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Article: PRESS CONFERENCE ON ISSUES OF EXCLUSION AGAINST PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV, MARGINALIZED AT-RISK POPULATIONS

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June 11, 2008
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The United Nations issued the following press release:

A diverse civil-society panel representing key marginalized and at-risk groups called today for United Nations leadership in the global fight to end the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS and the discrimination faced by many people living with the virus who had been rejected by their families or persecuted by their communities.

With nearly 100 Health Ministers in New York for the General Assembly's High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, activists and representatives of non-governmental organizations held a press conference this afternoon spotlighting the need to dispel dangerous myths about AIDS, protect and promote the human rights of all people ...

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