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"en.20051130.12.3-099"2
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Madam President, 2005 is the United Nations International Year of Sport and Physical Education. One of the goals of the international year is to create the right conditions for more sports-based development programmes and projects. Sports transcends all boundaries. Ethnic, religious, social and national differences play no role in sport. Sport can play a vital role in encouraging development and sports projects can contribute to reaching the Millennium Development Goals, especially under themes such as health, education, gender, environment, peace and human rights.
However, the scourge of AIDS is robbing many developing countries of their finest young people. I ask you to consider the World AIDS Day tomorrow, 1 December. There are 38 million adults and 2.3 million children living with HIV. During 2005, some 4.9 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of the people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35. These people would be at the height of their sports careers if they were not ill or had they not died.
Africa itself is one of the centres of the best footballers in the world. At the moment, it is the continent most affected by AIDS. I would ask people to remain committed to achieving the Millennium Development Goals."@en1
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