Mrs Cristina Owen-Jones joins the ranks of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors
23-03-2004 9:00 am UNESCO Director-General Mr Koïchiro Matsuura designated Mrs Cristina Owen-Jones as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in recognition of her personal commitment to the promotion of UNESCO’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Education programmes and of her dedication to UNESCO’s ideals and aims. The nomination ceremony took place at UNESCO Headquarters on 23 March 2004. “… Women and young girls, who are particularly vulnerable, have to be the primary focus of our attention, a fact that I already stressed during the International Women’s Day on 8 March 2004. Education of women in this domain – formal as well as informal education – has to be our primary objective if we wish to contain the transmission of the virus. In this context I am very pleased that Mrs Owen-Jones has agreed actively to support our AIDS projects and to adopt the project “Education for the prevention of HIV/AIDS”… said the Director-General in his address during the nomination ceremony.
Before her nomination as a Goodwill Ambassador, Mrs Owen-Jones joined the UNESCO Director-General during an official visit to South Africa, Zambia and Mozambique, within the framework of UNAIDS. As a Goodwill Ambassador Mrs Owen-Jones will cooperate with private sector companies and foundations and individuals wishing to support the initiatives undertaken by UNESCO in the field of AIDS.
“… Women and young girls, who are particularly vulnerable, have to be the primary focus of our attention, a fact that I already stressed during the International Women’s Day on 8 March 2004. Education of women in this domain – formal as well as informal education – has to be our primary objective if we wish to contain the transmission of the virus. In this context I am very pleased that Mrs Owen-Jones has agreed actively to support our AIDS projects and to adopt the project “Education for the prevention of HIV/AIDS”… said the Director-General in his address during the nomination ceremony.