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Article: Opera Star Jessye Norman Lifts Her Voice for HIV/AIDS Orphans And Vulnerable Children in New World Vision PSA; PSA Echoes Global Emergency Addressed at United Nations Special Session On Children.
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- May 21, 2002
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SEATTLE -- Jessye Norman, one of the world's most celebrated opera singers, is raising her distinguished voice on behalf of more than 13 million children orphaned due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, recently addressed at the United Nations Special Session on Children. In a newly released PSA for World Vision, she reminds viewers of the grim statistics -- and the terrible circumstances they create for the world's youngest and most vulnerable.
Peter Piot, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said that HIV exists in every corner of the planet and children and young people are its primary targets. Every day, 2,000 infants contract ...