[News] JYJ appointed as UNAIDS goodwill ambassador

JYJ (Kim Jae-joong, Park Yoo-chun, and Kim Jun-su), a Korean pop band, has been named as ‘UNAIDS regional goodwill ambassador’, one of the UN agencies.

Today (25th August), UNAIDS (the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) is going to announce JYJ’s acceptance of UNAIDS regional goodwill ambassadorship for the Asia and pacific region.

JYJ is appointed as the 13rd UNAIDS’ goodwill ambassador. Before JYJ, Michael Ballack (international football player of German), Emmanuel Adebayor (international football player of Togo), Naomi Watts (renowned actress how has starred in films including King Kong), Annie Lennox (the world renowned Scottish singer songwriter and women’s activist) and others have committed as UNAIDS international goodwill ambassador. Amr Waked (an Egyptian Actor) is also an UNAIDS Regional Goodwill Ambassador for the Middle East and North Africa.

It’s known that JYJ’s the high recognition and popularity across the Asia and pacific is highly regarded by UNAIDS.Considering 3-40% of people living with HIV/AIDS are the youth, UNAIDS expect JYJ to encourage increased HIV awareness and fundraising for UNAIDS-related activities.

UNAIDs, which was launched in January 1996, has a role of protecting people from epidemic, monitoring it and supporting people living with HIV/AIDS. In addition, UNAIDS provides a report on the global AIDS epidemic, hold a conference on HIV/AIDS issues, and put efforts on alleviating the impact of the epidemic.

UNAIDS is guided by a ‘Programme Coordinating Board’ with representatives of 22 governments from all geographic regions, 9 UNAIDS Cosponsors, and five representatives of nongovernmental organizations. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. 169 countries (by 2011) are participating.

16th August, JYJ also accepted the role of official Ambassador for the 10th international Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP10), which is held by ASAP (AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific) and UNAIDS.

JYJ is going to appear 2011 10th Asia-Pacific AIDS Congress (ICAAP 10) opening ceremony which is holding in 26th August, BEXCO Busan, to attend an appointment ceremony. As a UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for the Asia and Pacific region (Regional Goodwill Ambassador), JYJ is to attend a charitable concert, as well as shooting public service advertisements and volunteer activities and so on, for one year.

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Note: There are only a total of four Koreans that are honorary ambassadors to specialized organizations under UN – music conductor Jung Myunghoon, figure skater Kim Yuna, Actor Jang Donggun, and now JYJ!!! This means that JYJ will be the *first* K-POP artist to be the honorary ambassadors for a UN organization!

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[NEWS/INFO] Asian pop band “JYJ” appointed as UNAIDS Regional Goodwill Ambassador

“JYJ,” a three-member Korean pop (K-pop) band from the Republic of Korea, have been named UNAIDS Regional Goodwill Ambassadors for Asia and the Pacific. Formed in 2010, JYJ has a large following among young people in the Republic of Korea, across Asia and beyond.

UNAIDS/ICAAP10 in Busan, Korea 2011,

(Left to Right) Michel Sidibe, Excutive Director, UNAIDS, JYJ, with Myung-hwan Cho, Chair, ICAAP10,

Openning Press Conference, August 26, 2011

“Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu (JYJ) are going to make a big difference in the AIDS response through the UNAIDS Ambassadorship,” said UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé. “With their incredible popularity and influence in the Republic of Korea and beyond, I count on them to reach millions of young people in this region and worldwide with important HIV messages,” he added.

As UNAIDS Regional Goodwill Ambassadors, JYJ will take part in a number of events and public appearances—including a performance at the Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP10), a gathering of AIDS experts and activists from 26-30 August 2011 in Busan, South Korea. Through these and other events, JYJ will raise awareness around HIV and join the effort to end AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. They will also highlight AIDS issues through their social media networks.

“Young people in our country, and across Asia, need to know more about avoiding HIV infection,” said JYJ band member Jae joong at a press conference in Busan to announce the UNAIDS appointment. “Knowledge and awareness can help people protect themselves and break down stigma and discrimination.” His band-mate Yoochunconcurred, adding: “AIDS has been here since before I was born. Our generation can be the one that ends it!”

“We can reach the goals of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths,” said Jun su, the third JYJ band member. “We are very proud to participate in this cause.”

JYJ have previously been involved in a number of charitable activities. They have made major donations to relief operations in disaster-struck areas of Japan, as well as to child health campaigns. Underlining their commitment to the AIDS response, JYJ recently accepted the role of ‘Official Ambassador’ for ICAAP10.

Globally, an estimated 41% of people who have recently become HIV-positive are younger than the age of 25. In Asia and the Pacific, young people from key affected populations— including young sex workers, men who have sex with men, and adolescent drug users— face a particularly high risk of HIV infection as well as high levels of stigma and discrimination.

UNAIDS/ICAAP10 in Busan, Korea 2011,

(Left to Right) Michel Sidibe, Excutive Director, UNAIDS, JYJ, with Myung-hwan Cho, Chair, ICAAP10,

Openning Press Conference, August 26, 2011

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[NEWS] The Meaning of JYJ’s Apointment as Goodwill Ambassadors for UNAIDS

The Meaning of JYJ’s Apointment as Goodwill Ambassadors of the Asian and Pacific Regions for UNAIDS

UNAIDS Appoints JYJ as Goodwill Ambassadors of the Asian and Pacific Regions. “Recognizes Them as Pan-Asian Stars”

The group JYJ has become recognized by the United Nations in its value as the Pan-Asian star.

That JYJ was chosen as the goodwill ambassadors of the Asia and pacific regions for UNAIDS (UN AIDS programme—the agency under UN established in January of 1996 in order to help the control and prevention industries of AIDS in each countries) carries with it a special meaning.

The 12 specialized agencies of the UN recruit as goodwill and honorary ambassadors the stars all over the world of the arts, academics, popular culture, and sports who have name recognition in order to inform independently of their activities in their specialty fields, and is encouraging tangible activities.

The best-known star is Angelina Jolie. Angelina Jolie who is active as the goodwill ambassador for UNHCR and won from the world favorable feelings has even become recognized in her specialized knowledge  when she answered at the time of her visit to Korea in 2010 about her activities as a goodwill ambassadors: “I learned that South Korea continually supports North Korea while conversing with the directors of the KOREA UNHCR and was moved. The world seems to be only talking about the situation of conflict and anxiety with the South and North Koreas and not aware of the support.”

To see the representative ones among the numerous goodwill ambassadors, the fashion designer Pierre Cardin, the field and tracks star Carl Lewis, and the Chinese actor Gong Li are active for the FAO. The former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela, the Argentinean pianist Miguel Angel Estrallas are active for UNESCO. The actor Antonio Banderas and the French soccer player Zinedine Zidane are active for the UNDP.

The UNAIDS also has recruited many those persons who can inform the public about the urgency of AIDS from early on and has encouraged tangible activities.

At the present, the goodwill ambassadors of UNAIDS include the German soccer player Michael Ballack who has been active since 2006, the crown princess of Norway Mette-Marit, the Hollywood actress Naomi Watts, the princess of Monaco Stephanie, and the Togo striker who joined the Premier Leages in 2009, Adebayor. Furthermore, Annie Lennox, the British singer who has won the Nobel Peace Prize, and Lebo M who arranged the theme song of Lion King and also participated in the opening ceremony of the Olympics held in South Africa joined after 2010.

JYJ who are the regional goodwill ambassadors for the Asian and pacific regions will have broad activities on the strength of their name value, which goes beyond the nations just as the regional goodwill ambassadors for the Middle East and North Africa, the Egyptian actor Amr Waked of the movie Syriana. The internationally-renowned journalist of China James Chu, the well-known Bollywood actor of India Preity Zinta, the musician and professor from South Africa Jimmie Earl Perry are working as the first generation of the national goodwill ambassadors for the individual nations.

UNAID, on the reason of selecting JYJ as goodwill ambassadors, revealed: “We are anticipating that JYJ will, in accepting the position as goodwill ambassadors for UNAIDS, be able to contribute to the urgency of AIDS and the importance of its management to the public, because JYJ is affecting countless youths not merely of Asia but all over the world.”

When examining the activities of the UNAIDS goodwill ambassadors, Annie Lennox attended the “Prevention of Protection Save Lives: Girls, Women, and HIV,” the policy conference of last June held by the International Peace Institute, and has voiced out about the human rights of women infected with HIV.

Mikhail Ballack also was awarded the “’Sportler mit Herz” in the 2010 German Sportpresseball Awards and revealed his acceptance speech as follows: “I share the vision of UNAIDS—to eradicate the infection of and death related to AIDS. I am proud of the fact that I can help to the extent possible.”

JYJ also will be participating in many events related to UNAIDS both domestically and abroad. Prior to this on the 16^th, JYJ was also selected to be honorary ambassadors for ICCAP10 (The 10^th Internaitonal Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific.”

At this occasion, Park Yoochun has relayed: “Many know AIDS to be a fatal disease, but (in fact) in the present people can live healthily with it if receiving treatment. We will do our best in our promotional activities so that the public can have proper awareness about AIDS.”

On the other hand, Koreans who are active as honorary ambassadors of specialty agencies of the UN are merely 3 persons with the exception of JYJ. The conductor Jung Myunghoon was appointed the first honorary ambassadors for UNICEF. Recently, the fairy of figure skating Kim Yun-ah has been appointed as an honorary ambassadors for UNICEF also and is shoulder-to-shoulder with international personalities and helping children of the world. The actor Jang Dongun is also active as a national goodwill ambassador for WFP since 2008.

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