2010年3月19日全球呼吁号召终止对麻风的歧视

2010年2月1日

亲爱的朋友：

    我很高兴地收到向全球呼吁终止歧视麻风病患者的口号，该动议在2010年1月25日印度孟买启动。这是自2006年以来，每年一系列呼吁的第5次。

    从1980年开始的联合化疗，麻风已经是一个可治愈的疾病，由于对该病强烈的歧视，仍然有数百万的麻风患者，以及他们的家属受到社会的排斥和歧视。

    几年前，我就这个问题开始在联合国游说，该问题被多数人权专家忽视。在2008年联合国人权委员会全体一致通过了终止对麻风患者和他们家属歧视的决定。当年9月，这个原则和方针如期获得了委员会的批准。

    其间，作为我工作的一部分，我意识到这是个根深蒂固的问题，2006年我第一次开始通过具有全球呼吁这个影响力的大媒体，世界的领袖们注意到了我的声音。2007年全球呼吁获得了麻风患者的支持。2008年，引起了NGO，包括工作在人权领域的人们的关注，并在2009年由这些领袖们在全球呼吁上签署了他们的名字。这一年，呼吁获得了世界行政领导们的支持，他们在麻风患者工作和生活的权利下划了黑线。

    如果你能够用几分钟来阅读这一年的呼吁和你的朋友、同事分享这个信息，将是我最高兴的。

    谢谢你的支持。

    忠诚的：

    笹川阳平

日本基金会主席，

世界卫生组织消除麻风形象大使

日本政府麻风患者人权形象大使

Global Appeal 2010-3-19
to End Stigma and Discrimination against
People Affected by Leprosy

1February 2010
Dear Friend

I am pleased to enclose a copy of the Global Appeal 2010 to End Stigma and Discrimination against people Affected by Leprosy, which was launched in Mumbai, India on 25 January 2010 This is the fifth in a series of annual appeals started in 2006.
With the development of multidrug therapy in the 1980s leprosy is now a curable disease, yet millions of people who once had leprosy , and even their family members , continue to experience discrimination in many aspects of their lives due to the strong stigma associated with the disease.
Seven years ago I started lobbying the United Nations on this issue , one that had been largely overlooked by human rights experts. In 2008,the UN Human Rights Council unanimously passed a resolurion to end discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members . in September this year, principles and guidelines to this end are expected to be approved by the Council.
Meanwhile, as part of my efforts to raise awareness of this deep-seated problem, I began addressing society at large through the medium of a Global Appeal. For the first Global Appeal in 2006, world leaders joined me in voicing their concern. Global Appeal 2007 was supported by representatives of people affected by leprosy. In 2008,leading NGOs including those working in field of humam rights put their names to the Appeal Global Appeal 2009was signed by leaders of the world's faiths, This year, the appeal has been endorsed by some of the world's top executives, who have underlined the right of people affected by leprosy to work and earn a living.
I would be most grareful if you would take a moment to read this year's appeal and share its message with your friends and colleagues .
Think you so much for your support.

Yours faithfully.

Yohei Sasakawa
Chairman The Nippon Foundation
WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination
Japanese Government Goodwill Ambassador for the Human Righes of People Affccted by Leprosy