,请发电子邮件到 chinaaidsgroup@googlegroups.com
B:退订此论坛,请发邮件至 chinaaidsgroup-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
C:Contact: Chang Kun 13349108944 changkun2010@gmail.com
 
★中国艾滋病博物馆/China AIDS Museum: http://www.AIDSmuseum.cn
旗下网站:
――艾博维客 AIDS Wiki : http://www.AIDSwiki.org
――艾博聚合(艾滋病博客群
http://www.wanyanhai.org
――China AIDS Email Group with over 2400 members:http://chinaaidsgroup.blogspot.com
――中国艾滋病地图/China AIDS Map:http://www.AIDSmaps.org
――空腹健身运动:http://www.HungerStrikeforAIDS.org
――艾滋人权 AIDS Rights: http://www.AIDSrights.net
――为艾滋病防治努力一生:Http://www.changkun.org
★ 凡是挑�、��、非理性、�於情�性、胡�批�和�意�之言�,或是匿名人士之言�,以及所�表意�出�有不雅、粗鄙之文字等,本�件��不予以�示!

2010年7月18日星期日

【China AIDS:5573】 是掘墓还是造墓【66】雷诺舟先生来信了

是掘墓还是造墓【66】雷诺舟先生来信了

 

常坤 2010719日星期一

 

       近日网上蹿红一篇文章《草见人命》,是华中师大一附中学生李红豪的语文考试之作。也就是这个被阅卷教师给了一个“自毁前程”的评语的文章激烈地抨击中国的政治体制、教育制度等,各大媒体都被头条报道。他对自己看法说“不是我出头,而是其他人的头都缩回去了,我的头没有动。”

 

       今日看到雷诺舟先生的回信,李红豪的看法也是我的感慨。雷诺舟先生对于中国艾滋病运动所做出的贡献并不是他出头,而仅仅是履行其职责和作为一个有基本人权素养、公平、正义和尊重事实的人。而这也应该是每一个人都所应拥有的。而事实的情况却多让我们所不容,孟德斯鸠在《法的精神》中说“非常奇怪,中国人万事以礼为本,却是世界上最会骗人的民族。

 

       “一樽酹江兮,怜不再侯;引颈高歌兮,慰我烦悠。”说实在的,我现在就是在为众多发生在中国艾滋病社区的欺骗所困扰,不肯沆瀣一气,却也只能曲高和寡;自命清高的后果就是“高处不胜寒”,确实很冷啊,酷暑不消寒。前段时间在北京碰到一个学者,因为她的一个问题,引发我就此问题“大发脾气”,没勇气也没信心去面对现实的。后来她通过快递送了我一本书清华社会学讲义之《社会与政治运动讲义》。

 

这个李红豪最崇拜的人物是竹林七贤里的嵇康。这个古人也是让我缅怀魏晋、探思幽谷不能自拔的人物。对于这么几年在中国艾滋病运动中的际遇,特别是这2010年回国以来,常常让我悠然中陷入嵇康当年的境况,直直想弹奏一曲已绝千年的“广陵散”(狂笑之扯),梦断自己的中国艾滋病运动之路;“古人有言。善莫近名。奉时恭默。咎悔不生。万石周慎。安亲保荣。世务纷纭。祗搅予情。安乐必诫。乃终利贞。煌煌灵芝。一生三秀。予独何为。有志不就。惩难思复。心焉内疚。庶勖将来。无馨无臭。采薇山阿。散发岩岫。永啸长吟。”这又何尝不是我当今当时之情,我知叔夜(嵇康字)当年,叔夜及其慕者知我也。

 

雷诺舟先生的回信让我很兴奋,对于他的态度和观点,让我们也很有力量,我们感谢他,也感谢那些为中国艾滋病防治事业做出贡献的人和组织。

 

顺便说一下,有人批评我们说,只表扬雷诺舟先生,不“颂扬”其他国际组织和国际人士,人家心里会不高兴的,而且有意见。我觉得可笑之极,不可理喻,现在连感谢一个我们感恩的人都要看一下别人的脸色了吗?

 

 

 

附件:

1、就雷诺舟先生在华工作感谢UNAIDS(中英)

2、为UNAIDS CCC建立档案以表达敬意和谢意

3、李红豪的作文《草见人命》原文:



--
常坤

中国青年艾滋病网络 总协调人
北京益仁平中心 理事

Chang Kun

General Coordinator of China Youth HIV/AIDS Assembly
Board Member and Co-founder of Beijing Yirenping Center

Phone: 133 4910 8944 ; 138 1072 6838
Skype: Chinachangkun
MSN:13349108944@189.cn
Email:changkun2010@gmail.com
Personal Web: http://www.changkun.org
公民健康权利教育,从家乡开始!

首先我们的爸妈兄弟姊妹们支持我们,接着我们的亲戚邻居支持我们,我们的父老乡亲支持我们,最终我们才能见到梦想得公民社会!

--
★For showing our respect and thanks, building archives for UNAIDS CCC https://sites.google.com/site/unaidschinacc
★Boycott Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in China https://sites.google.com/site/boycottgatesfoundation/
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~----~----------~----~----~----~-----
"China AIDS Group中国艾滋病网络"
A:论坛发帖,请发电子邮件到 chinaaidsgroup@googlegroups.com
B:退订此论坛,请发邮件至 chinaaidsgroup-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
C:Contact: Chang Kun 13349108944 changkun2010@gmail.com
 
★中国艾滋病博物馆/China AIDS Museum: http://www.AIDSmuseum.cn
旗下网站:
――艾博维客 AIDS Wiki : http://www.AIDSwiki.org
――艾博聚合(艾滋病博客群
http://www.wanyanhai.org
――China AIDS Email Group with over 2400 members:http://chinaaidsgroup.blogspot.com
――中国艾滋病地图/China AIDS Map:http://www.AIDSmaps.org
――空腹健身运动:http://www.HungerStrikeforAIDS.org
――艾滋人权 AIDS Rights: http://www.AIDSrights.net
――为艾滋病防治努力一生:Http://www.changkun.org
★ 凡是挑�、��、非理性、�於情�性、胡�批�和�意�之言�,或是匿名人士之言�,以及所�表意�出�有不雅、粗鄙之文字等,本�件��不予以�示!

【China AIDS:5574】 就武汉警方实名制公示涉黄落网人员信息的声明信-北京爱知行研究所

就武汉警方实名制公示涉黄落网人员信息的声明信

北京爱知行研究所

2010719

 

据新华社消息,近日,湖北武昌陈家湾大街小巷贴出公告,警方将多名涉黄落网人员的姓名年龄等信息曝光。北京爱知行研究所作为长期从事艾滋病防治健康教育的公益机构,长期在性工作者人群中开展抗击艾滋相关工作,对武汉警方的曝光行为做出如下声明:

 

一、实名制曝光落网涉黄人员信息违背法律精神

 

根据行政法原则,行政机关不得行使未经法律授权的行为,现行法律法规和规章制度没有规定一定要公开行政处罚文件,行政机关也没有得到可以公示的授权。我国《治安管理处罚法》明确规定:“实施治安管理处罚,应当公开、公正,尊重和保障人权,保护公民的人格尊严。”即使是违法人员,他们的个人隐私也受到法律的合法保护,任何单位和个人都不能非法披露。

某种程度上,实名曝光卖淫小姐和嫖客相当于挂牌子游街“示众”,违背了保护隐私的法律精神,属于滥用行政处罚权力的越权执法行为。

 

二、实名制曝光落网涉黄人员信息会产生消极后果

 

曝光涉黄落网人员的实名信息,既侵犯了他们的个人隐私,也对他们今后的生活产生极为不利的影响。偶尔的一次错误,经过如此广泛的曝光,人们会把卖淫嫖娼的标签贴到他们脸上,使他们成为受歧视一族,在家人邻居面前再抬不起头,甚至会丢失工作、失去经济保障等,继而在错误的道理上越走越远。公安部门如此的曝光行为,并不能真正达到惩前毖后、治病救人的目的。

 

在此,我们呼吁武汉警方在处理扫黄问题时,避免运动式执法,从法治精神出发,在打击违法犯罪的同时,处理好与依法行政、保护个人隐私的关系。

 

北京爱知行研究所

2010719

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――艾博聚合(艾滋病博客群
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――中国艾滋病地图/China AIDS Map:http://www.AIDSmaps.org
――空腹健身运动:http://www.HungerStrikeforAIDS.org
――艾滋人权 AIDS Rights: http://www.AIDSrights.net
――为艾滋病防治努力一生:Http://www.changkun.org
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【China AIDS:5570】 Michel Sidibe's speech in Vienna


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From: Oka, Sakuya <OkaS@unaids.org>
Date: Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 1:41 PM
Subject: UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OPENING SPEECH AT INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE IN VIENNA
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BY: Mr. Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS

DATE: 18 July 2010

PLACE: Reed Messe Wien | VIENNA, Austria

OCCASION: Opening Session, XVIII International AIDS Conference

 

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This is our zero hour

 

Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen.

 

It is my honour to address you for the first time as the head of UNAIDS.

Thank you for your tireless work. Like me, you are here because you believe we can end this epidemic. Because you wake up every day, ready to continue fighting for a world without AIDS.

On behalf of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the 10 UNAIDS Cosponsors, I thank the city of Vienna, the Austrian government and the International AIDS Society.

From Vancouver in 1996 to Vienna, we have achieved great things together.

The conspiracy of silence has been broken. Five million people are alive because of treatment. Infection rates have dropped 17% since 2001. We have seen unprecedented activism and the full engagement of people living with HIV.

But I am scared by what I see today. Prevention models are coming up short.  Some governments are cracking down on vulnerable groups. Treatment is not sustainable. Costs are rising.

Countries like Brazil have seen treatment costs go full circle: from high, to low, to high again.

Meanwhile, 10 million people are waiting for any treatment at all. We have evidence that in too many countries, too many clinics that gave people treatment and hope, now have to turn people away, including pregnant women who risk passing the virus to their babies.

In some countries, even people who have been on treatment for years are losing access. They are afraid for the future, for their lives, and are trying not to lose hope.

In Vienna we are at a defining moment. Millions more will die if we keep offering only a jumbled mix of uncoordinated, underfunded and underutilized services.

For the first time in a decade, investments have not grown. The hopes of millions were put on hold when the G8 abandoned any reference to the financial commitments they made in Gleneagles.

I am not just addressing donor countries. Developing nations need to keep their commitments too. The 15% promise made in Abuja must not be buried.

The shared responsibility we have to the world belongs to all governments, civil society, and every agency—bilateral, multilateral and normative.

The time has come for a Robin Hood tax, so the financial sector contributes its fair share as well.

Now it is not the time to flat-line. It is the time to scale up. It is the time to face up to our responsibilities, to show integrity, to keep our commitments. And it is the time to democratize problem solving. To empower communities to lead and own the response.

We cannot settle for a world where some people get treatment while others do not. Where some enjoy access to prevention while others are criminalized for who they are and who they love. Where some are offered hope while the hope of others is crushed.

Our vision must be uncompromising. We want nothing less than:

Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS-related deaths.

We have a plan: four pillars that are fundamental to achieve this vision:

§         a prevention revolution,

§         new models for treatment,

§         full equality for women and girls

§         ending discrimination

First, I have called for a prevention revolution—a global political and social movement. One rooted in human rights and gender equality.

Without a vaccine or a cure, the AIDS pandemic will become unmanageable—unless we drastically and quickly reduce the transmission rate.

In 2008, 1.4 million more people were newly infected than started treatment. This trajectory must be broken soon, or the world will need to find the resources to treat 2 million more people every year, every day, for the rest of their lives.

Better prevention research will break the trajectory of this epidemic. We have evidence of the impact of concurrent partnerships and the value of interventions like male circumcision. Now we have to put this evidence to work.

I share Anthony Fauci's optimism that ongoing "high risk—high impact" research is going to finally put all of us out of work. PrEP, microbicides and using ARVs to prevent transmission are not show-stoppers on their own, but all take their place in our arsenal of combination prevention.

Young people are leading this prevention revolution. HIV prevalence dropped among youth in 15 of the highest burden countries. We need to continue to empower them with sexuality education that builds life skills.

Their energy and bold ideas have inspired me in Vienna. I have taken to heart their slogan: "Now make it happen."

 

Treatment 2.0, the next generation of treatment, is the second pillar.

Treatment is a right. Treatment is a smart investment that reduces HIV transmission, TB and maternal and child deaths. And treatment for prevention is one of the most potent tools we have.

Treatment 2.0 radically simplifies treatment approaches to maximize the number of people who can benefit. This will save more money. But in the end, we will only be measured by the number of lives we save.

Treatment 2.0 calls for bold new partnerships with the pharmaceutical industry and to exploit the full use of TRIPS to vastly scale up access.

I believe so strongly in Treatment 2.0 that I am putting my authority as the head of UNAIDS firmly behind it. With the joint leadership of Margaret Chan, WHO and UNAIDS will direct country-level representatives to sit down with their national partners to explain the meaning and importance of 2.0 and enlist their support. I will ask our global partners—PEPFAR, the Global Fund, the Clinton and Gates foundations and others—to work with the heads of state and ministers of finance and health and civil society to take up the banner of Treatment 2.0, making it a reality in country after country.

To make universal access a reality, countries should be able to consolidate different funding streams. Countries not only must own their response. They must lead it.

As the third pillar, we must end discrimination.

Instead of universal access, the people who suffer most face universal obstacles.

No one should endure discrimination. Not men who have sex with men, not transgender people, not sex workers, not people who inject drugs, not prisoners, and specially not people living with HIV.

Eastern Europe has some of the highest concentrations of HIV among people who inject drugs. This epidemic is inflamed by stigma and punitive laws, and won't stop burning until harm reduction and drug substitution programmes are scaled up.

The U.S. government took a giant step this week with the announcement that PEPFAR will now support needle exchange and substitution therapy.

Laws must work for all vulnerable people, not against them. An injustice to one is an injustice to all.

The fourth pillar is gender equality. The research of Rachel Jewkes has highlighted how so many high-profile AIDS responses focus on men even though most new infections in high-prevalence areas are among women. Meanwhile, society turns a blind eye to the gender violence that makes women and girls more vulnerable.

Gender equality must become part of our DNA.

Women must have better tools to protect themselves from HIV—like microbicides and female condoms. They must have the rights, the skills, and the power to negotiate their own sexuality. And they must feel safe from violence.

The research shows that traditional HIV interventions don't work when intimate partner violence is present. UNAIDS will ransack every strategy to find what will.

Integration is the only way forward.

The AIDS response should be the bridge joining other movements: maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, women's rights, and even the fight against women's cancer. 

We must move past the dangerous notion that health priorities steal from each other. On the contrary— when we take AIDS out of isolation, AIDS and other health movements strengthen each other. They strengthen health systems. And they transform communities from passive beneficiaries to actors of change.

On this road to zero, we cannot turn back, or turn our backs on the people and problems in our path: Ten million still need treatment. For every 2 people starting treatment, 5 more are newly infected. More than 80 countries have homophobic laws.

And still, babies are being born infected and are dying before their second birthday. An AIDS-free generation is so close at hand. We cannot stumble. There is more at stake here than newborns' lives. It is their mothers' lives also. We must never lose sight that women who give birth must also survive. The virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission by 2015 is sacrosanct.

My friends, there is so much hope on the horizon! Treatment as prevention. A possible breakthrough on vaccines. Young people taking action and bringing their prevalence rates down. And every day, scientists edge closer to a cure. The idea that we should cut back or slow down now is ridiculous!

The zero hour approaches. And when I think of that day, I imagine living out the words of Ted Kennedy: 

"There were hard hours on our journey,

and often we sailed against the wind.

But always we kept our rudder true,

and there were so many of you

who stayed the course

and shared our hope.

You gave your help;

but even more,

you gave your hearts."

My fellow activists keep giving your hearts.

Thank you.

Contact

UNAIDS Press Booth – Media Centre | Saya Oka | tel. +41 79 514 68 96; +43 1 93 1020 7121

| okas@unaids.org

UNAIDS

UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is an innovative United Nations partnership that leads and inspires the world in achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. Learn more at unaids.org.

 





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★中国艾滋病博物馆/China AIDS Museum: http://www.AIDSmuseum.cn
旗下网站:
——艾博维客 AIDS Wiki : http://www.AIDSwiki.org
——艾博聚合(艾滋病博客群
http://www.wanyanhai.org
——China AIDS Email Group with over 2400 members:http://chinaaidsgroup.blogspot.com
——中国艾滋病地图/China AIDS Map:http://www.AIDSmaps.org
——空腹健身运动:http://www.HungerStrikeforAIDS.org
——艾滋人权 AIDS Rights: http://www.AIDSrights.net
——为艾滋病防治努力一生:Http://www.changkun.org
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