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--- On Mon, 7/21/14, Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) <info@saafrica.org> wrote:
> From: Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) <info@saafrica.org>
> Subject: UNAIDS in shock over tragic loss of life - press release - 18 July 2014
> To: clemence_saa@yahoo.fr, info@saafrica.org
> Date: Monday, July 21, 2014, 9:43 AM
> Dear Colleagues,
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> Please see attached and pasted below a press statement from
> UNAIDS
> expressing deep sadness over the loss of life of the
> passengers and crew
> of flight MH17.
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> The technical focal point is Tim Martineau: martineaut@unaids.org
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> Kind regards,
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> UNAIDS Communications and Global Advocacy
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> 1697 | communications@unaids.org
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> PRESS STATEMENT
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> UNAIDS in shock over tragic loss of life
> MELBOURNE/GENEVA, 18 July 2014—UNAIDS expresses deep
> sadness over the loss
> of life of the passengers and crew of flight MH17, which
> crashed over
> eastern Ukraine on Thursday, 17 July 2014.
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> While the full details are still unclear, it is believed
> that many of the
> passengers were on their way to participate in the
> International AIDS
> Conference in Melbourne, Australia. It has been confirmed
> that the United
> Nations has lost a colleague from the World Health
> Organization.
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> It seems that some of the finest academics, health-care
> workers and
> activists in the AIDS response may have perished while
> travelling to take
> part in the international gathering of experts and
> advocates. Professor
> Joep Lange, the former President of the International AIDS
> Society, was
> among the victims. Professor Lange was a leading light in
> the field since
> the early days of HIV and worked unceasingly to widen access
> to
> antiretroviral medicines around the world.
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> "We are bracing ourselves to hear of the deaths of others
> who worked in
> the AIDS response as their names are officially released,"
> said Michel
> Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS. "The UNAIDS family
> is in deep shock.
> Our hearts go out to the families of all the victims of this
> tragic crash.
> The deaths of so many committed people working against HIV
> will be a great
> loss for the AIDS response."
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> The UNAIDS family stands in solidarity with the families,
> friends and
> colleagues of all who have perished in this tragedy.
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> [END]
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> Contact
> UNAIDS Geneva | Sophie Barton-Knott | tel +41 22 791
> 1697 / +41 79 514
> 6896 | bartonknotts@unaids.org
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> UNAIDS
> The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
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> UNODC, UN Women, ILO,
> UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank—and works closely with
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