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UNDP Announces 2010 Red Ribbon Award Winners

Biennial global award celebrates outstanding community leadership and action on AIDS

Twenty-five community-based organisations representing 17 countries across the globe have won the 2010 Red Ribbon Award, UNDP announced today.

The Red Ribbon Award, named after the global symbol in the movement to address AIDS, is a joint effort of the UNAIDS family.  The award recognizes outstanding community organisations for their work in reducing the spread and impact of AIDS.

"Grassroots and community based organizations are at the heart of the global response to AIDS," said UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, Management & External Relations Jan Beagle, "UNAIDS is proud to celebrate and honor these groups who have mobilized themselves to meet the needs of the most vulnerable in their communities with energy, passion, and compassion. The red ribbon award winners give a resounding voice to the voiceless."

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Naomi Watts at the World AIDS Day event in New York

091201_074 "I am pleased by the emphasis this year on upholding human rights," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "Previous Red Ribbon honorees are an example to us all on how to act with dignity in the face of adversity. The work of community-based organizations will be more effective if not hampered by discrimination against people living with HIV and populations most at risk, including sex workers, drug users and men who have sex with men." "I am proud to be part of this initiative. The award winners are small organizations, with limited resources at their disposal, yet they do outstanding work that will now be recognized globally. The efforts of these community organizations may seem like they create tiny sparks. Together, however, these sparks provide a vibrant light" said UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Naomi Watts, when attending a World AIDS Day event in NY and officially launching the call for nominations.

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UNAIDS Executive Director Mr Michel Sidibé launches the 2010 Red Ribbon Award with President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
"This prestigious award draws attention to the exceptional work of community organizations all over the world working at the forefront of the response to the epidemic," said Mr. Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). "I look forward to hearing more about the outstanding work these groups are doing," UNAIDS Executive Director Mr Michel Sidibé joined President Jacob Zuma of South Africa in his national commemoration for World AIDS Day in Pretoria where he called for the forging of a mass prevention movement. Mr. Sidibe' launched the 2010 Red Ribbon Award in his speech.  
 
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