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Sobotka: It is our joint responsibility to counteract exclusion
Vienna (PK) – This week, Parliament will wear a large red ribbon, a global symbol of solidarity with people living with HIV and AIDS, in the Hofburg. “We are sending a clearly visible signal of tolerance and against exclusion,” said National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka.
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Parliament will stand in solidarity with people with the HIV virus on December 1, this year for the eleventh time, with a large “red ribbon” on the facade. Around 38 million people around the world are living with the HI virus. In Austria, at least one new HIV diagnosis is made every day. “Education and prevention must play an important role in society,” stressed Sobotka, president of the National Council. “Great successes in research, treatment and therapy have been achieved in recent decades, although there is still a long way to go. We have a shared responsibility, particularly with respect to low-threshold access to drugs and testing.” As a place of responsibility, the Austrian Parliament wants to contribute to the elimination of taboos on this disease and, as it were, to warn that HIV / AIDS has not yet been defeated.
World AIDS Day was proclaimed for the first time in 1988 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS assigns a specific motto to this day of awareness and solidarity with HIV-positive and AIDS-infected people every year. This year’s motto is: “Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility”.
NOTE: Photos of the red ribbon can be found on Parliament’s website.
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