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Who is steven lewis?

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www.un.org/ga/aids/StephenLewisBio.html – The Secretary-General has appointed Stephen Lewis as his Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. Mr. Lewis, who served as Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from 1995-1999, and former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, will be responsible for ensuring follow-up to the African summit on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases held in Abuja, Nigeria, last April, and to next month’s United Nations General Assembly special session on HIV/AIDS, as related to Africa. It was at the Abuja summit of African leaders that the Secretary-General issued his call to action against the worldwide scourge of HIV/AIDS, and outlined five key objectives for the global campaign: preventing the epidemic’s further spread, reducing mother-to-child HIV transmission, providing care and treatment to all, delivering scientific breakthroughs, and protecting the vulnerable, especially orphans. Mr. Lewis will work close